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other|King's Road (disambiguation)Infobox street| addtoproseorsumpin =| name = King's Road| native_name =| marker_image =| image = Kings Road SW3.jpg| caption = King's Road, looking east towards Sloane Square| former_names =| postal_code =| addresses =| length_m =| length_ft =| length_mi = 1.9| length_km =| length_ref =| width =| location = Chelsea, London|Chelsea , London , England , United Kingdom|UK | client =| maint =| coordinates =| direction_a = South| terminus_a = Sloane Square | direction_b = West| terminus_b = Waterford Road| junction =| commissioning_date =| construction_start_date =| completion_date =| inauguration_date = | demolition_date =| north =| south =| east =| west =| known_for = Sloane Square tube station , Saatchi Gallery '''King's Road or Kings Road , known popularly as The King's Road or The KR , is a major, well-known street stretching through Chelsea, London|Chelsea and Fulham , both in west London , England . It is traditionally associated with 1960s in fashion|1960s style , and fashion figures such as Mary Quant and Vivienne Westwood .
Location
King's Road runs for just under convert|2|mi through Chelsea, London|Chelsea , in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea , from Sloane Square in the east (on the border with Belgravia and Knightsbridge ) and through the Moore Park estate on the border of Chelsea and Fulham opposite Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge . Shortly after crossing Stanley bridge the road passes a slight kink at the junction with Waterford Road in Fulham , where it then becomes New King's Road, continuing to Putney Bridge ; its western end is in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham .
History
King's Road derives its name from its function as a private road used by Charles II of England|Charles II to travel to Kew . It remained a private royal road until 1830, but people with connections were able to use it. Some houses date from the early 18th century. Thomas Arne lived at No. 215 and is believed to have composed " Rule Britannia " there. Ellen Terry lived in the same house from 1904–1920, and also Peter Ustinov (Actor and play-write), the house is commemorated by a blue plaque . Photographer Christina Broom was born in 1862 at No 8.
In 1876, the world's first artificial ice rink , the Glaciarium , opened just off King's Road, and later that year it relocated to a building on the street.
King's Road was home in the 1960s to the Chelsea Drugstore (originally a chemist with a stylised chrome-and-neon soda fountain upstairs, later a public house , and more recently a McDonalds ), and in the 1970s to Malcolm McLaren 's boutique , Let It Rock , which was renamed SEX (boutique)|SEX in 1974, and then Seditionaries in 1977. During the hippie and punk subculture|punk eras, it was a centre for counterculture , but has since been gentrification|gentrified . It serves as Chelsea's high street and has a reputation for being one of London's most fashionable shopping streets. Other celebrated boutiques included Granny Takes a Trip The Sweet Shop in Blantyre Street just off King's road at World's End and Stop The Shop, a fashion boutique with a revolving floor.
484 King's Road was headquarters of Swan Song Records , owned by Led Zeppelin . They left following closure of the company in 1983. King's Road was site of the first UK branch of Starbucks which opened in 1999 .
The road has been represented in popular culture on various occasions: "King's Road" is the title of a song by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers from the 1981 album Hard Promises and Ian Fleming's James Bond lived in a trendy unnamed square just off King's Road.
Planning and transport
;Planning The eastern part of the King's Road is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.cite web|url= http://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/docs/londonplan08.pdf | author= Mayor of London | publisher= Greater London Authority | title=London Plan (Consolidated with Alterations since 2004) | month=February | year= 2008
;Tube At the eastern end of the street is Sloane Square tube station|Sloane Square , and Fulham Broadway tube station|Fulham Broadway lies at the western end, on the boundary between Chelsea and Fulham. The King's Road, and the area of Chelsea as a whole, is known for having poor links to the London Underground , however the proposed Chelsea-Hackney line would rectify this with the construction of a new Chelsea tube station .
;Bus Buses London Buses route 11|11 , London Buses route 19|19 , London Buses route 22|22 , London Buses route 49|49 , London Buses route 211|211 , List of bus routes in London#300–399|319 , London Buses route 328|328 , and London Buses route C3|C3 all go down the King's Road, yet most of these turn off the street at one point or another. The 11 and the 22 are the only routes which run down the entirety of the King's Road, with the 22 being the only route that runs all the way from Sloane Square to the end of the New Kings Road in Fulham.
;Rail The western end of the King's Road is close to the newly opened Imperial Wharf railway station on the London Overground network, with connections to Willesden Junction railway station|Willesden Junction and Clapham Junction railway station|Clapham Junction . Southern (train operating company)|Southern also run direct rail services to stnlnk|Milton Keynes Central and stnlnk|East Croydon from this station.
;River Chelsea Harbour Pier is also within easy reach of the western end of the King's Road, with river bus services provided by London River Services and Thames Executive Charters to Putney Pier|Putney and Blackfriars Millennium Pier|Blackfriars . Further east, the same services are also provided at Cadogan Pier, only a few blocks south of the King's Road near the Albert Bridge, London|Albert Bridge .
See also
King's Highway
Sloane Ranger
World's End, Chelsea
List of eponymous roads in London
References
reflist
External links
http://www.soundmap.co.uk/kingsroad.aspx Audio Walking Tour of King's Road
http://www.krcsc.co.uk The King's Road Cricket & Social Club
http://www.Kingsroad.co.uk - King's Road London - Local news, community and shopping - Kingsroad.co.uk
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Category:Shopping streets in London Category:Streets in Kensington and Chelsea Category:Streets in Hammersmith and Fulham Category:Youth culture in the United Kingdom Category:Major centres of London
