Property to rent in South Kensington - Houses & Flats to rent in South Kensington

The area surrounding Exhibition Road was purchased by the commissioners of the Great Exhibition of 1851, in order to create a home for institutions dedicated to the arts and sciences. Adjacent landowners began to develop their land in the 1860s as a result of the creation of new roads and a boom in the development of areas around London, and the absorption of South Kensington into London was sealed by the arrival of the Underground to Gloucester Road and South Kensington in 1868, linking the area directly to the main railway termini and to the political, commercial and financial hearts of the city . With some of Londons finest squares (Thurloe Square and Onslow Square) and some excellent schools and its central position, the area has become exceptionally popular.