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.mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-uk-place .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-top:0;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;padding:0 0.6em 0.4em 0.6em}</style><p><b>South Kensington</b> is a district just west of <a href="/wiki/Central_London" title="Central London">Central London</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea" title="Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea">Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea</a>. Historically it settled on part of the scattered <a href="/wiki/Middlesex" title="Middlesex">Middlesex</a> village of <a href="/wiki/Brompton,_London" title="Brompton, London">Brompton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Tames_2000_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tames_2000-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its name was supplanted with the advent of the railways in the late 19th century and the opening (and shutting) and naming of local tube stations.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The area has many museums and cultural landmarks with a high number of visitors, such as the <a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Museum,_London" title="Natural History Museum, London">Natural History Museum</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Science_Museum_(London)" class="mw-redirect" title="Science Museum (London)">Science Museum</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum" title="Victoria and Albert Museum">Victoria and Albert Museum</a>. Adjacent affluent centres such as <a href="/wiki/Knightsbridge" title="Knightsbridge">Knightsbridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_London" title="Chelsea, London">Chelsea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kensington" title="Kensington">Kensington</a>, have been considered as some of the most exclusive real estate in the world. </p><table class="infobox ib-uk-place vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org nowrap">South Kensington</th></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:London_-_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum_-_panoramio_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/London_-_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg/240px-London_-_Victoria_and_Albert_Museum_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="164" class="mw-file-element" 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dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_England" title="List of places in England">England</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_London" title="List of places in London">London</a></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=South_Kensington&params=51.4912_N_0.1769_W_region:GB_type:city"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°29′28″N</span> <span class="longitude">0°10′37″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.4912°N 0.1769°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.4912; -0.1769</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Geography"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Geography</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Iranian_Embassy_siege"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Iranian Embassy siege</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Places_of_worship"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Places of worship</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Trivia"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Trivia</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#Notable_residents"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Notable residents</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Nearby_places"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Nearby places</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=South_Kensington&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>As is often the case in other areas of London, the boundaries for South Kensington are arbitrary and have altered with time. This is due in part to usage arising from the tube stops and other landmarks which developed across Brompton. A contemporary definition is the commercial area around the <a href="/wiki/South_Kensington_tube_station" title="South Kensington tube station">South Kensington tube station</a> and the adjacent garden squares and streets (such as <a href="/wiki/Onslow_Square" title="Onslow Square">Onslow Square</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thurloe_Square" title="Thurloe Square">Thurloe Square</a>, opposite the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum" title="Victoria and Albert Museum">Victoria and Albert Museum</a>). To the north is the <a href="/wiki/Kensington_Gore" title="Kensington Gore">Kensington Gore</a>, to the south the winding <a href="/wiki/Fulham_Road" title="Fulham Road">Fulham Road</a> and streets leading to <a href="/wiki/Sloane_Square" title="Sloane Square">Sloane Square</a> and to the west, the residential and hotel area of <a href="/wiki/Gloucester_Road,_London" title="Gloucester Road, London">Gloucester Road</a>. South Kensington station lies on the junction of several thoroughfares: principally the <a href="/wiki/Old_Brompton_Road" title="Old Brompton Road">Old Brompton Road</a>, Harrington Road and Pelham Street and a stone's throw from the arterial <a href="/wiki/Cromwell_Road" title="Cromwell Road">Cromwell Road</a>. It is furthermore criss-crossed by the <a href="/wiki/Exhibition_Road" title="Exhibition Road">Exhibition Road</a> and the stately <a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Gate" title="Queen's Gate">Queen's Gate</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prince_Consort_Road" title="Prince Consort Road">Prince Consort Road</a>. Until road lay-out improvements in 2012, the area was afflicted with traffic congestion and likened to a series of traffic islands.