Albertopolis

51°29′53″N 0°10′36″W / 51.49806°N 0.17667°W / 51.49806; -0.17667

Aerial view of Albertopolis, South Kensington. The Albert Memorial, Royal Albert Hall and Royal College of Art are visible near the top; the Victoria and Albert Museum and Natural History Museum at the lower end; Imperial College, the Royal College of Music, and Science Museum lying in between.

Albertopolis is the nickname given to the area centred on Exhibition Road in London, named after Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria. It contains many educational and cultural sites. It lies in the former village of Brompton in Middlesex, renamed as South Kensington, split between the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the City of Westminster (the border running along Imperial College Road), and the area bordered by Cromwell Road to the south and Kensington Road to the north.


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