![Frederick Brown An impromptu dance - a scene on the Chelsea Embankment 1883](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Frederick_Brown_An_impromptu_dance_-_a_scene_on_the_Chelsea_Embankment_1883.jpg)
Chelsea Embankment is part of the
Thames Embankment
The Thames Embankment is a work of 19th-century civil engineering that reclaimed marshy land next to the River Thames in central London. It consists of the Victoria Embankment and Chelsea Embankment.
History
There had been a long history of f ...
, a road and
walkway
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''The New Oxford American Dictionary'' also defines a walkway as "a passage or path for walking along, esp. a ...
along the north bank of the
River Thames
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in
central London
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, England.
The western end of Chelsea Embankment, including a stretch of
Cheyne Walk
Cheyne Walk is an historic road in Chelsea, London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It runs parallel with the River Thames. Before the construction of Chelsea Embankment reduced the width of the Thames here, it fronted ...
, is in the
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is an Inner London borough with royal status. It is the smallest borough in London and the second smallest district in England; it is one of the most densely populated administrative regions in the ...
; the eastern end, including Grosvenor Road and
Millbank
Millbank is an area of central London in the City of Westminster. Millbank is located by the River Thames, east of Pimlico and south of Westminster. Millbank is known as the location of major government offices, Burberry headquarters, the Millb ...
, is in the
City of Westminster
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. Beneath the road lies the main low-level interceptor sewer taking waste water from west London eastwards towards
Beckton
Beckton is a suburb in east London, England, located east of Charing Cross and part of the London Borough of Newham. Adjacent to the River Thames, the area consisted of unpopulated marshland known as the East Ham Levels in the parishes of Barki ...
.
Chelsea Bridge
Chelsea Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames in west London, connecting Chelsea on the north bank to Battersea on the south bank, and split between the City of Westminster, the London Borough of Wandsworth and the Royal Borough of Kens ...
and
Albert Bridge are to the south.
Royal Hospital Chelsea
The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a retirement home and nursing home for some 300 veterans of the British Army. Founded as an almshouse, the ancient sense of the word "hospital", it is a site located on Royal Hospital Road in Chelsea. It is an ...
is to the north.
Sloane Square
Sloane Square is a small hard-landscaped square on the boundaries of the central London districts of Belgravia and Chelsea, located southwest of Charing Cross, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The area forms a boundary betwe ...
is the closest tube station, located to the north.
History
![Garden Corner, 13 Chelsea Embankment, London 02](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Garden_Corner%2C_13_Chelsea_Embankment%2C_London_02.JPG)
The embankment was completed to a design by
Joseph Bazalgette
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette CB (; 28 March 181915 March 1891) was a 19th-century English civil engineer. As chief engineer of London's Metropolitan Board of Works, his major achievement was the creation (in response to the Great Stink of 1 ...
and was part of the
Metropolitan Board of Works
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' grand scheme to provide London with a modern
sewage system
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. It was opened on 9 May 1874 by
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
Alfred (Alfred Ernest Albert; 6 August 184430 July 1900) was the sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893 to 1900. He was the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He was known as the Duke of Edinburgh from 1 ...
.
Notable buildings
![Swan House, 17 Chelsea Embankment 02](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Swan_House%2C_17_Chelsea_Embankment_02.JPG)
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Garden Corner
Garden Corner is a Grade II* listed house at 13 Chelsea Embankment, Chelsea, London.
It was built in 1879 in deep red brick in the Dutch Renaissance style on the site of the ''Old Swan'' pub, and the architect was Edward l'Anson Jr.
James S ...
, 13 Chelsea Embankment - Grade II* listed
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Swan House, 17 Chelsea Embankment - Grade II* listed
Local streets
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Chelsea Bridge Road
Chelsea Bridge Road is the modern eastern boundary of Chelsea, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England. To the northeast is the district of Pimlico in the City of Westminster.
The road runs between Chelsea Bridge on the ...
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Royal Hospital Road
Royal Hospital Road is a street in Chelsea, London, England. It runs between Chelsea Embankment on the north bank of the River Thames to the southwest and a junction with Lower Sloane Street, Pimlico Road and Chelsea Bridge Road to the northeas ...
* West Road
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Tite Street
Tite Street is a street in Chelsea, London, England, within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, just north of the River Thames. It was laid out from 1877 by the Metropolitan Board of Works, giving access to the Chelsea Embankment.
Hist ...
References
External links
LondonTown.com informationChelsea Embankment Gardensinformation from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Buildings and structures on the River Thames
Waterfronts
Chelsea, London