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Natural_History_Museum,_Exhibition_Road,_London_SW7_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1128801.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Natural_History_Museum%2C_Exhibition_Road%2C_London_SW7_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1128801.jpg/220px-Natural_History_Museum%2C_Exhibition_Road%2C_London_SW7_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1128801.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="611" data-file-height="350"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 126px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Natural_History_Museum%2C_Exhibition_Road%2C_London_SW7_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1128801.jpg/220px-Natural_History_Museum%2C_Exhibition_Road%2C_London_SW7_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1128801.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="126" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Natural_History_Museum%2C_Exhibition_Road%2C_London_SW7_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1128801.jpg/330px-Natural_History_Museum%2C_Exhibition_Road%2C_London_SW7_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1128801.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Natural_History_Museum%2C_Exhibition_Road%2C_London_SW7_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1128801.jpg/440px-Natural_History_Museum%2C_Exhibition_Road%2C_London_SW7_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1128801.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Geological_Museum" title="Geological Museum">Geological Museum</a> (1843) at its new location, Exhibition Road from 1935, now integrated with the Science Museum</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PM_Skating_scimus2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/PM_Skating_scimus2.JPG/220px-PM_Skating_scimus2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2028" data-file-height="1469"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 159px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/PM_Skating_scimus2.JPG/220px-PM_Skating_scimus2.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="159" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/PM_Skating_scimus2.JPG/330px-PM_Skating_scimus2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/PM_Skating_scimus2.JPG/440px-PM_Skating_scimus2.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Museum,_London" title="Natural History Museum, London">Natural History Museum</a> ice rink</figcaption></figure> <p>Modern development of the area is the result of the creation of the temporary <i><a href="/wiki/Albertopolis" title="Albertopolis">Albertopolis</a></i> reached by Exhibition Road, whose terrain now includes the <a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Museum,_London" title="Natural History Museum, London">Natural History Museum</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Geological_Museum" title="Geological Museum">Geological Museum</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Science_Museum,_London" title="Science Museum, London">Science Museum</a>, the Victoria and Albert Museum, <a href="/wiki/London_Oratory" title="London Oratory">London Oratory</a> and since 1915, the <a href="/wiki/Lyc%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7ais_Charles_de_Gaulle" title="Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle">Lycée Français</a>. Other local institutions include the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Institute_and_Sikorski_Museum" title="Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum">Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Polish_Hearth_Club" title="Polish Hearth Club">Polish Hearth Club</a>, London <a href="/wiki/Goethe-Institut" title="Goethe-Institut">Goethe-Institut</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Imperial_College_London" title="Imperial College London">Imperial College London</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Geographical_Society" title="Royal Geographical Society">Royal Geographical Society</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Art" title="Royal College of Art">Royal College of Art</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Music" title="Royal College of Music">Royal College of Music</a> and between 1903 and 1991, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Organists" title="Royal College of Organists">Royal College of Organists</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_London_Air_Terminal" title="West London Air Terminal">West London Air Terminal</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ismaili_Centre,_London" title="Ismaili Centre, London">Ismaili Centre, London</a> and the late comer 1960s <a href="/wiki/Baden-Powell_House" title="Baden-Powell House">Baden-Powell House</a> some of which are administratively within the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">City of Westminster</a>, but considered to be "within range of South Kensington". Although the SW7 <a href="/wiki/SW_postcode_area" title="SW postcode area">postcode</a> mainly covers South Kensington, it goes into <a href="/wiki/Knightsbridge" title="Knightsbridge">Knightsbridge</a>. The only <a href="/wiki/Royal_Mail" title="Royal Mail">Royal Mail</a> Post Office in South Kensington closed in 2019. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=South_Kensington&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Brompton,_London" title="Brompton, London">Brompton, London</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kensington,_London,_UK_-_panoramio_(52).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Kensington%2C_London%2C_UK_-_panoramio_%2852%29.jpg/220px-Kensington%2C_London%2C_UK_-_panoramio_%2852%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Kensington%2C_London%2C_UK_-_panoramio_%2852%29.jpg/220px-Kensington%2C_London%2C_UK_-_panoramio_%2852%29.