Chelsea, SW3

Chelsea is a district of London bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road and Chelsea Harbour. Its eastern boundary was once defined by the River Westbourne, which is now in a pipe above Sloane Square tube station. The modern eastern boundary can be said to be Chelsea Bridge Road and the lower half of Sloane Street, including Sloane Square. To the north and northwest, the area fades into Brompton and South Kensington, but it is safe to say that the area north of the King's Road as far northwest as the Fulham Road is part of Chelsea.

The district is now part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, but until the creation of the Greater London Council (GLC) in 1965 it was a London borough in its own right, the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea.

Note also that Stamford Bridge, the famous headquarters of Chelsea Football Club, though close to the west end of the King's Road, is actually in nearby Fulham, which therefore hosts two Premiership teams.

Chelsea consists of two main postcodes (SW3 and SW10) but also includes small sections of SW1. All of Chelsea is, by definition, in the London borough of "The Royal Borough Kensington and Chelsea" (RBKC). On the eastern side RBKC meets the equably fashionable and expensive borough of the City of Westminster (COW), this meets at Lower Sloane Street where the postcode is SW1W, with one side of the road being in COW and the other in RBKC. However it does give the strange result that some of RBKC is in SW1W.

The vast majority of Chelsea is SW3. The far west of Chelsea is SW10 and SW5 but due to the absence of tube coverage in large parts of the Borough, most people in SW10 use Earls Court tube in SW5.

The most desirable part of Chelsea is around Sloane Square tube. Around here, Chelsea meets Belgravia and Knightsbridge. This property market attracts considerable (international) attention, and is a very complex market. The area around Milner Street has seen a massive boom in the prices of property (a 19% increase between 2005 and 2006).

Much of Chelsea (SW3) and Knightsbridge (SW1X) is still owned by Earl Cadogan. Most of the property he owns is in and around Cadogan Square. This has a major influence on the markets as the Earl is the freeholder. He also owns Cadogan Square, to which local residents can subscribe for an annual fee, and in return receive access to the gardens (and optionally the tennis courts).

Useful Links:
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(9) Chelsea, SW3
(35) Marylebone, W1
(10) London Bridge, SE1
(10) Enfield, EN1
(8) South Kensington, SW7
(7) Tottenham, N17
(6) Canary Wharf, E14
(6) Camden, NW1
(5) Perivale, UB6
(5) Notting Hill, W11
(5) Mayfair, W1
(5) Bloomsbury, WC1
(5) Belgravia, SW1
(4) Sydenham, SE26
(4) Streatham, SW16
(4) Regents Park, NW1
(4) Muswell Hill, N10
(4) Islington, N1
(4) Fulham, SW6
(4) Edmonton, N9
(4) Docklands, E1
(4) City, EC4
(4) Chiswick, W4
(4) Brockley, SE4
(4) Brixton, SW2
(3) Westminster, SW1
(3) Walthamstow, E17
(3) Soho, W1
(3) Putney, SW15
(3) Maida Vale, W9
(3) Knightsbridge, SW1
(3) Kings Cross, N1
(3) Kensington, W8
(3) Greenford, UB6
(3) Edgware, HA8
(3) Earls Court, SW5
(3) Canning Town, E16
(3) Bow, E3
(3) Acton, W3
(2) Wimbledon, SW19
(2) Waterloo, SE1
(2) Tufnell Park, N7
(2) Southgate, N14
(2) Southfields, SW18
(2) Shepherds Bush, W12
(2) Seven Sisters, N15
(2) Pimlico, SW1
(2) Mile End, E3
(2) Marble Arch, W2
(2) Kentish Town, NW5
(2) Ilford, IG1
(2) Green Park, W1
(2) Cricklewood, NW2
(2) Charlton, SE7
(2) Brentford, TW8
(2) Borough, SE1
(2) Bethnal Green, E2
(2) Bayswater, W2
(2) Battersea, SW11
(1) Woolwich, SE18
(1) Wood Green, N22
(1) Willesden, NW10
(1) West Hampstead, NW6
(1) Wanstead, E11
(1) Wandsworth, SW18
(1) Walworth, SE17
(1) Wallington, SM6
(1) Tooting, SW17
(1) Stratford, E15
(1) Stoke Newington, N16
(1) Stepney Green, E1
(1) Stamford Hill, N15
(1) St John's Wood, NW8
(1) Southall, UB1
(1) South Norwood, SE25
(1) Shoreditch, N1
(1) Shad Thames, SE1
(1) Richmond, TW10
(1) Preston, HA3
(1) Paddington, W2
(1) Mill Hill, NW7
(1) Hounslow, TW3
(1) Holloway, N7
(1) Harrow, HA0
(1) Hackney, E8
(1) Golders Green, NW11
(1) Finchley, N3
(1) East Sheen, SW14
(1) Ealing, W5
(1) Croydon, CR0
(1) Crouch End, N8
(1) Clapton, E5
(1) Clapham, SW4
(1) Bermondsey, SE16
(1) Bellingham, SE6
(1) Beckenham, BR3
(1) Barnet, EN4
(1) Barnes, SW13
(1) Archway, N6
(1) Anerley, SE20