Marloes Road is a street in

Kensington Kensington is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in the West End of London, West of Central London. The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...

, London, that runs roughly south to north from a T-junction with

Cromwell Road Cromwell Road is a major London road in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, designated as part of the A4. It was created in the 19th century and is said to be named after Richard Cromwell, son of Oliver Cromwell, who once owned a hou ...

, to Cheniston Gardens and

Abingdon Villas Abingdon Villas is a street in Kensington, London, that runs roughly west to east from Earls Court Road to Marloes Road, with crossroads at Abingdon Road and Allen Street en route. The street was developed in stages from 1852 to 1864. Initially ...

. It has junctions with (inter alia)

Lexham Gardens Lexham Gardens is a street in South Kensington, London. Although somewhat irregular in shape, the largest part of the street runs west to east from Earls Court Road to Cromwell Road. The Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, London is at 5– ...

, Stratford Road, and Scarsdale Villas. The southern part was originally called Barrow's Walk, and Marloes Road itself has a "somewhat confusing history".

St Mary Abbots Hospital St Mary Abbots Hospital was a hospital that operated from 1871 to 1992 at a site on Marloes Road in Kensington, London. History The hospital building, which was designed by Alfred Williams as a workhouse infirmary and built by John T. Chappell, ...

was built there in 1871, and operated as a hospital until its demolition in 1992, when it was replaced with blocks of flats. No. 39 is home to the Embassy of Senegal, London. In 1939, the soldier, literary agent, and publisher

Neville Armstrong Neville Spearman Armstrong (20 October 1913 – September 2008) was a British soldier, literary agent, and publisher. In the 1940s and early 1950s he was in partnerships with others, then from 1955 he operated his own publishing company called Ne ...

and his wife were living at no 17.

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Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea {{UK-road-stub