West Block

West Block is an apartment building in South Kensington-Chelsea, Greater London, England which is located on Lawrence Street. West Block is situated nearby to the restaurant The Cross Keys, as well as near the museum The Carlyles’ House.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The Carlyles’ House and Albert Bridge.

The Carlyles’ House

Museum

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The Carlyles' House, in Cheyne Row, Chelsea, central London, was the home of the Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle and his wife Jane from 1834 until his death in 1881.

Albert Bridge

Bridge

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Albert Bridge is a road bridge over the River Thames connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south. Designed and built by Rowland Mason Ordish in 1873 as an Ordish–Lefeuvre system modified cable-stayed bridge, it proved to be structurally unsound, so between 1884 and 1887 Sir Joseph Bazalgette incorporated some of the design elements of a suspension bridge. Albert Bridge is situated 1,000 feet southeast of West Block.

Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, also referred to as Holy Redeemer Church, is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Chelsea, London. it was built in the 19th century and opened on 23 October 1895.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include World’s End and Chelsea.

World’s End

Neighborhood

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World's End is a district of Chelsea, London, lying at the western end of the King's Road. Once a Victorian slum area, council housing was built here in the 20th century, including the brutalist architecture World's End estate.

Chelsea

Suburb

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Chelsea is an area in West London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames and for postal purposes is part of the south-western postal area.