Hyde Park Barracks

The Hyde Park Barracks are in Knightsbridge in the City of Westminster, on the southern edge of Hyde Park. They were often known as Knightsbridge Barracks and this name is still sometimes used informally.

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Type: Barracks
Description: British army base west London, England
Also known as: “Hyde Park Barracks, London” and “Knightsbridge Barracks”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hyde Park and Natural History Museum.

Hyde Park

Park

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Hyde Park is a 350-acre, historic Grade I-listed urban park in Westminster, Greater London. A Royal Park, it is the largest of the parks and green spaces that form a chain from Kensington Palace through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, via Hyde Park Corner and Green Park, past Buckingham Palace to St James's Park.

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 3,100 feet southwest of Hyde Park Barracks.

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 2,700 feet west of Hyde Park Barracks.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Knightsbridge and Belgravia.

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.

Belgravia

Suburb

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Belgravia is a district in Central London, covering parts of the areas of the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Belgravia was known as the 'Five Fields' during the Tudor Period, and became a dangerous place due to highwaymen and robberies.