{{Short description|Reclaimed area along the bank of the River Thames in London, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}} {{Use British English|date=June 2015}} [[File:Chelsea Embankment - geograph.org.uk - 234283.jpg|300px|thumb|Chelsea Embankment]] '''Chelsea Embankment''' is part of the [[Thames Embankment]], a road and [[walkway]] along the north bank of the [[River Thames]] in [[central London]], England.
The western end of Chelsea Embankment, including a stretch of [[Cheyne Walk]], is in the [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea]]; the eastern end, including Grosvenor Road and [[Millbank]], is in the [[City of Westminster]]. Beneath the road lies the main low-level interceptor sewer taking waste water from west London eastwards towards [[Beckton]].
[[Chelsea Bridge]] and [[Albert Bridge, London|Albert Bridge]] are to the south. [[Royal Hospital Chelsea]] is to the north. [[Sloane Square tube station|Sloane Square]] is the closest tube station, located to the north.
== History == The embankment was completed to a design by [[Joseph Bazalgette]] and was part of the [[Metropolitan Board of Works]]' grand scheme to provide London with a modern [[London sewerage system|sewage system]]. It was opened on 9 May 1874 by [[Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=kccl&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=&docId=CS119321259&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 |title=Opening of the Chelsea Embankment |work=[[The Times]] |date=11 May 1874 |issue=27999 |page=7 |access-date=28 August 2017}}</ref>
In 2025, a new section of the embankment, designed by architects [[Hawkins\Brown]] with an installation by Florian Roithmayer, was opened to the public as part of the [[Thames Tideway Tunnel]] project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tideway.london/locations/chelsea-quay/|title=Tideway Chelsea Quay|website=Tideway London|access-date=2026-01-14}}</ref>
===Roper's Garden=== Between [[Chelsea Old Church]] and [[Crosby Hall, London|Crosby Hall]] is a small [[public park]], Roper's Garden. In the [[Tudor era|Tudor period]], the site was an orchard belonging to Sir [[Thomas More]] who gave it to his daughter, [[Margaret Roper|Margaret]] as part of her settlement on her marriage to [[William Roper]], from whom the garden's name derives.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/parks-leisure-and-culture/parks/your-local-park/ropers-gardens|title=Roper's Garden|publisher=[[Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council]]|access-date=30 January 2026}}</ref> Heavily built up in the 19th century, the majority of buildings on the site were destroyed by a [[parachute mine]] dropped by the [[Luftwaffe]] in April 1941.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/roper-s-garden|title=Roper's Garden|publisher=London Remembers|access-date=30 January 2026}}</ref> In the post-war period, it was determined to redevelop the site as a small park. Designs were produced by [[Peter Shepheard]] and the garden opened in 1964. The garden contains two sculptures, ''Awakening'', an early work by [[Gilbert Ledward]] dating from 1915;{{efn|[[Gilbert Ledward]]'s ''Awakening'' is a [[Listed building|Grade II listed structure]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1468320|desc=Awakening Sculpture, Roper's Garden|grade=II|access-date=30 January 2026}}</ref>}} and an unfinished nude of 1950 by [[Jacob Epstein]], who had a studio near the site. The garden is listed at Grade II on the [[Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1468220|desc=Roper's Garden|grade=II|access-date=30 January 2026}}</ref>
==Notable buildings== *[[Garden Corner]], 13 Chelsea Embankment - Grade II* listed <ref>{{Cite web| title=Garden Corner / 13 Chelsea Embankment SW3|url= https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/item/IOE01/15429/18|website=Historic England|date=2006-05-13|access-date=2022-10-13}}</ref> *[[Swan House (Chelsea Embankment)|Swan House]], 17 Chelsea Embankment - Grade II* listed <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ribapix.com/Swan-House-17-Chelsea-Embankment-London_RIBA102277|title=Swan House, 17 Chelsea Embankment, London|website=RIBApix|access-date=2022-10-13}}</ref>
== Local streets == * [[Chelsea Bridge Road]] * [[Royal Hospital Road]] * West Road * [[Tite Street]]
== Gallery == <gallery widths="180px" heights="180px"> Swan House, 17 Chelsea Embankment 01.JPG|Swan House Swan House, 17 Chelsea Embankment 02.JPG|Swan House Garden Corner, 13 Chelsea Embankment, London 01.JPG|Garden Corner Garden Corner, 13 Chelsea Embankment, London 02.JPG|Garden Corner Ropers Garden and Chelsea Old Church - geograph.org.uk - 2992719.jpg|Roper's Garden </gallery>
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== External links == * [http://www.londontown.com/LondonStreets/chelsea_embankment_f81.html LondonTown.com information] * [http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/az/az.aspx?searchletter=&orgid=267 Chelsea Embankment Gardens] information from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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