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Lexington Gardens Is the Latest Addition to Our Impressive London Portfolio WELCOME TO Lexington Gardens is a collection of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments ofering city living that is as exceptional as its setting. This exclusive development is surrounded by the buzz of London’s newest quarter, with a superb selection of shops, restaurants and bars on your doorstep and London’s most fashionable neighbourhoods just a short journey away. With a 24-hour concierge service, private residents’ gymnasium, state-of-the-art Media Room and private roof garden available for use, Lexington Gardens has been designed to perfectly cater for the modern London lifestyle. 4 5 AT THE HEART OF NINE ELMS As part of the £15 billion Nine Elms Regeneration, this stunning development will help shape the future of one of the world’s most exciting cities. Incorporating London’s newest park, Lexington Gardens features an abundance of open space, along with a brand new extension to the River Thames’s famed South Bank. National and international travel has also been made easy with the new Battersea and Nine Elms stations providing easy access to the rest of the city and its airports. This ensures you will be perfectly connected to London’s world renowned legendary attractions. Computer generated image. A CITY ON YOUR DOORSTEP The American The Embassy Residence Nine Elms Chelsea Harvey Nichols London Waterloo Underground Station Vauxhall Eye Station (Completion 2020) Station Battersea Underground Station Knightsbridge Harrods Hyde Park Mayfair Battersea Vauxhall (Completion 2020) Power Station Pimlico St James’s Park Westminster Bridge The City The Shard Royal Hospital Chelsea Thames Clipper Marylebone Victoria Station 6 7 Computer generated image. Selfridges Oxford Street London School of Economics The and Political Science Gherkin Liberty Kings College London Temple Regent Street Thames The Clipper Pier Thames MAYFAIR National Clipper Gallery Pier Fortnum Tower of & Mason London Thames Tate Shakespeare’s Thames Modern Clipper To London City Airport Globe Pier Clipper National Theatre Thames and Canary Wharf Pier Theatre Clipper Pier St Katherine Borough Docks Royal Market Kensington Festival Hall Palace The Shard Thames Clipper London Pier Royal Eye College of Art London Harvey Aquarium Nichols Royal Buckingham Albert Hall Palace Houses of Harrods Parliament Imperial BELGRAVIA Westminster Natural College London South Bank Abbey University History London Museum Imperial War Museum L RO AD Lambeth CROMWEL Place 6 7 Tate Thames Britain Clipper Saatchi Gallery Pier Thames Clipper Pier Thames Oval Clipper A3 Pier Cricket Nine Elms Park Ground US Embassy Battersea Power Station NINE ELMS Royal College of Arts A3 *New Nine Elms and Battersea tube stations due for completion 2020. Map not to scale and for illustrative purposes only. KEEP YOUR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF THE CITY with all of London’s most signifcant commercial and cultural centres within easy reach. 10 11 CONNECTED CAR/TAXI FROM LEXINGTON GARDENS BUS FROM LEXINGTON GARDENS ON FOOT FROM LEXINGTON GARDENS Knightsbridge 2.7 miles Vauxhall 9 mins Waitrose 6 mins Mayfair 2.9 miles King’s Cross/St. Pancras 28 mins Thames Riverside Walk 8 mins King’s Cross /St. Pancras 4.5 miles Westminster 36 mins Vauxhall Station 16 mins Heathrow 14.4 miles London Bridge 39 mins Journey times are representative and may vary according to travel conditions and time of day. Sources: Google, The AA, National Rail and, where relevant, Transport for London. THE BRAND NEW BILLION-POUND NORTHERN LINE EXTENSION PUTS THE WEST AND THE CITY ON YOUR DOORSTEP Lexington Gardens is a 3 minute walk from the new Nine Elms Underground station (completion 2020), connecting you to London Bridge in 9 minutes and the City in 11 minutes. Vauxhall Station is a short walk along KING’S CROSS/ST. PANCRAS the River Thames, connecting you to Green Park in 5 minutes and the West End in less than 7 minutes. FARRINGDON LIVERPOOL PADDINGTON STREET BOND STREET TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD HOLBORN NOTTING OXFORD CIRCUS HILL GATE BANK GREEN PARK LEICESTER SQUARE MONUMENT CHARING