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Kensington%2C_London%2C_UK_-_panoramio_%2852%29.jpg/330px-Kensington%2C_London%2C_UK_-_panoramio_%2852%29.jpg 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/London_-_Imperial_College_of_Science_and_Technology.jpg/220px-London_-_Imperial_College_of_Science_and_Technology.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 146px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/London_-_Imperial_College_of_Science_and_Technology.jpg/220px-London_-_Imperial_College_of_Science_and_Technology.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="146" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/London_-_Imperial_College_of_Science_and_Technology.jpg/330px-London_-_Imperial_College_of_Science_and_Technology.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/London_-_Imperial_College_of_Science_and_Technology.jpg/440px-London_-_Imperial_College_of_Science_and_Technology.jpg 2x" 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height="165" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 165px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Ismaili_Centre%2C_London.JPG/220px-Ismaili_Centre%2C_London.JPG" data-width="220" data-height="165" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Ismaili_Centre%2C_London.JPG/330px-Ismaili_Centre%2C_London.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Ismaili_Centre%2C_London.JPG/440px-Ismaili_Centre%2C_London.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Ismaili_Centre,_London" title="Ismaili Centre, London">Ismaili Centre</a>, South Kensington</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Holy_Trinity_Brompton-1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Holy_Trinity_Brompton-1.jpg/220px-Holy_Trinity_Brompton-1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3459" data-file-height="2306"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 147px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Holy_Trinity_Brompton-1.jpg/220px-Holy_Trinity_Brompton-1.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="147" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Holy_Trinity_Brompton-1.jpg/330px-Holy_Trinity_Brompton-1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Holy_Trinity_Brompton-1.jpg/440px-Holy_Trinity_Brompton-1.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Brompton" title="Holy Trinity Brompton">Holy Trinity Brompton</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Following the 1851 <a href="/wiki/Great_Exhibition" title="Great Exhibition">Great Exhibition</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hyde_Park,_London" title="Hyde Park, London">Hyde Park</a>, an 87-acre (35 ha) area, west of what is now Exhibition Road, was purchased by the commissioners of the exhibition, in order to create a base for institutions dedicated to the arts and sciences, leading to the foundation of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a>, three museums, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_School_of_Mines" title="Royal School of Mines">Royal School of Mines</a> later a world renowned technological university, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Music" title="Royal College of Music">Royal College of Music</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_College_of_Organists" title="Royal College of Organists">Royal College of Organists</a> there. The market gardens of the rural area began to make way for a series of hospitals, such as the <a href="/wiki/Brompton_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Brompton Hospital">Brompton Hospital</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marsden_Hospital" title="Royal Marsden Hospital">New Cancer Hospital</a> along nearby Fulham Road.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adjacent landowners began to develop the land in the 1860s as a result of the transport hub and the general urbanisation boom west of London, and led to the eventual absorption of Brompton and its station into Kensington. It was sealed by the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Railway" title="Metropolitan Railway">Metropolitan</a> and <a href="/wiki/District_Railway" title="District Railway">District Railways</a> at Brompton, but for public relations reasons, it was re-named "South Kensington" in 1868. To facilitate public access to the museums, the railway company built a pedestrian tunnel directly from the station concourse to an exit halfway up Exhibition Road, next to the now defunct Royal Mail sorting office, to avoid crowds having to cross the Cromwell Road. </p><p>In 1906 the new <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern,_Piccadilly_and_Brompton_Railway" title="Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway">Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway</a> company opened the <a href="/wiki/Brompton_Road_tube_station" title="Brompton Road tube station">Brompton Road tube station</a> in the vicinity, thus adding a link directly to the political, commercial and financial heart of the capital in <a href="/wiki/City_of_Westminster" title="City of Westminster">Westminster</a>, the <a href="/wiki/West_End_of_London" title="West End of London">West End</a> and the <a href="/wiki/City_of_London" title="City of London">City of London</a>, but owing to under use, it was shut in 1934. During the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> it was used by the <a href="/wiki/1st_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">26th (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cooper_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cooper-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a> it has become a cosmopolitan area attracting Belgian and French refugees, but also Poles during the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> and after, as well as latterly Spanish, Italian, and American expatriates. Some residents also have a Middle Eastern origin. The French presence is emphasised by the <a href="/wiki/Lyc%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7ais_Charles_de_Gaulle" title="Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle">Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Institut_fran%C3%A7ais_du_Royaume-Uni" title="Institut français du Royaume-Uni">French Institute</a>, housing a theatre now used as the Ciné <a href="/wiki/Auguste_and_Louis_Lumi%C3%A8re" title="Auguste and Louis Lumière">Lumière</a> with nearby the <a href="/wiki/Alliance_fran%C3%A7aise" title="Alliance française">Alliance française</a>, as well as the Consulate General of France, not far from the <a href="/wiki/Embassy_of_France,_London" title="Embassy of France, London">French Embassy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Knightsbridge" title="Knightsbridge">Knightsbridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With a French bookshop and many international cafés in the area, it has been called "Paris's 21st arrondissement".