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Basil Street looking towards Harrods department store. Basil Street, originally known as North Street, is a street in London's Knightsbridge.It was laid out in the second half of the eighteenth century on land belonging to Lord Cadogan and runs between Sloane Street in the north and the junction of Walton Place and Hans Road in the south.
A rear entrance was located on Basil Street. The location of the station in a busy and fashionable shopping district meant that patronage at the station was high from the beginning, particularly due to the presence locally of the Harrods and Harvey Nichols emporiums.
Harrods is a British luxury department store founded in 1849 by Charles Henry Harrod, located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. [4] It is one of the most famous department stores in the world, attracting 15 million visitors annually as of 2023. [5]
Harrods apologised on Thursday after more than 20 women told the BBC Al Fayed had sexually abused and in some cases raped them. "Underneath Harrods glitz and glamour was a toxic, unsafe and ...
Harrods Estates is a London-based estate agent which offer services for buying, renting and managing property. Harrods Estates was started in 1897 and has expanded gradually since then. In 2005 a second office was opened in Mayfair then in 2013 a third office opened in Chelsea. In May 2015 a fourth office opened in Kensington Church Street. [1]
The Harrods bombing refers to the car bomb that exploded outside Harrods department store in central London, England, on Saturday 17 December 1983. Members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army planted the time bomb and sent a warning 37 minutes before it exploded, but the area was not evacuated .
The BBC returned to the allegations in 2024, following Al Fayed's death the previous year, in a documentary, Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrods which was broadcast on BBC Two. [16] This led to reconsideration of the roles Cole, and other senior Harrods' staff, had played in enabling Al Fayed's sexual abuse. [17] [18] [19]
Hyde Park Barracks Tower, designed by Sir Basil Spence. The barracks are the base for the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, which is horsed and carries out mounted (and some dismounted) ceremonial duties on state and royal occasions in London.