Kensington Gore

51°30′5.6″N 0°10′45.4″W / 51.501556°N 0.179278°W / 51.501556; -0.179278

For theatrical product that derives its name from this place, see theatrical blood.
The east end of Kensington Gore from Prince Consort Road.
Another view from Prince Consort Road.

Kensington Gore is the name of a U-shaped thoroughfare on the south side of Hyde Park in the City of Westminster, England. The streets connect the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal College of Art, the Royal Geographical Society, and in Kensington Gardens the Albert Memorial. The area is named after the Gore estate which occupied the site until it was developed by Victorian planners in the mid 19th century. A gore is a narrow, triangular piece of land.

the wedge-shaped piece of land which divides them, and which has been known from Anglo-Saxon times as The Gore.

— London Topographical Record, volume 3, pp. 23-4

The street replaces part of Kensington Road, connecting what would otherwise be two separate streets.[1]

  1. ^ "Kensington Gore" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2 May 2020.