Royal Hospital Chelsea

The Royal Hospital Chelsea is an old soldiers' retirement home and nursing home for some 300 veterans of the British Army. Founded as an almshouse — the ancient sense of the word "hospital" — by King Charles II in 1682, it is a 66-acre site located on Royal Hospital Road in .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: retirement home and nursing home for British soldiers, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Chelsea Hospital”, “Royal Hospital, Chelsea and Ranelagh Gardens”, and “The Royal Hospital Chelsea”
  • Address: Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4SR

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chelsea Physic Garden and National Army Museum.

Garden
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The was established as the Apothecaries' Garden in London, England, in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries to grow plants to be used as medicines. is situated 1,500 feet southwest of Royal Hospital Chelsea.

Museum
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The is the British Army's central museum. It is located in the district of , adjacent to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the home of the "Chelsea Pensioners". is situated 840 feet southwest of Royal Hospital Chelsea.

Art gallery
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The is a London gallery for contemporary art and an independent charity opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985. Exhibitions which drew upon the collection of Charles Saatchi, starting with US artists and minimalism, moving to the Damien Hirst-led… is situated 1,200 feet north of Royal Hospital Chelsea.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chelsea and Sutton Dwellings.

Suburb
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is an area in , England, due south-west of by approximately 2.5 miles. It lies on the north bank of the and for postal purposes is part of the south-western postal area.

Neighborhood
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, also known as the Sutton Estate, are a series of 14 residential buildings in , United Kingdom.

Neighborhood
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is a large housing estate in the area of , . The estate was developed between 1946 and 1962 to a design by the architects Powell and Moya, replacing Victorian terraced houses extensively damaged during the Blitz.

Royal Hospital Chelsea

Latitude
51.48743° or 51° 29′ 15″ north
Longitude
-0.15711° or 0° 9′ 26″ west
Inception
February 1692
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q1628509
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Royal Hospital Chelsea” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مستشفى تشيلسي الملكي”
  • Armenian: “Զինվորական հիվանդանոց Չելսիյում”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çelsidəki hərbi xəstəxana”
  • Belarusian: “Каралеўскі шпіталь у Чэлсі”
  • Catalan: “Hospital Reial de Chelsea”
  • Chinese: “切尔西皇家医院”
  • Chinese: “切爾西皇家醫院”
  • Chinese: “皇家車路士醫院”
  • Cornish: “Klavji Riel Chelsea”
  • Dutch: “Royal Hospital Chelsea”
  • Finnish: “Royal Hospital Chelsea”
  • Finnish: “Royal Hospital”
  • French: “hôpital royal de Chelsea”
  • French: “Hôpital royal de Chelsea”
  • French: “Royal Hospital Chelsea”
  • German: “Royal Hospital Chelsea”
  • Hebrew: “בית האבות המלכותי צ’לסי”
  • Indonesian: “Royal Hospital Chelsea”
  • Irish: “Ospidéal Ríoga Chelsea”
  • Italian: “Royal Hospital Chelsea”
  • Japanese: “チェルシー・ホスピタル”
  • Japanese: “チェルシー王立病院”
  • Japanese: “ロイヤル・ホスピタル・チェルシー”
  • Japanese: “王立チェルシー病院”
  • Korean: “첼시 왕립병원”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Royal Hospital Chelsea”
  • Portuguese: “Royal Hospital Chelsea”
  • Russian: “Военный госпиталь в Челси”
  • Russian: “Военный госпиталь”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ospadal Rìoghail Chelsea”
  • Slovenian: “Royal Hospital Chelsea”
  • Spanish: “Royal Hospital Chelsea”
  • Swedish: “Royal Hospital Chelsea”
  • Tatar: “Челсидагы хәрби һоспиталь”
  • Turkish: “Royal Hospital Chelsea”
  • Welsh: “Ysbyty Brenhinol Chelsea”

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