Sloane Square
Sloane Square is a small hard-landscaped square on the boundaries of the fashionable
London districts of
Belgravia and
Chelsea. It is located 1.7 miles (2.8 km) south west of
Charing Cross.
The square lies at the east end of the trendy
King's Road and at the south end of the more conventionally smart
Sloane Street. In the early 1980s, it lent its name to the "
Sloane Rangers", the young underemployed and ostentatiously well-off members of the upper classes. The Square has two notable buildings:
Peter Jones department store and the
Royal Court Theatre. The
River Westbourne is carried over the
tube station in a large iron pipe.
Sloane Square was mentioned in the 1988 Morrissey song, "Hairdresser on Fire".
As of early 2005 it is proposed to improve the square. This will involve changing the road layout to make it more pedestrian friendly. One option is to create a central crossroads and two open spaces in front of Peter Jones and the Royal Court.
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Sloane Ranger
