Chelsea, London

Chelsea is a district of London, loosely defined by the area around the King's Road, beginning at Sloane Square at one end, and the "World's End" public house at the other, the River Thames and the Victorian artists' district to the south, and some parts between the King's Road and the Fulham Road. The eastern boundary is defined by the River Westbourne, which is now in a pipe above Sloane Square Underground and Counter's Creek provided the original western boundary. The district is part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Famous Residents

Chelsea probably has more Blue Plaques than any other district of London. Some of the great and not-so-good who have lived here include

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• James Bond (fictional) and John le Carre's Smiley.
• Sir Marc Isambard Brunel and Isambard Kingdom Brunel (civil engineers) (Cheyne Walk)
• George Eliot
• Elizabeth Gaskell
• Mick Jagger and (at one time) all the Rolling Stones (Edith Grove)
• Roger Keyes
• Freddie Mercury (1 Logan Place, W8), the outer wall is covered in graffiti and messages by Queen fans from around the world, particularly from Japan.
• Sylvia Pankhurst (Cheyne Walk)
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti
• Gerald Scarfe and Jane Asher
• Algernon Swinburne
• Margaret Thatcher (Flood Street)
• William Turner
• James McNeill Whistler
• Oscar Wilde (Tite Street)

Bob Marley composed his hit "I Shot The Sheriff" in a one-bedroom flat off Cheyne Walk in the mid-Seventies.

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Gwyneth Paltrow has recently put in an offer for a £1.25 million apartment just off the King's Road. Johnny Depp rented a property on the King's Road for the duration of filming Finding Neverland, which follows the life of J.M. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan.

Related Topics:
Gwyneth Paltrow - Johnny Depp - Finding Neverland - J.M. Barrie - Peter Pan

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