Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
WALK 1: SLOANE STREET TO
KENSINGTON PALACE GARDENS
Starting location:
Sloane Street.
Nearest tube station:
Sloane Square or Knightsbridge.
Nearest bus stop:
Pont Street (19 or 22 bus).
Length:
2.25 miles walking all the way; 1.5 miles taking the bus between Sloane Street
and Hyde Park Corner.
Opening hours:
season.
a.m. to 5 p.m. Last admission 4 p.m.
A Hans Town bollard, which served to protect pedestrians from traffic
on corners.
Jane's brother Henry and his wife Eliza moved to 64 Sloane Street in 1809. Knightsbridge
was still a separate village - on 18 April 1811 Jane wrote, 'If the Weather permits, Eliza
& I walk into London this morng.'
Sloane Street was part of the Hans Town development, built up from 1771. With its well-
paved roads and patrolling night watchmen, it attracted prosperous professionals like Henry
who was a banker with offices in Covent Garden.
No. 64 had three stories with an attic floor, but in 1897 another floor was added and the
house refaced. Despite appearances, Henry's house is still there, enclosed in this later shell.
