Kensington Gore
51°30′5.6″N 0°10′45.4″W / 51.501556°N 0.179278°W
Kensington Gore is the name of a U-shaped thoroughfare on the south side of Hyde Park in the City of Westminster, England. The streets connect the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal College of Art, the Royal Geographical Society, and in Kensington Gardens the Albert Memorial. The area is named after the Gore estate which occupied the site until it was developed by Victorian planners in the mid 19th century. A gore is a narrow, triangular piece of land.
the wedge-shaped piece of land which divides them, and which has been known from Anglo-Saxon times as The Gore.
— London Topographical Record, volume 3, pp. 23-4
The street replaces part of Kensington Road, connecting what would otherwise be two separate streets.[1]
History
In May 1851, the house opened as a restaurant by the chef
In 1892, The Gore Hotel was opened by sisters Miss Ada and Ms Cooke, descendants of Captain James Cook. The 50-bedroom luxury hotel has featured in many music videos and photo shoots, such as for Beggars Banquet by The Rolling Stones.[3]
The streets are bounded to the north by Kensington Road (the A315). The nearest tube station is South Kensington to the south.
References
- ^ Google (2 May 2020). "Kensington Gore" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "South Kensington From Above: 1856 – 1862". Albertopolis. Royal Institute of British Architects. Archived from the original on 18 January 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
- ^ The Gore Hotel website