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Sloane Square

Sloane Square is a small square on the boundaries of the central London districts of Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Chelsea, located 2.1 miles southwest of Charing Cross, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The area forms a boundary between the two largest aristocratic estates in London, the Grosvenor Estate and the Cadogan. The square is part of the Hans Town area designed in 1771 by Henry Holland Snr. and Henry Holland Jnr. Both the town and square were named after Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753), whose heirs owned the land at the time.
The square lies at the east end of the trendy Kings Road and at the south end of the more conventionally smart Sloane Street linking to Knightsbridge. In the early 1980s, it lent its name to the "Sloane Rangers", the young underemployed, often snooty and ostentatiously well-off members of the upper classes. The square has two notable buildings: Peter Jones department store and the Royal Court Theatre. The River Westbourne is carried over the tube station in a large iron pipe. On the northern side of the square is the Sloane Square Hotel.
by N Chadwick

Created: Mon, 6 Oct 2014, Updated: Mon, 6 Oct 2014


15 images use this description:

TQ2878 : Sloane Square Underground Station by N Chadwick
2014
TQ2878 : Royal Court Theatre by N Chadwick
2014
TQ2778 : Lurgan Mansions, Sloane Square by N Chadwick
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TQ2778 : Cadogan Mansions, Sloane Square by N Chadwick
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TQ2778 : Sloane Square by N Chadwick
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TQ2878 : Hugo Boss, Sloane Square by N Chadwick
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TQ2878 : War Memorial, Sloane Square by N Chadwick
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TQ2878 : Sloane Square Underground Station by N Chadwick
2014
TQ2778 : The Venus Fountain, Sloane Square by N Chadwick
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TQ2878 : Red London Bus, entering Sloane Square by N Chadwick
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TQ2778 : Peter Jones, Sloane Square by N Chadwick
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TQ2778 : Drinking fountain, Sloane Square by N Chadwick
2014
TQ2878 : Sloane Square by N Chadwick
2022
TQ2878 : Royal Court Theatre by N Chadwick
2014
TQ2878 : Sloane Square War Memorial by N Chadwick
2014


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