Daniel Armitage Bannerman was one of the greatest ornithologists of his age. In Victorian times the British had an obsession with listing and collecting collections of any type of...

Colonnade Place is a shopping precinct on the southern perimeter of the mainly residential area of Belgravia in central London. The shopping area is framed by a series of...

Ebury Square is one of the beautiful public gardens located at the heart of Belgravia in central London close to Victoria. The gardens have been a place of rest...

Dame Edith Evans was one of the most prominent English actresses of the 20th Century. She lived a great deal of her life in this house at the heart...

Ian Fleming lived in a flat in this converted palatial property on the edge of the exclusive area of Belgravia, close to Victoria Station. He loved the area and...

John Nicholson was a great British Army officer, serving as part of the East India Company. Born in Ireland, he made England his home but spent a lot of...

The Lindley Library is the main archive of study for the Royal Horticultural Society. The collection numbers well in excess of fifty thousand books, three hundred archived periodicals and...

Little Ben is modelled on the clock tower of St. Stephen's commonly known as Big Ben at the other end of Victoria Street at the Houses of Parliament. It...

Lower Grosvenor Gardens is a small public park and green area close to Victoria Station in the south area of Westminster. The gardens are named after the famous Grosvenor...

This exhibition is designed to tell the story of the work of the Ministry of Defence, with particular attention to younger members of the community. The collection is made...

Noel Coward is one of the great names associated with 20th Century entertainment in Britain. A larger than life character, Coward thrived on living at the very heart of...

Orange Square stands at one end of Ebury Street on the western border of Belgravia close to Pimlico Road. The square has for centuries been a place of meeting,...

Augustus Pitt Rivers lived most of his life in this fine house just yards from the grounds of Buckingham Palace in the exclusive district of Belgravia. One of the...

St. Barnabus is a good looking parish church close to Pimlico Road, one of the main thoroughfares that connects Chelsea with Belgravia. The church is noted for having a...

This fine local church stands at the centre of the exclusive area of Belgravia in central London. The church was built quickly and cheaply over the top of a...

Ferdinand Foch started his life with humble beginning in France. He joined the French army and slowly worked his way through the ranks. He soon made a reputation...

This statue celebrates one of the most famous former residents of Belgravia, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, probably the greatest classical composer ever to have lived. Designed by Christopher Moorson, the...

Upper Grosvenor Gardens is a small green area located at the heart of Westminster, just north of Victoria Station. The gardens are used by a variety of people ranging...

Opened in 1862, Victoria Station was a symbol of the great industrial expansion of the country, an icon of the steam age and a direct project of the Great Exhibition....

Winston Churchill of course most famously resided at 10 Downing Street as Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for two terms, during the second World War and again...