Hyde Park Gate

Coordinates: 51°30′1.3″N 0°10′57.8″W / 51.500361°N 0.182722°W / 51.500361; -0.182722

Hyde Park Gate is a street in central London, England, which applies to two parallel roads in Kensington on the southern boundary of Kensington Gardens. It is probably most famous for having the former residence and death place of Sir Winston Churchill. It is in a picturesque part of London and a very expensive place to live.

Famous residents

Algerian consulate, Hyde Park Gate, London, September 2014

Number 6

• The Consular Section of the Embassy of Algeria^[1]

Number 9

• Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, founder of the scouting movement

Number 14

• Margaret Kennedy, novelist

Number 16

• The Embassy of Estonia^[2]

Number 18

• Sir Jacob Epstein, sculptor and painter

Number 17

• Victoria Claflin Woodhull Martin, first woman to run for U.S. presidency

Number 22

• Vanessa Bell, painter
• Virginia Woolf, writer
• Sir Leslie Stephen, scholar and writer

Number 24

• Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, politician and Chancellor of The Exchequer (1983-1989)
• Nigella Lawson, food writer, journalist and broadcaster

Number 28

• Sir Winston Churchill, prime minister

Number 29

• Enid Bagnold, novelist and playwright

Number 34

• The High Commission of Fiji^[3]

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• The Embassy of the Netherlands^[4][5]

References

External links

• Hyde Park Gate and Kensington Gate at the Survey of London online