St Mary Abbots

St Mary Abbots is a Church of England church located on Kensington High Street and the corner of Kensington Church Street in London W8. The present church structure was built in 1872 to the designs of Sir George Gilbert Scott, who combined neo-Gothic and early-English styles.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: church in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, UK
Also known as: “St Mary Abbots, Kensington”
Address: Kensington Church Street, London, W8 4LA

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Japan House London and Royal Albert Hall.

Japan House London

Community center

Japan House London is a Japanese cultural center on Kensington High Street in London, United Kingdom. It is includes workshops, exhibitions, a restaurant, and retail. Japan House London is situated 360 feet south of St Mary Abbots.

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 3,300 feet east of St Mary Abbots.

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 4,100 feet southeast of St Mary Abbots.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kensington and Black Lion Gate.

Kensington

Suburb

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Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, centred around 2.9 miles west of Charing Cross. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, which runs east–west.