Hyde Park Gate is a street in Central London, England, which applies to two parallel roads in Kensington on the southern boundary of

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. These two roads run south, perpendicular to

Kensington Road Kensington Road is a section of road in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the City of Westminster, London, forming part of the A315 road. It runs along the south edge of Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. To the west it becomes ...

, but the name Hyde Park Gate also applies to the houses on the south side of that road between Queen's Gate and De Vere Gardens. It is known for being a former residence and the death place of Sir Winston Churchill. The numbering system was changed in 1884, e.g. Number 11 became 20.

Notable residents

Number 6 * The Consular Section of the Embassy of Algeria Number 9 *

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, ( ; (Commonly pronounced by others as ) 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the wor ...

, founder of the scouting movement Number 14 * Margaret Kennedy, novelist Number 16 * The Embassy of Estonia Number 17 * Victoria Claflin Woodhull Martin, first woman to run for the US presidency Number 18 * Sir Jacob Epstein, sculptor and painter Number 19 *

Arthur Stockdale Cope Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope, (2 November 1857 – 5 July 1940) was a British portraitist. Biography Cope was born on 2 November 1857, in South Kensington, London. His father was Charles West Cope (1811–1890), a successful history and genr ...

, artist member of the

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Number 22

Sir Leslie Stephen 22 Hyde Park Gate Kensington London SW7 5DH

* Vanessa Bell, painter *

Virginia Woolf Adeline Virginia Woolf (; ; 25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. Woolf was born ...

, writer * Sir Leslie Stephen, scholar and writer (previously at 20, born at 42) * Julia Stephen, philanthropist, writer, artist's model Number 24 * Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, politician and Chancellor of The Exchequer (1983–1989) * Nigella Lawson, food writer, journalist and broadcaster Number 28 * Sir Winston Churchill, former prime minister, who died there Number 29 * Sir Roderick Jones, director of

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, and Enid Bagnold, novelist and playwright Number 34 * The High Commission of Fiji Number 38 * The Embassy of the Netherlands

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