Belgravia
Belgravia is a district in Central London, covering parts of the areas of the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Belgravia was known as the 'Five Fields' during the Tudor Period, and became a dangerous place due to highwaymen and robberies.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: district in central London, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Belgrave, London”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Embassy of Norway and Embassy of Germany.
Embassy of Norway
Government office
Photo: Aloba, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Embassy of Norway in London at 25 Belgrave Square is the diplomatic mission of Norway in the United Kingdom. The embassy is located on Belgrave Square in a building it has occupied since 1949.
Embassy of Germany
Government office
Photo: Sdrawkcab, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Embassy of Germany in London is the diplomatic mission of Germany in the United Kingdom. The embassy is located at Belgrave Square, in Belgravia. It occupies three of the original terraced houses in Belgrave Square and a late 20th-century extension.
Belgrave Square
Garden
Photo: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Belgrave Square is a large 19th-century garden square in London. It is the centrepiece of Belgravia, and its architecture resembles the original scheme of property contractor Thomas Cubitt who engaged George Basevi for all of the terraces for the 2nd Earl Grosvenor, later the 1st Marquess of Westminster, in the 1820s.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Victoria and Knightsbridge.
Victoria
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Victoria is an area of Westminster, Central London in the City of Westminster. It is named after Victoria Station, which is a major transport hub. The station was named after the nearby Victoria Street, opened 1851.
Knightsbridge
Suburb
Photo: David.Monniaux, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park. It is identified in the London Plan as one of two international retail centres in London, alongside the West End.
Sutton Dwellings
Neighborhood
Photo: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sutton Dwellings, also known as the Sutton Estate, are a series of 14 residential buildings in Chelsea, London, United Kingdom.
Belgravia
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: Westminster, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.49821° or 51° 29′ 54″ northLongitude
-0.1535° or 0° 9′ 13″ westElevation
49 feet (15 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BVAOpen location code
9C3XFRXW+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 2288027626OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
6545247Wikidata ID
Q123024
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Belgravia” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Belgravia”
- Arabic: “بلغرافيا”
- Arabic: “بلغريفيا”
- Arabic: “حي بلغرافيا”
- Armenian: “Բելգրավիա”
- Azerbaijani: “Belqravia”
- Basque: “Belgravia”
- Bavarian: “Belgravia”
- Belarusian: “Белгравія”
- Catalan: “Belgravia”
- Chinese: “贝尔格莱维亚”
- Czech: “Belgravia”
- Danish: “Belgravia”
- Dutch: “Belgravia”
- Finnish: “Belgravia”
- French: “Belgravia”
- Galician: “Belgravia”
- German: “Belgravia”
- Greek: “Μπελγκρέβια”
- Hebrew: “בלגרביה”
- Hebrew: “בלגרוויה”
- Hindi: “बेलग्रेविया”
- Hungarian: “Belgravia”
- Indonesian: “Belgravia”
- Irish: “Belgravia”
- Italian: “Belgravia”
- Japanese: “ベルグレーヴィア”
- Japanese: “ベルグレイヴィア”
- Korean: “벨그라비아”
- Korean: “벨그레이비아”
- Korean: “벨그레이비어”
- Latin: “Belgravia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Belgravia”
- Norwegian: “Belgravia”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Belgravia”
- Ossetian: “Белграви”
- Persian: “بلگراویا”
- Persian: “بلگریویا”
- Polish: “Belgravia”
- Portuguese: “Belgravia”
- Russian: “Белгравия”
- Russian: “Белгрейвия”
- Scots: “Belgravia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Belgravia”
- Slovak: “Belgravia”
- Slovenian: “Belgravia”
- South Azerbaijani: “بلقریویا”
- Spanish: “Belgravia”
- Swedish: “Belgravia”
- Tagalog: “Belgravia”
- Turkish: “Belgravia”
- Ukrainian: “Белгравія”
- Urdu: “بیلگرویا”
- Urdu: “بیلگریویا”
- Vietnamese: “Belgravia”
- Welsh: “Belgravia”
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