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CHELSEA, London

Chelsea used to be the smart bohemian part of London. This tradition stretched back to the Victorian artists whose studios still exist in Tite Street and other roads off the Embankment and was carried on into the 20th-century when the Kings Road became the centre of sixties swinging London. While the atmosphere is more quirky than perhaps Kensington, the price of property across Chelsea means that very few artists or musicians can afford to live there unless they are called Madonna.

Smart shops, restaurants, art galleries, the King's Road and a waterfront location. Don't bother searching for a bargain, they're long gone as every inch of Chelsea is pricey and now the domain of bankers, lawyers and city types. Less starchy than Kensington, Chelsea provides an east-west strip of some of London's most desirable real estate.

Redbrick mansion blocks housing imposing flats surround Sloane Square and Pont Street whilst to the west, small but pricey Victorian terraces can be found off the King's Road. North of the King's Road offers larger family homes with more regal properties fringing the Royal Hospital. Even properties which lie in the shadow of the Worlds End council estate in West Chelsea now command a high price.

The arterial Road is the Kings Road which like its counterpart to the north, the Fulham Road is always busy. The top end of the Kings Road around Sloane Square is dominated by the Cadogan estate which owns most of the property from the Kings Road up Sloane Street. This is always been a traditionally smart part of London with the occupants of the houses and flats around Sloane Square shopping in Peter Jones. The middle section of the Kings Road down to Old Church Street contains the now traditional series of small boutiques selling frocks and cowboy boots. There has been something of the renaissance in the area beyond old Church Street which was known as World's End. This has centred round the Bluebird which is a mixture of delicatessen and restaurant developed by Conran. This bit of the Kings Road is now a rival for the stretch of the Fulham Road running from the cinema to the Chelsea and Westminster hospital which is known locally as 'the beach' – it contains dozens of restaurants and bars.

Communications are good nearer Sloane Square and South Kensington where there are tube stations but get considerably worse the further down the Fulham Road or the Kings Road that you go. Both roads suffer from being main arterial roads into Fulham.

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