Our Lady of Victories

Our Lady of Victories, in Kensington, London, is a Roman Catholic church. The original church opened in 1869, and for 34 years to 1903 served as pro-cathedral of the Archdiocese of Westminster.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: Roman Catholic church in Kensington, London
Also known as: “Our Lady of Victories, Kensington” and “Roman Catholic Church Of Our Lady Of Victories, Including The Entrance Screen”
Address: 235a Kensington High Street, London, W8 6AF

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Design Museum and Natural History Museum.

Design Museum

Museum

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The Design Museum in Kensington, London, England, exhibits product, industrial, graphic, fashion, and architectural design. In 2018, the museum won the European Museum of the Year Award. Design Museum is situated 750 feet northwest of Our Lady of Victories.

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 mile east of Our Lady of Victories.

Leighton House

Museum

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Leighton House is an historic house in the Holland Park area of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London. The building was the home of wealthy Victorian painter, and President of the Royal Academy, Frederic Leighton, notable for the popular Flaming June painting. Leighton House is situated 1,300 feet west of Our Lady of Victories.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kensington and Earls Court.

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.

Earls Court

Suburb

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Earl's Court is a district of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in West London, bordering the rail tracks of the West London line and District line that separate it from the ancient borough of Fulham to the west, the sub-districts of South Kensington to the east, Chelsea to the south and Kensington to the northeast.

South Kensington

Suburb

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South Kensington is a district at the West End of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Historically it settled on part of the scattered Middlesex village of Brompton.

Our Lady of Victories

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

51.49874° or 51° 29′ 56″ north

Longitude

-0.19741° or 0° 11′ 51″ west

Open location code

9C3XFRX3+F2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 88117514

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

Wikidata ID

Q7110978

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