The King’s Road is the start point for this narrated wander around the backstreets of Chelsea. While the King’s Road may be associated with the swinging sixties and Punk, Cheyne Walk has long been associated with the rich, famous and artistic, including the Rolling Stones, Bram Stoker, Ian Fleming, George Elliott, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Michael Bloomberg…. the list is endless. Chelsea Embankment and Albert Bridge hail from a time when Turner’s beautiful paintings failed to express the stench and chaos of this part of the Thames desperately in need of fixing. And when Charles II wanted to show his thanks to his army, the Royal Hospital was the result to become the home of the Chelsea pensioners.
By the way, in terms of traffic noise, this is probably the noisiest walk I have ever recorded!
Walk duration: 1 hour 10 minutes
Route timestamps:
00:00 Outside World’s End – Punk clothing shop founded by Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm Mclaren
01:11 King’s Road
02:14 Looking along Park Walk
04:21 Crossing Beaufort Street
06:08 Crossing Paultons Square
08:05 Old Church Street
11:52 Looking along Paultons Street
13:30 Justice Walk
14:36 Lawrence Street
15:49 Upper Cheyne Row
18:43 Cheyne Row
20:20 Crossing Lordship Place
22:01 Cheyne Walk
23:19 Looking along Lawrence Street
24:22 St Thomas More Gardens
25:21 Chelsea Embankment
29:47 Cheyne Walk
31:03 View towards Albert Bridge
31:15 Crossing Oakley Street
36:21 Crossing Cheyne Gardens
39:18 Flood Street
39:39 Royal Hospital Road
40:29 Chelsea Embankment
44:32 Swan Walk
45:18 Looking towards Dilke Street
47:16 Royal Hospital Road
48:04 Looking along Paradise Walk
49:08 Tite Street
50:27 Christchurch Street
50:51 Looking along Ralston Street
52:08 Durham Place
53:22 Royal Hospital Road
55:07 The Royal Hospital
57:05 Franklins Row
58:55 St Leonard’s Terrace
59:05 Looking towards Duke of York Square
59:44 Crossing Walpole Street
59:59 Royal Avenue leading to the end of the walk at King’s Road
My equipment:
DJI Osmo Pocket