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Radnor Walk is a residential street in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea off the King's Road in London. The houses are mid and late Victorian and the street is part of the Royal Hospital Conservation Area. It was originally called Radnor Street, and was named after John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor who died in Chelsea in 1685. It was renamed Radnor Walk in 1937.It runs parallel to Shawfield Street and Smith Street.

The Chelsea Garage is a Grade II listed former motorcar garage at 15 Flood Street, Chelsea, London.It was built in about 1919, and the architect was Ernest Coles, for Duff, Morgan and Vermont Ltd, motor engineers. It was altered in the 1960s when it was converted to an antiques centre, and later when it was connected to the former Temperance Billiard Hall in King's Road.

The Chelsea Potter is a pub at 119 King's Road, Chelsea, London. It was built in 1842, sited on the corner of Kings Road and Radnor walk and originally called the Commercial Tavern it was renamed in 1958 in honour of the Chelsea Pottery located at 13 to 15 Radnor Walk and founded by David Rawnsley in 1952. The Chelsea Pottery was subsequently run for 40 years by Brian Hubbard http://www.studiopottery.com/cgi-bin/mp.cgi?item=52 For many years the pub sign showed a potter 'throwing a pot' on a wheel, one of the main techniques used at the Chelsea Pottery in producing its wares.The assertion that the Chelsea Potter was named after William de Morgan was first seen in a Taylor Walker website in 2015, possibly in ignorance of the recent existence of the Chelsea Pottery just 50 Yards from the pub's site.It is not clear why the Commercial Tavern would in 1958 be renamed after a pottery further away from the pub site than the Chelsea Pottery. The Commercial Tavern had never previously been named after William de Morgan's pottery which had closed in 1907.British History Online notes that "the Chelsea Potter became famous in the 1960s and 70s", and regular customers included Jimi Hendrix and The Rolling Stones.

The Temperance Billiard Hall at 131–141 King's Road, Chelsea, London, is a Grade II listed building with English Heritage.It was built around 1912–14 to a design by Thomas Retford Somerford for Temperance Billiards Halls Ltd., and became an antiques centre in the 1960s. It is still retail premises. It is now connected to the former Chelsea Garage in 15 Flood Street, which is also Grade II listed.

Dandie Fashions or sometimes Dandy Fashions was a London fashion boutique founded in 1966, following a chance encounter at the Speakeasy Club between Freddie Hornik and Alan Holston, who then got together with Australian John Crittle, the Guinness heir Tara Browne and Neil Winterbotham, and launched the new business.Dandie Fashions opened its shop at 161 King's Road, Chelsea in October 1966. John Crittle had previously worked for Michael Rainey in his boutique Hung On You. Crittle and Tara Browne wanted a retail outlet for their new tailoring company Foster and Tara. In December 1966, Browne died in a car crash, while he was on his way to discuss shop front designs with the graphic artist David Vaughan. Crittle bought his share of the business. In this boutique Amanda Lear was arrested in 1967 by the police with drugs belonging to The Rolling Stones.Five months after opening their Apple Boutique in Baker Street (which ran from 7 December 1967 to 30 July 1968), the Beatles invested in Dandie, renaming it Apple Tailoring (Civil & Theatric). They were attracted to King's Road by the presence of the clothing boutiques Dandie, along with Granny Takes a Trip and Hung On You. Apple Tailoring opened at the same 161 King's Road premises as Dandie, on 23 May 1968. Neil Aspinall and Apple's accountant Stephen Maltz became directors. John Lennon and George Harrison attended the launch party. However, it never made a profit and closed some months later.

Acme Attractions was a London clothing store on Kings Road, Chelsea, London, that in the early 1970s provided a place for many punk and reggae musicians and scenesters to hang out. Shop assistant and manager Don Letts described Acme Attraction as a place "where the interaction between the different factions became more important than selling merchandise, even though at that age it was a deadly combination."

The Chelsea Classic Cinema was a cinema originally opened in 1913 as the Chelsea Picture Playhouse, in the King's Road, Chelsea. It was designed by Felix Joubert, the cabinet maker and owner of The Pheasantry next door at number 152. It was built on land previously occupied by Box Farm (built in 1686 and demolished in 1899). On the western corner of Markham Street, it was initially opened by the London & Provincial Electric Theatre Company in 1913 with seating for 394 on a single floor. In the 1920s it was known as the Electric Theatre. By 1937 it had been taken over by Classic Cinemas Ltd, who specialised in repertory screenings of classic Hollywood films, and was renamed the Classic Cinema, when the facade was reduced in height and given a 'modern' look which it kept until it closed on 4 August 1973. It was the venue for The Rocky Horror Show four weeks after it had opened in London (at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs), playing for three months. After the run ended, the building was demolished, replaced by a branch of Boots the Chemist in 1973.

Flood Street is a residential street in Chelsea, London, England. It runs between King's Road to the north and Royal Hospital Road to the south. Just further to the south is the River Thames. The closest tube station is Sloane Square to the northeast. The street commemorates Luke Thomas Flood, a major Chelsea land owner and a benefactor of the poor.The most famous resident of Flood Street (No. 19) was the former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. The house was bought by Margaret Thatcher and her husband Denis Thatcher in 1967 and sold in 1985. She celebrated her first 1979 general election victory here. Another former resident of Flood Street was the theatrical manager, director, teacher, and actor, George Devine CBE (1910–1966). The youngest year group, 'small school', of the notable Hill House School is educated here. The Violet Melchett Children's Centre is located at 30 Flood Street. The Coopers Arms public house is at 87 Flood Street.The Rossetti Studios at 72 Flood Street, built as artists studios in 1894 in the Queen Anne style, are listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England as is the former Chelsea Garage at No. 19.

The Pheasantry, 152 King's Road, Chelsea, London, is a Grade II listed building that was home to a number of important figures in 1960s London and a small music venue in the 1970s where a number of bands were able to play their first gigs.

Markham Square is a garden square in Chelsea, London. It was laid out in 1836. The square is accessed from the King's Road. A Congregational chapel that stood at the north end of the square was demolished in 1953.The 1965 TV special The Incredible World of James Bond filmed at Markham Square for fictional secret agent James Bond's flat. In 2008, the square was the scene of a police siege after a resident (Mark Saunders, a lawyer) opened fire with a shotgun from a kitchen window. After a five-hour standoff, the gunman was shot dead by police.

Kensington and Chelsea Register Office is an office for the registration of births, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships located in Chelsea Old Town Hall in Chelsea, London. It has hosted the weddings of many notable people.According to The Independent, it is "still one of the hippest places to get married".

The Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea was a metropolitan borough of the County of London between 1900 and 1965. It was created by the London Government Act 1899 from most of the ancient parish of Chelsea. It was amalgamated in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963, with the Royal Borough of Kensington to form the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.