Queen's Gate

Queen's Gate is a street in South Kensington, London, England. It runs south from Kensington Gardens' Queen's Gate (the edge of which gardens are here followed by Kensington Road) to Old Brompton Road, intersecting Cromwell Road.

For other uses, see Queensgate.

Street sign
Buildings in the street.

The street is mostly in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, but part of the east side is in the City of Westminster. The municipal boundary is the street centre between Kensington Road and Imperial College Road.

History

The street was built on land purchased by the Royal Commissioners for the Great Exhibition under an agreement dated August 1855 with Henry Browne Alexander, whose family owned the land through which the road was to pass, and William Jackson, a building speculator. The road was originally known as Albert's Road, but was officially changed to Queen's Gate in 1859.[1]

Local Politics

Queen's Gate is also a three-councillor ward of Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea with a population of 9,847 (2011 Census). The local Member of Parliament since 2019 has been Felicity Buchan.[2]

Queen’s Gate 2018 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Max Chauhan 1,126
Conservative Matthew Palmer 1,110
Conservative Max Woodger 1,105
Liberal Democrats Jill Manasseh 497
Liberal Democrats Sheila McGuirk 278
Liberal Democrats Noel McNamara 243
Labour Carmen Callil 235
Labour Emma Southby 224
Labour Soonu Engineer 210
Democrats and Veterans Ralph Hancock 27
Queen’s Gate 2014 (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sam Mackover 1,123
Conservative Daniel Moylan 1,093
Conservative Matthew Palmer 1,017
Labour Annabelle Louvros 194
Liberal Democrats Philippa Manasseh 194
Liberal Democrats Barry Brown 175
Labour Soonu Engineer 168
Labour Bob Mingay 151

Places of interest
The Queen's Gate of Kensington Gardens

At the northern end of the road, near the actual gate to Kensington Gardens, is an equestrian statue of Field Marshal Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, erected in 1920.[3]

From north to south, places of interest visible on the east side of Queen's Gate include the Royal Albert Hall,[4] the Huxley Building of Imperial College London,[5] the Dana Library and Research Centre[6] and the Natural History Museum.[7] Kensington Park School is just south of the Queen's Gate Gardens, opposite the museum.[8] The road also lends its name to an independent girls' school, Queen's Gate School, which is situated on the road.[9] On the west side is Baden-Powell House.[10]

The 100 Queen's Gate Hotel London, a historical building dating back to 1870, is also situated there.

St Augustine's, Queen's Gate, London.

The only church is St Augustine's of Canterbury (Church of England).[11]

Five countries have embassies or high commissions in Queen's Gate: the Embassy of Iraq is at no. 21, the Bangladeshi High Commission at No. 28, the Royal Embassy of Thailand is at Nos. 29-30, the Embassy of Oman is at No. 167, and the Bulgarian Embassy is at Nos. 186-188.[12]

The Security Service (MI5) was based at 73-75 Queen's Gate from 1919 to 1929.[13]

The nearest tube stations are South Kensington and Gloucester Road.[14]

Notable people

References
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  6. "Dana Library and Research Centre". www.sciencemuseum.org.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  7. "Access at South Kensington". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  8. https://www.kps.co.uk/headmasters-welcome.aspx
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  20. "'Domestic Buildings after 1851: The occupants', in Survey of London: Volume 38, South Kensington Museums Area, ed. F H W Sheppard (London, 1975)". British History Online. pp. 317–324. Retrieved 13 December 2019.

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