Atalanta, Chelsea Embankment Gardens

Atalanta, Chelsea Embankment Gardens is a work of art in Wandsworth, Greater London, England. Atalanta, Chelsea Embankment Gardens is situated nearby to Chelsea Embankment Cabmen’s Shelter, as well as near Albert Bridge.

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: statue
Description: Bronze casting of the original marble statue
Also known as: “Atalanta”, “Francis Derwent Wood Memorial”, and “Francis Derwent Wood Memorial, Embankment Gardens”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Albert Bridge and Chelsea Physic Garden.

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 420 feet southeast of Atalanta, Chelsea Embankment Gardens.

Chelsea Physic Garden

Garden

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The Chelsea Physic Garden was established as the Apothecaries' Garden in London, England, in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries to grow plants to be used as medicines. Chelsea Physic Garden is situated 1,400 feet east of Atalanta, Chelsea Embankment Gardens.

Stamford Bridge

Stadium

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Stamford Bridge is a football stadium in Fulham, in the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, in West London. It is the home of Premier League club Chelsea. Stamford Bridge is situated 1 mile west of Atalanta, Chelsea Embankment Gardens.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chelsea and World’s End.

Chelsea

Suburb

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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.

World’s End

Neighborhood

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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.