King's Road

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Lonely Planet review

In the 17th century, Charles II set up a Chelsea love nest here for him and his mistress, an orange-seller turned actress at the Drury Lane Theatre by the name of Nell Gwyn. Heading back to Hampton Court Palace of an evening, Charles would make use of a farmer's track that inevitably came to be known as the King's Rd. The street begins at Sloane Sq, to the north of which runs Sloane St, celebrated for its designer boutiques.

The street was at the forefront of London, nay world, fashion during the technicolour '60s and anarchic '70s, and continues to be trendy now, albeit in a more self-conscious way.