<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iranian_Embassy_siege">Iranian Embassy siege</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=South_Kensington&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Iranian Embassy siege" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Embassy_siege" title="Iranian Embassy siege">Iranian Embassy siege</a></div> <p>In April and May 1980 a group of six <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Arabs" title="Iranian Arabs">Iranian Arabs</a> entered the <a href="/wiki/Embassy_of_Iran,_London" title="Embassy of Iran, London">Iranian Embassy</a> in South Kensington and took the staff, visitors and a diplomatic policeman hostage. There followed a six-day siege during which one of the hostages was killed. The British <a href="/wiki/Special_Air_Service" title="Special Air Service">SAS</a> finally stormed the building in a 17-minute operation, bringing out the hostages and the one surviving gunman who was subsequently sentenced to 27 years in prison for his part in the offences.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Places_of_worship">Places of worship</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=South_Kensington&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Places of worship" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brompton_oratory2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Brompton_oratory2.jpg/220px-Brompton_oratory2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="97" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1793" data-file-height="793"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 97px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Brompton_oratory2.jpg/220px-Brompton_oratory2.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="97" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Brompton_oratory2.jpg/330px-Brompton_oratory2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Brompton_oratory2.jpg/440px-Brompton_oratory2.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/London_Oratory" title="London Oratory">The Brompton Oratory</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The first church to rise among the fields at Brompton was the socially notable, but widely considered architecturally ugly, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Brompton" title="Holy Trinity Brompton">Holy Trinity Brompton</a> in 1829. It served a wide area from the <a href="/wiki/Kensington_Canal" title="Kensington Canal">Kensington Canal</a> in the west to the Kensington Turnpike in the north. The first incumbent, one Percival Frye, just happened to be the nephew of Archdeacon <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Pott" title="Alfred Pott">Alfred Pott</a>, vicar of the neighbouring Kensington parish.<sup id="cite_ref-Tames_2000_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tames_2000-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was followed by: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/St_Mary_The_Boltons" title="St Mary The Boltons">St Mary The Boltons</a> (1849–1850)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dormition_Cathedral,_London" title="Dormition Cathedral, London">All Saints' Church</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ennismore_Gardens" class="mw-redirect" title="Ennismore Gardens">Ennismore Gardens</a> (1849) by <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Vulliamy" title="Lewis Vulliamy">Lewis Vulliamy</a>; in 1978 this became the Russian Orthodox Dormition Cathedral</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Brompton_Oratory" title="Brompton Oratory">Brompton Oratory</a> (1853), an architecturally imposing <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> church</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Paul%27s,_Onslow_Square" title="St Paul's, Onslow Square">St Paul's, Onslow Square</a> (consecrated in 1860)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_St_Yeghiche,_South_Kensington" title="Church of St Yeghiche, South Kensington">St Peter's</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter,_Cranley_Gardens" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Peter, Cranley Gardens">Cranley Gardens</a> (1866–1867), since 1973 the <a href="/wiki/Armenian_church" class="mw-redirect" title="Armenian church">Armenian</a> cathedral in London</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Stephen%27s,_Gloucester_Road" title="St Stephen's, Gloucester Road">St Stephen's, Gloucester Road</a> (1866–1867)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Augustine%27s,_Queen%27s_Gate" title="St Augustine's, Queen's Gate">St Augustine's, Queen's Gate</a> (1877), a "<a href="/wiki/High_church" title="High church">High church</a> project"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Prince_Consort_Road" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Trinity Prince Consort Road">Holy Trinity Prince Consort Road</a> (1899)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Evangelische_Christuskirche" title="Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche">Deutsche Evangelische Christuskirche</a> (1904–1905)<sup id="cite_ref-Tames_2000_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tames_2000-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Trivia">Trivia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=South_Kensington&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Trivia" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <p>The area is the subject of <a href="/wiki/Donovan" title="Donovan">Donovan</a>'s song "Sunny South Kensington", about the area's reputation as the hip part of London in the 1960s. