Open · since 1868
Why is it called South Kensington?
DistrictPiccadillyCircle
Where the name comes from
The station stood in Brompton, but for public-relations reasons the railway named it South Kensington in 1868. Kensington appears in Domesday Book as Chenesitone, meaning "Chenesi's ton" (homestead).
Worth knowing: A pedestrian subway runs from the station to Exhibition Road so that museum crowds need not cross Cromwell Road.
Where it is
See South Kensington on the interactive map, 1863 to today
Next stations
- Circle Gloucester Road
- Circle Sloane Square
- District Gloucester Road
- District Sloane Square
- Piccadilly Gloucester Road
- Piccadilly Knightsbridge
At a glance
- Opened
- 1868
- Status
- Open
- Lines
- District, Piccadilly, Circle
- Fare zone
- 1
- Local authority
- Kensington and Chelsea
Sources
Station list and dates: Wikipedia’s lists of London Underground stations, citing Douglas Rose and Cyril Harris. Line routes Powered by TfL Open Data.
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