Belgrave Road is a street in the

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area of

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It is situated in the

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and runs between

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to the northwest and

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to the southeast. The street and the adjacent area were developed by

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in the 1840s, who considered it as dwellings for the middle class, as opposed to those he had developed in

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for the more affluent. The widths of the properties were comparatively narrow. As a result, the area went into decline but has more recently improved in both appearance and use. There are three green spaces along its length, which is only 750 metres long. These are

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, and

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. Belgrave Road is the home of

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and two private schools. For the most part, both sides of the road are terraced stucco-fronted houses, giving the street an appearance of elegance from a previous age. Many of these houses have been converted into hotels, some of which have combined three adjacent houses. There are over twenty hotels in a street where the house numbers do not exceed 140. This gives rise to a very mobile population. Except where Warwick Way crosses Belgrave Road, there are no shops, and even at this crossing there is only a small convenience store and a

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, the "Marquis of Westminster". Its proximity to Victoria Station has made it a popular street for tourists.

Bibliography

* Michael Leapman (editor), ''London — The evolution of a great city''. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989. .

References

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