Kensington Gardens

Kensington Gardens is in Westminster, Greater London, England. Kensington Gardens is situated nearby to Buck Hill Playground, as well as near the building Victoria Lodge And Adjoining Gate And Gate Piers.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hyde Park and London Paddington railway station.

Hyde Park

Park

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Hyde Park is a 350-acre, historic Grade I-listed urban park in Westminster, Greater London. A Royal Park, it is the largest of the parks and green spaces that form a chain from Kensington Palace through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, via Hyde Park Corner and Green Park, past Buckingham Palace to St James's Park.

London Paddington railway station

Railway station

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London Paddington is a main line and tube station complex on Praed Street, Paddington, London, which has been the main terminus for the Great Western Railway and successors since 1838. London Paddington railway station is situated 2,700 feet northwest of Kensington Gardens.

Royal Albert Hall

Theater building

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The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage. Royal Albert Hall is situated 3,700 feet south of Kensington Gardens.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paddington-Maida Vale and Hallfield Estate.

Paddington-Maida Vale

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Paddington-Maida Vale is a district of northwest central London, around the vast Paddington Station of Paddington Bear fame. This inner London district is somewhat bereft of attractions but it does have a large range of budget and mid-priced accommodation.

Hallfield Estate

Neighborhood

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The Hallfield Estate is one of several modernist housing projects in Bayswater, City of Westminster, and was designed in the immediate postwar period by the Tecton architecture practice, led by Berthold Lubetkin.