Brompton Oratory

Brompton Oratory, also known as the London Oratory, is a Catholic parish church in the Brompton area of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: catholic church in London, England, UK
Also known as: “Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary”
Address: Brompton Road, London

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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 1,500 feet west of Brompton Oratory.

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 1,500 feet west of Brompton Oratory.

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 2,300 feet northwest of Brompton Oratory.

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

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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.

Brompton Oratory

Categories: Catholic church building, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: South Kensington-Chelsea, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.49714° or 51° 29′ 50″ north

Longitude

-0.16964° or 0° 10′ 11″ west

Inception

April 16th, 1884

Open location code

9C3XFRWJ+V4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 851727368

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=oratory

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

Wikidata ID

Q1769288

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Brompton Oratory” goes by many names.

Catalan: “oratori de Brompton”
Chinese: “布朗普顿圣堂”
Dutch: “Brompton Oratory”
Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه برومبتون الخطابه”
French: “oratoire de Brompton”
French: “Oratoire de Brompton”
French: “oratoire de Londres”
German: “Brompton Oratory”
German: “Oratorianerkirche London”
German: “Oratorianerkirche”
Hebrew: “אורטוריית ברומפטון”
Indonesian: “Oratorium Brompton”
Irish: “Brompton Oratory”
Italian: “Brompton Oratory”
Japanese: “ブロンプトン・オラトリー”
Japanese: “ブロンプトン礼拝堂”
Japanese: “ブロンプトン祈祷所”
Persian: “کلیسا برامپتون اوراتوری”
Spanish: “Iglesia del Inmaculado Corazón de María”
Spanish: “Oratorio Brompton”
Spanish: “Oratorio de Londres”
Swedish: “Brompton Oratory”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Brompton Road tube station and Oratory House Garden.

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