Hurlingham is a commercial and residential neighbourhood in the city of

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. It is approximately west of the

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Location

Hurlingham Estate is located approximately west of Nairobi's

. Hurlingham is straddled by mostly the Agwings Kodhek Road. It ends at the intersection between Agwings Kodhek Road, Ring Road Kilimani, and Cotton Avenue. Yaya Centre, an upscale shopping mall, is a major landmark of the neighbourhood. It borders Kilimani Estate to the west, Upper Hill to the east and Caledonia Estate to the north. Electorally, Hurlingham is placed under

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, which is partially administratively placed within the larger sub-county of

Westlands Westlands is an affluent, mixed-use commercial and residential neighbourhood in Nairobi. Location Westlands is located approximately , by road, northwest of the central business district of Nairobi. The geographical coordinates of the neighb ...

Overview

Hurlingham Estate was named after a sport of

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was introduced in

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at around 1907. Hurlingham was considered a whites-only residential area by the British colonialists in the mid 20th century. It was not until the 1960s when it was racially integrated. The neighbourhood has historically been primarily low-density residential, but gradually grew into a

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neighbourhood since the early 1990s; both retail and offices and the launch of Yaya Centre shopping mall.

Points of interest

# Yaya Centre, in Hurlingham, is a shopping mall with over 100 retail shops. # Department of Defence Headquarters, along Valley Road.

References

{{Nairobi, state=collapsed Suburbs of Nairobi