11 Facts About Knightsbridge

Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park.

Knightsbridge was a hamlet located primarily in the parish of St Margaret and partly in St Martin in the Fields .

From 1885 to 1887, as a result of the opening of trade between Britain and the Far East, Humphreys' Hall in Knightsbridge hosted an exhibition of Japanese culture in a setting built to resemble a traditional Japanese village.

Knightsbridge is east of Exhibition Road and west of Sloane Street.

Knightsbridge is home to many expensive shops, including the department stores Harrods and Harvey Nichols, and flagship stores of many British and international fashion houses, including those of London-based shoe designers Jimmy Choo and Manolo Blahnik, and two Prada stores.

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Knightsbridge had in its park side, east and west gold-coloured blocks of exceptional wealth in philanthropist Charles Booth's late Victorian Poverty Map, formerly excluding Brompton Road to the west but extending well into Piccadilly, St James's to the east.

Knightsbridge is home to many of the world's richest people and has some of the highest property prices in the world.

Knightsbridge takes its name from the road that runs along the south side of Hyde Park, west from Hyde Park Corner, spanning the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Knightsbridge is referenced in the Rolling Stones song "Play with Fire", released in 1965.

Knightsbridge is used as an indicator of a character's privilege, as opposed to the more working class Stepney.

Knightsbridge is referenced in the story book Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman as a place the protagonists need to cross to go to the next floating market.