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Getting here

The Underground

South Kensington station. Piccadilly, District and Circle line trains stop at South Kensington. This station is not step free but there’s a lift from the platforms to the station.

Gloucester Road station. Piccadilly, District and Circle line trains stop at Gloucester Road. This station is not step free but has a lift.

Earls Court station. Piccadilly and District line trains stop at Earls Court. This is the nearest step-free station.

Step free tube map

A range of buses serve the area.

Car parking and blue badge parking

There are twelve Blue Badge parking spaces on Exhibition Road. These spaces are managed by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and cannot be booked in advance. You can park there for four hours between 8.30 and 18.30. Find out more on the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's website.

Shared space on exhibition road

Exhibition road is a ‘shared space’ design which means the road is kerb free. Corduroy and blister paving marks the edge of the original kerb and crossings respectively.

Places to rest

The is seating along Exhibition Road. For green space head to Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens, or the Natural History Museum gardens.