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276  L ONDON AREA B Y AREA

A Two-Hour Walk Through Mayfair to Belgravia

This walk takes you from Green Park to Hyde Park, through
the hearts of Mayfair and Belgravia, two of London’s most
elegant Georgian residential districts. It includes a bracing
stroll through Hyde Park and, if you’re feeling energetic,
a row on the Serpentine.
home of the soldier and
governor, Lord Clive of India.

Mayfair
Keep to the south of the 3 Grand Georgian doorway in
square and turn into Charles Berkeley Square
Street, noting the evocative
lampholders at Nos. 40 and 41 6.
Turn left into Queen Street and EDGWARE RD SEYMOUR ST Bond
cross Curzon Street to enter Marble O X F O R D S T R E E T Street
Arch
Shepherd Market 7 (see p101) MARBLE ARCH
through Curzonfield House DUKE STREET DAVIES STREET STREET
alleyway. Turn right up a B AY S W AT E R R O A D CUMBE R LAND GATE PARK STREET NORTH AUDLEY ST BROOK
pedestrian-only street then right THE RING (NORTH CARRIAGE DRIVE) y t GROSVENOR STREET
7 L’Artiste Musclé restaurant, onto Hertford Street, passing the e GROSVENOR
Shepherd Market, Mayfair Curzon Cinema 8 on the corner UPPER BROOK ST SQUARE
of Curzon Street. Here you are r UPPER GROSVENOR ST
Green Park to almost facing Crewe House 9,
Berkeley Square built in 1730 by Edward Shepherd, HYDE P A R K L A N E MOUNT ST w SQUARE
3
BERKELEY
Exit Green Park station 1 who also laid out the market. PARK STREET q STREET ALBEMARLE STREET
following the signs for Turn left and walk up Curzon P ARK CHESTERFIELD HILL MEWS 5 4 DOVER STREET
Piccadilly North. With Green Street, then turn right onto SOUTH STREET HILL CHA RLES STREET BERKELEY STREET
Park opposite you, turn left. Chesterfield Street. A left turn at SOUTH AUDLEY STREET HAY'S 6 CU RZO N STREET
Pass Devonshire House 2, a Charles Street brings you to Red P A R K L A N E 0 9 BOLTON ST 2
1920s office block that replaced Lion Yard 0, where a pub stands QUEEN STREET
the 18th-century mansion opposite one of the few CURZON STREET 8 7 1 Green
designed by William Kent. weatherboarded buildings in the Park QUEEN'S WALK
Only Kent’s gates survive, now West End. Turn right into Hay’s u HERTFORD ST
at the park entrance across Mews and left up Chesterfield The Serpentine i P I C C A D I L LY
Piccadilly. Turn left and walk Hill. Cross Hill Street and South o
up Berkeley Street to Berkeley Street and head left until you S E R PE N TI NE R O A D
Square 3. To the south, the reach an alley leading to the p GREEN PAR K
remains of Lansdowne House peaceful haven of Mount Street ROT T E N R O W ROTTEN Hyde Park
Corner
ROW
by Robert Adam are now Gardens q. The gardens back on K NIGH TSBR ID G E
occupied by an advertising to the Church of the Immaculate S OU TH CAR R IAG E D RI VE G C O N S T I T U T I O N H I L L
a
agency 4. There are still a few Conception w. Cross the garden KNIGHTSBRIDGE WILTO N PL BUCKINGHAM
P ALACE
splendid 18th-century houses and turn left onto Mount Street; s g GARDENS

to the west, including No. 45 5, then right onto South Audley Knightsbridge f KINNERTON ST GROSVENOR CRES R O SV EN O R
MEWS NORTH
BELGRAVE
Street and left at Grosvenor LOWNDES SQUARE WILTON CRES P LA
Square e into Upper Grosvenor CHAPEL STREET
Tips for Walkers Street, passing to the left of BROM PTON RD Knightsbridge MOTCOMB ST BELGRAVE CHESTER STREET CE
d
Starting point: Green Park what was until 2017 the US SLOANE ST SQUARE
station.
Length: 5 km (3 miles).
Getting there: Green Park is
on the Victoria, Jubilee and
Piccadilly Underground lines.
Hyde Park Corner is on the
Piccadilly line.
Stopping-off points: There are
numerous pubs, cafés and rest-
aur ants in the area. Serpentine
Bar and Kitchen on the
Serpentine is open 8am–9pm.
Mount Street Gardens behind beautiful Georgian buildings
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