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Roman_Polanski" title="Roman Polanski">Roman Polanski</a>'s film, <i><a href="/wiki/Repulsion_(film)" title="Repulsion (film)">Repulsion</a></i> (1965) was partly filmed in South Kensington. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Morgan_cars" class="mw-redirect" title="Morgan cars">Morgan cars</a>, a British family-owned hand built sportscar company operates a main dealership out of Astwood Mews in South Kensington. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Christie%27s" title="Christie's">Christie's</a> auction house had a second London salesroom in the Old Brompton Road, South Kensington from 1975, which primarily handled the middle market. Christie's permanently closed the South Kensington salesroom in July 2017 as part of their restructuring plans announced March 2017. The closure was due in part to a considerable decrease in sales between 2015 and 2016 in addition to the company expanding its online presence.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tim_Waterstone" title="Tim Waterstone">Tim Waterstone</a> opened his first eponymous <a href="/wiki/Waterstones" title="Waterstones">Waterstones</a> bookshop in 1982 in Old Brompton Road. It has given way to a <a href="/wiki/Little_Waitrose" class="mw-redirect" title="Little Waitrose">Little Waitrose</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Do_bookshops_have_a_future?_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Do_bookshops_have_a_future?-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Caff%C3%A8_Nero" title="Caffè Nero">Caffè Nero</a> also started life as a single coffee shop in Old Brompton Road, opened by Ian Semp in 1990. It was subsequently bought out and became a chain.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Notable_residents">Notable residents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=South_Kensington&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notable residents" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Queen%27s_Tower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Queen%27s_Tower.jpg/220px-Queen%27s_Tower.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 293px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Queen%27s_Tower.jpg/220px-Queen%27s_Tower.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="293" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Queen%27s_Tower.jpg/330px-Queen%27s_Tower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Queen%27s_Tower.jpg/440px-Queen%27s_Tower.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The Queen's Tower, <a href="/wiki/Imperial_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial College">Imperial College</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Residents have included: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Bacon_(artist)" title="Francis Bacon (artist)">Francis Bacon</a> (1909–1992), Irish-born British artist, lived at 17 Queensberry Mews and 7 Reese Mews.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Booth_(philanthropist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Booth (philanthropist)">Charles Booth</a> (1840–1916), pioneer of social research, lived at 6 Grenville Place.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Cole_(inventor)" title="Henry Cole (inventor)">Henry Cole</a> (1808–1882), campaigner, educator and first director of the South Kensington Museum (later the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum" title="Victoria and Albert Museum">Victoria and Albert Museum</a>), inventor of the Christmas card, lived at 33 Thurloe Square.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Delevingne" title="Angela Delevingne">Angela Delevingne</a> (1912–2004), socialite, was born in South Kensington</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_FitzRoy" title="Robert FitzRoy">Robert FitzRoy</a> (1805–1865), commander of <a href="/wiki/HMS_Beagle" title="HMS Beagle">HMS Beagle</a>, on board which the naturalist <a href="/wiki/Charles_Darwin" title="Charles Darwin">Charles Darwin</a> (1809–1882) also sailed, lived at 38 Onslow Square.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Freeman" title="Nicholas Freeman">Nicholas Freeman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">OBE</a>, (1939–1989) controversial Leader of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, lived in <a href="/wiki/Harrington_Gardens" title="Harrington Gardens">Harrington Gardens</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Gabor" title="Dennis Gabor">Dennis Gabor</a> (1900–1979), electrical engineer and physicist, most notable for inventing holography, 1971 Nobel Prize in Physics. Lived in No. 79, Queen's Gate.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyam_Greenbaum" title="Hyam Greenbaum">Hyam Greenbaum</a> (conductor) and <a href="/wiki/Sidonie_Goossens" title="Sidonie Goossens">Sidonie Goossens</a> (harpist) lived at 5, Wetherby Gardens from the beginning of 1929.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benny_Hill" title="Benny Hill">Benny Hill</a> (1924–1992), comedian, lived at 1 & 2 Queen's Gate.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Lavery" title="John Lavery">John Lavery</a> (1856-1951), Irish painter, lived at 5 Cromwell Place.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erna_Low" title="Erna Low">Erna Low</a> (1909–2002), Vienna-born businesswoman who pioneered the <a href="/wiki/Package_holiday" class="mw-redirect" title="Package holiday">package holiday</a>, lived in Reece Mews.