Sloane Square is a small hard-landscaped square on the boundaries of the central London districts of Belgravia and Chelsea, located 1.8 miles (2.9 km) southwest of Charing Cross, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The area forms a boundary between the two largest aristocratic estates in London, the Grosvenor Estate and the Cadogan. The square was formerly known as 'Hans Town', laid out in 1771 to a plan of by Henry Holland Snr. and Henry Holland Jnr. Both the square and Hans Town were named after Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753), an Anglo-Irish doctor who, jointly with his appointed trustees, owned the land at the time.
View of the square in 2019
Christmas lights in Sloane Square.
Sloane Square from above, 1909
Venus Fountain in Sloane Square by Gilbert Ledward
Belgravia is a district in Central London, covering parts of the areas of the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Chester Square, Belgravia, in March 2009
Belgrave Square in the late 1820s, shortly after construction
Upper Belgrave Street, Belgravia
The former Royal College of Psychiatrists, Belgrave Square