Victoria Road is a street in

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, London, that in 2015 was considered the most expensive street in the United Kingdom. The street runs north to south from Kensington Road,

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in close proximity to

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and the

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. Victoria Road actually runs from Kensington Road and not from Kensington High Street as cited previously. There are 64 properties on the street including the Embassy of Vietnam.The Most Expensive Street at The Guardian Money
Retrieved 11 December 2015

History

The street was originally called Love Lane and the white stucco-fronted houses date from the 1840s. In April 2012, it was named the "most expensive in UK", with residents including the actor

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and the former king of Malaysia. In December 2015, it was named "the most expensive street in England and Wales", with an average property price of £8,006,000 in a study by

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based on

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figures.

Notable residents

* Thomas Oldham Barlow (1824–1889), the artist and mezzotint engraver, lived at Auburn Lodge, Victoria Road, where he had a studio and died there in 1889. * Edward Henry Corbould (1815–1905), artist and art tutor to Queen Victoria's children, lived at no. 52. *

Henry Newbolt Sir Henry John Newbolt, Order of the Companions of Honour, CH (6 June 1862 – 19 April 1938) was an English poet, novelist and historian. He also had a role as a government adviser with regard to the study of English in England. He is perhaps ...

(1862–1938), poet, lived at 14 Victoria Road from 1889 to 1898. *In autumn 1910, the

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moved to a house in Victoria Road. *

Rudolf Nureyev Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (17 March 19386 January 1993) was a Soviet-born ballet dancer and choreographer. Nureyev is widely regarded as the preeminent male ballet dancer of his generation as well as one of the greatest ballet dancers of all ...

(1938–1993), lived at no. 27 before moving to Paris.

References

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