Basing Street Studios
Basing Street Studios was a recording studio in a former 19th-century chapel at 8–10 Basing Street, in Notting Hill, London, England. Originally established in 1969 as Island Studios by Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records, the studio's location also housed the offices for Island Records from 1969 until 1973, and was renamed Basing Street Studios in 1975.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: recording studio
- Also known as: “Island Studios”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portobello Road and All Saints Notting Hill.
Portobello Road
Marketplace
Photo: Papertree, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Portobello Road is a street in the Notting Hill district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in West London. It runs almost the length of Notting Hill from South to North, roughly parallel with Ladbroke Grove. Portobello Road is situated 600 feet south of Basing Street Studios.
All Saints Notting Hill
Church
Photo: Jim Linwood, CC BY 2.0.
All Saints Notting Hill is a Church of England parish church in Talbot Road, Notting Hill, London that is affiliated to the Anglo-Catholic Forward in Faith movement. All Saints Notting Hill is situated 650 feet southeast of Basing Street Studios.
The Tabernacle
Community center
Photo: Asteuartw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tabernacle is a Grade II-listed building in Powis Square, Notting Hill, west London, England, built in 1887 as a church. The building boasts a curved Romanesque façade of red brick and terracotta, and two towers with broach spires on either side. The Tabernacle is situated 740 feet east of Basing Street Studios.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Kensington and Notting Hill-North Kensington.
North Kensington
Suburb
North Kensington is an area of west London. It is north of Notting Hill and south of Kensal Green predominantly in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and partly in the London Borough of Brent and City of Westminster.
Notting Hill-North Kensington
Photo: Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notting Hill-North Kensington is a district in west London. Notting Hill is a popular destination for its lively market, gorgeous streetscapes, interesting history and diverse population.
Westbourne Green
Neighborhood
Westbourne Green is an area of Westbourne, London, the centre of the former hamlet of Westbourne, at the north-western corner of the City of Westminster.
Basing Street Studios
- Categories: recording studio and tourism
- Location: South Kensington-Chelsea, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.51772° or 51° 31′ 4″ northLongitude
-0.20501° or 0° 12′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C3XGQ9V+3XOpenStreetMap ID
node 7217664648OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q909770
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Basing Street Studios” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Sarm West Studios”
- Chinese: “Sarm录音室”
- Chinese: “Sarm錄音室”
- Chinese: “西沙爾姆錄音室”
- Dutch: “Basing Street Studios”
- Finnish: “Sarm West Studios”
- French: “Basing Street Studios”
- French: “Island Studio”
- French: “Island Studios”
- French: “Sarm West Studios”
- French: “Studios Basing Street”
- French: “Studios Island”
- French: “Studios SARM West”
- Galician: “Basing Street Studios”
- Georgian: “Sarm West Studios”
- German: “Basing Street Studios”
- Hebrew: “אולפני סרם וסט”
- Hungarian: “Sarm West Studios”
- Japanese: “アイランド・スタジオ”
- Japanese: “サーム・ウェスト・スタジオ”
- Japanese: “サーム・ウエスト・スタジオ”
- Japanese: “サーム・スタジオ”
- Manx: “Basing Street Studios”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Island Studio”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sarm West Studios”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Basing Street Studios”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Island Studios”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sarm Studios”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sarm West Studios”
- Portuguese: “Sarm West Studios”
- Russian: “Island Studios”
- Russian: “Sarm West Studios”
- Slovenian: “Basing Street Studios”
- Spanish: “Basing Street Studios”
- Turkish: “Sarm Studios”
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