Francis Place
Francis Place is a memorial in South Kensington-Chelsea, Greater London, England. Francis Place is situated nearby to the garden Brompton Square, as well as near the church Holy Trinity Brompton.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Natural History Museum and Science Museum.
Natural History Museum
Museum
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The Natural History Museum in London, England, is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. Natural History Museum is situated 1,700 feet west of Francis Place.
Science Museum
Museum
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The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London. It was founded in 1857 and is one of the city's major tourist attractions, attracting 2,817,852 visitors in 2025. Science Museum is situated 1,600 feet west of Francis Place.
Royal Albert Hall
Theater building
Photo: Sandpiper, Public domain.
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 2,100 feet northwest of Francis Place.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Knightsbridge and Sutton Dwellings.
Knightsbridge
Suburb
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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.
Brompton
Suburb
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Brompton, sometimes called Old Brompton, is an area in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. Until the latter half of the 19th century it was a scattered village made up mostly of market gardens in the county of Middlesex.
Francis Place
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Francis Place, 1771 - 1854, political reformer, lived here, 1833 - 1851.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: South Kensington-Chelsea, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.49813° or 51° 29′ 53″ northLongitude
-0.16919° or 0° 10′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C3XFRXJ+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 7947062277OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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