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clementina_Maude,_Viscountess_Hawarden" title="Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden">Clementina Maude, Viscountess Hawarden</a>, Victorian photographer, lived from 1859 until her death in 1865 at 5 Princes Gardens.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Makepeace_Thackeray" title="William Makepeace Thackeray">William Makepeace Thackeray</a> (1811–1863), novelist, lived at 36 Onslow Square from 1853 to 1860.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Beerbohm_Tree" title="Herbert Beerbohm Tree">Herbert Beerbohm Tree</a> (1853–1917), actor-manager, lived at 31 Rosary Gardens.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Wallis" title="George Wallis">George Wallis</a>, FSA, (1811–1891), artist, museum curator and art educator, first Keeper of Fine Art Collection at <a href="/wiki/Victoria_%26_Albert_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria & Albert Museum">South Kensington Museum</a>. <ul><li>His children, including <a href="/wiki/Whitworth_Wallis" title="Whitworth Wallis">Whitworth Wallis</a> and Rosa Wallis</li></ul></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(6)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Nearby_places">Nearby places</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=South_Kensington&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Nearby places" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-6 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-6"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brompton,_Kensington" class="mw-redirect" title="Brompton, Kensington">Brompton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chelsea,_London" title="Chelsea, London">Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earls_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Earls Court">Earls Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensington" title="Kensington">Kensington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knightsbridge" title="Knightsbridge">Knightsbridge</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(7)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=South_Kensington&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-7 collapsible-block" 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title="کنزینقتون جنوبی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="کنزینقتون جنوبی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%91%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Паўднёвы Кенсінгтон – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Паўднёвы Кенсінгтон" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="South Kensington" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="South Kensington" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="South Kensington" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="South Kensington" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="South Kensington" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C" title="کنزینگتون جنوبی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کنزینگتون جنوبی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="South Kensington" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="South Kensington" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EC%9A%B0%EC%8A%A4%EC%BC%84%EC%8B%B1%ED%84%B4" title="사우스켄싱턴 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="사우스켄싱턴" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%94%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%BF%D5%B8%D5%B6" title="Հարավային Քենսինգտոն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հարավային Քենսինգտոն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="South Kensington" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="South Kensington" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%A7%D7%A0%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F" title="דרום קנזינגטון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דרום קנזינגטון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="South Kensington" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%8A%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Къилба Кенсингтон – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Къилба Кенсингтон" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="South Kensington" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="South Kensington" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="South Kensington" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Южный Кенсингтон – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Южный Кенсингтон" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="South Kensington" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%AF%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%AB%E0%B7%94_%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%9C%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A7%E0%B7%9C%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A" title="දකුණු කෙන්සින්ග්ටොන් – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="දකුණු කෙන්සින්ග්ටොන්" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="South Kensington" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="South Kensington" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Kensington" title="South Kensington – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="South Kensington" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Південний Кенсінгтон – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Південний Кенсінгтон" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%B9%D9%86" title="جنوبی کینزنگٹن – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="جنوبی کینزنگٹن" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%A7%D7%A2%D7%A0%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%98%D7%90%D7%9F" title="דרום קענזינגטאן – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="דרום קענזינגטאן" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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