Kensington Gore

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Kensington Gore is a street in central London, England, the same name having been formerly used for the piece of land on which it stands. It runs along the south side of Hyde Park, continuing as Kensington Road to both the east and west. A gore is a narrow, triangular piece of land.

Kensington Gore is the location of the Royal Albert Hall (built on the site of Gore House), Royal College of Art, the Royal Geographical Society and in Hyde Park the Albert Memorial.

Gore House, with its three-acre (12,000 m²) estate, was the residence of William Wilberforce between 1808 and 1821, and was occupied by the Countess of Blessington and the Count D'Orsay from 1836 to 1849. In May 1851, the house was opened as a restaurant by the chef Alexis Soyer, who planned to cater for the Great Exhibition of 1851. After the exhibition, Gore House and its land were bought by the Royal Commissioners for the Exhibition.

The road is part of the A315 road. The nearest tube station is South Kensington to the south.

'Kensington Gore' was also a trademark for fake blood used in films and in theatre. It was manufactured by a retired British pharmacist, Mr John Tynegate, during the 1960's and 1970's, in the village of Abbotsbury, Dorset. Many varieties of blood, having various degrees of viscosity, shades and textures were available. Since Mr Tynegate's death, the name "Kensington Gore" has become a generic term for stage blood.