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South Kensington

South Kensington is a district of west London holding the group of national museums and colleges founded after the Great Exhibition of 1851, an area sometimes still called Albertopolis.

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neighborhood
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A name in common use with no authority defining its extent.

South Kensington is a customary name with no defined boundary, covering the museum quarter laid out on land bought with the profits of the 1851 Great Exhibition.

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  • Museums & galleries1
  • Performing arts1
  • Shopping1

Places in South Kensington

Museums & galleries

Victoria and Albert Museum

South Kensington

The Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington is the United Kingdom's national museum of art, design and performance, founded in 1852 from the profits of the Great Exhibition. Its buildings are Grade I listed.

Visit info checked Sept 2026

Performing arts

Royal Albert Hall

South Kensington

The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall in South Kensington, London, opened in 1871 as part of Prince Albert's scheme for a cultural quarter south of Hyde Park. It is Grade I listed.

Shopping

Harrods

South Kensington

Harrods is a department store on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, in a terracotta building of 1901-05 by C. W. Stephens. It is Grade II* listed.

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