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Royal Hospital Road is a street in
Chelsea
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Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
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United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
,
London
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, England. It runs between
Chelsea Embankment
Chelsea Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment, a road and walkway along the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England.
The western end of Chelsea Embankment, including a stretch of Cheyne Walk, is in the Royal Boroug ...
on the north bank of the
River Thames
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to the southwest and a junction with
Lower Sloane Street
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*Lower (surname)
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*Lower Receiver (firearms)
*Lower Wick
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,
Pimlico Road
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Heath St. Route 64. (MTA Maryland)
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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 ...
to the northeast. Also adjacent are
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 ...
to the south and
Flood Street to the north. The road is designated the
B302. The closest
tube station
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The Und ...
is
Sloane Square
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to the north along Lower Sloane Street.
To the southwest of Royal Hospital Road is the
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 ...
, hence the name. The
National Army Museum
The National Army Museum is the British Army's central museum. It is located in the Chelsea district of central London, adjacent to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the home of the "Chelsea Pensioners". The museum is a non-departmental public body. ...
is located next to the Royal Hospital Chelsea. To the south is the
Chelsea Physic Garden
The Chelsea Physic Garden was established as the Apothecaries' Garden in London, England, in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries to grow plants to be used as medicines. This four acre physic garden, the term here referring to the sc ...
.
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay is at 68 Royal Hospital Road,
formerly the site of another Michelin 3-starred restaurant,
La Tante Claire
La Tante Claire (''The Aunt Claire'') was a restaurant in Chelsea, London, which opened in 1977 and 1998. Owned and operated by Pierre Koffmann, it gained three Michelin stars in 1983, and held all three until the restaurant moved premises in 199 ...
.
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Streets in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Odonyms referring to a building
Chelsea, London