The Cross Keys

The Cross Keys is a public house at 1 Lawrence Street, Chelsea, London SW3 5NB. Built in 1708, it is the oldest pub in Chelsea. Regular visitors have included the artists Turner, Whistler and Sargent, writers Agatha Christie and Dylan Thomas, and musicians Bob Marley and the Rolling Stones.

Photo: Ewan Munro, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Restaurant
Description: building in Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
Also known as: “The Cross Keys, Chelsea”
Address: 1 Lawrence Street

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chelsea Old Church and The Carlyles’ House.

Chelsea Old Church

Church

Photo: Jim, CC BY 2.0.

Chelsea Old Church, also known as All Saints, is an Anglican church, on Old Church Street, Chelsea, London SW3, England, near Albert Bridge. It is the church for a parish in the Diocese of London, part of the Church of England.

The Carlyles’ House

Museum

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The Carlyles' House, in Cheyne Row, Chelsea, central London, was the home of the Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle and his wife Jane from 1834 until his death in 1881.

Albert Bridge

Bridge

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Albert Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south. Designed and built by Rowland Mason Ordish in 1873 as an Ordish–Lefeuvre system modified cable-stayed bridge, it proved to be structurally unsound, so between 1884 and 1887 Sir Joseph Bazalgette incorporated some of the design elements of a suspension bridge. Albert Bridge is situated 970 feet southeast of The Cross Keys.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include World’s End and Chelsea.

World’s End

Neighborhood

Photo: Images George Rex, CC BY-SA 2.0.

World's End is a district of Chelsea, London, lying at the western end of the King's Road. Once a Victorian slum area, council housing was built here in the 20th century, including the brutalist architecture World's End estate.

Chelsea

Suburb

Photo: Danny Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chelsea is an area in West London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of the south-western postal area.