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Embassy building. Turn right up
Park Lane and walk along what
was once the city’s most desirable
residential street, before the traffic
got so heavy r. At the end you
can see Marble Arch (see p213).
Hyde Park
Enter the pedestrian subway t
at exit No. 6 and follow signs for u The Serpentine, on a fine day
Park Lane West Side, exit No. 5.
You will emerge at Speakers’ Park (see p213) south–southwest, exercise their horses. Leave the
Corner y (see p213), where on enjoying the views on all sides, park at Edinburgh Gate a.
Sundays anyone can make a and make for the boat house u
speech on any topic. Cross Hyde on the Serpentine (an artificial Knightsbridge
lake created by Queen Caroline Cross Knightsbridge and,
in 1730), where you can rent a resisting the temptations of two
SEYMOUR ST Bond row ing boat. Turn left and of London’s great department
Marble O X F O R D S T R E E T Street follow the path to Serpentine stores – Harvey Nichols s and
EDGWARE RD
Arch Bar and Kitchen i for Harrods d (see p213) on
MARBLE ARCH DUKE STREET DAVIES STREET STREET refreshments. From Brompton Road – head down
B AY S W AT E R R O A D CUMBE R LAND GATE PARK STREET NORTH AUDLEY ST BROOK there, take the stone Sloane Street to turn left at
THE RING (NORTH CARRIAGE DRIVE) y t GROSVENOR STREET bridge o and cross Harriet Street. At Lowndes
Rotten Row p,
Square, turn right and leave the
UPPER BROOK ST e SQUARE GROSVENOR where the square on the far side, turning
UPPER GROSVENOR ST your left is the Pantechnicon,
r very wealthy left into Motcomb Street. On
MOUNT ST w SQUARE by colossal Doric columns,
HYDE P A R K L A N E BERKELEY an eccentric structure fronted
3
q
STREET
P ARK CHESTERFIELD HILL MEWS 5 4 DOVER STREET built in 1830.
STREET HILL BERKELEY STREET
PARK STREET
SOUTH SOUTH AUDLEY STREET HAY'S CHA RLES STREET 6 CU RZO N STREET Belgravia
ALBEMARLE STREET
0 BOLTON ST 2 Turn left out of the arcade onto
9 QUEEN STREET Kinnerton Street, which boasts
CURZON STREET 8 7 1 Green one of London’s smallest pubs,
P A R K L A N E
Park
u HERTFORD ST QUEEN'S WALK the Nag’s Head f. A pretty
mew runs off to the left of this
i P I C C A D I L LY street at its northern end; look
The Serpentine
o SERPENTIN E RO AD for Ann’s Close and Kinnerton
GREEN PAR K Place North. Almost opposite
the latter, the street makes a
p
ROTTEN ROW R O T TEN Hyde Park
R OW Corner sharp right turn to emerge into
K NIGH TSBR ID G E Wilton Place opposite St Paul’s
S OU TH C AR R IAG E D RI V E G C O N S T I T U T I O N H I L L Church (1843). Turn right here
a BUCKINGHAM and follow Wilton Crescent
KNIGHTSBRIDGE s WILTO N PL g P ALACE round to the left before turning
Knightsbridge LOWNDES SQUARE f KINNERTON ST WILTON CRES GROSVENOR CRES R O SV EN O R P LA GARDENS left into Wilton Row, where

MEWS NORTH
BELGRAVE
there is another small pub, the
BROM PTON RD Knightsbridge MOTCOMB ST BELGRAVE CHAPEL STREET Grenadier g, once the officers’
CHESTER STREET CE
mess of the Guards’ barracks
d
SQUARE
and reputedly frequented by
the Duke of Wellington. Up
Old Barracks Yard to the right
SLOANE ST
of the pub there are some
old officers’ billets and a worn
stone said to have been used
by the Iron Duke when
Key
mounting his horses. The alley
Walk route leads to a T-junction. To finish
the walk, turn left and walk
around the building in front
0 metres 400 of you to reach Knightsbridge.
0 yards 400 h Once the officers’ mess, now the Turn right and continue to
Grenadier pub, Belgravia Hyde Park Corner station.
For keys to symbols see back flap
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