CROSS TEMPLE VICTORIA EMBANKMENT LONDON BRIDGE SOUTH KENSINGTON HEATHROW AIRPORT CITY AIRPORT 12 13 CANARY WHARF WATERLOO Bakerloo Line Central Line BATTERSEA OPENING 2020 Circle Line VAUXHALL ELEPHANT & CASTLE District Line NORTHERN LINE, NINE ELMS (OPENING 2020) VICTORIA LINE, VAUXHALL STATION Battersea (Opening 2020) 2 mins Victoria 3 mins KENNINGTON Jubilee Line CLAPHAM Oval 2 mins Green Park 5 mins JUNCTION NINE ELMS Northern Line OPENING 2020 Waterloo 8 mins Oxford Circus 7 mins London Bridge 9 mins STOCKWELL Piccadilly Line King’s Cross/St Pancras 12 mins GATWICK Bank 11 mins AIRPORT Victoria Line Charing Cross 11 mins London Overground Old Street 15 mins King’s Cross/St Pancras 20 mins Elizabeth Line (Opening December 2019) Northern Line Extension AIRPORTS - BY TUBE/TRAIN VAUXHALL PIER / THAMES CLIPPER City Airport 37 mins Heathrow 40 mins Embankment 12 mins Gatwick 51 mins Blackfriars 18 mins Bankside 21 mins Map is for illustrative purposes only. Journey times are representative and may vary according to travel conditions London Bridge 24 mins and time of day. Sources: Google, The AA, National Rail and, where relevant, Transport for London. SHOP LONDON 14 15 A superb location just minutes from London’s most exclusive destinations. A short journey across the river will take you to the famed Knightsbridge, home to two of the most distinguished department stores in the world: Harrods and Harvey Nicholls. From here, in a few minutes you can be exploring Sloane Street, lined with London’s most exquisite shopping. While a little closer to home, you can be with the stars along Chelsea’s stylish King’s Road or browsing the world’s leading designer boutiques at the newly developed Battersea Power Station. 16 17 Bond Street shopping. FINE DINING Some of the world's most desired restaurants are within touching distance from home: London is the food capital of the globe. Bluebird, Chelsea Hawksmoor, Knightsbridge 18 19 The Phene, Chelsea Zuma, Knightsbridge Little can beat a relaxing afternoon watching the world go by with a cofee on King’s Road, or a balmy summer’s evening soaking up London’s acclaimed nightlife, and at Lexington Gardens you have some of the best al fresco spots right on your doorstep. Admire one of the most stylish outdoor spaces in London at The Ivy Chelsea Garden, head to Belgravia for barbecue bites and mouth-watering cocktails on The Terrace at Lowndes Bar & Kitchen, or take a break from Oxford Street shopping with Alto at Selfridges. For something even more iconic, scale the landmark OXO Tower for drinks and panoramic views of London’s skyline from The Terrace. Alternatively, head over to Battersea Power Station to enjoy fery Indian spices, creations from an award-winning mixologist and a spectacular Thameside vista at Cinnamon Kitchen. The Ivy, Chelsea Garden 20 21 View across Westminster Bridge. CAPITAL CITY, WORLD OF CULTURE London is known as a world-class destination for culture and Lexington Gardens is perfectly placed to enjoy its very best.. 22 The Royal Opera House The Natural History Museum 23 The Royal Albert Hall Saatchi Gallery Be seduced by the beauty and grace of a ballet at The Royal Opera House, or lose yourself in the magnifcence of the Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall; admire cutting-edge modern art at the Saatchi Gallery, or explore the history of art and design at the V&A Museum. Discover the world’s prehistoric wonders at the Natural History Museum or marvel at its scientifc phenomena at the Science Museum. Whatever your interest, you can fnd the world’s best only a short distance from Lexington Gardens. OUTSTANDING SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES With a long line of world-famous scholars having lived and learned in London, the city is known for some of the best education in the world. This reputation is strongly upheld by its collection of outstanding schools and universities. ETON COLLEGE THE CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL One of the most famous boys’ schools in The City of London School’s academic Britain, Eton College is not only popular reputation precedes it with high achievement with royalty, but has also seen numerous and impressive progression to the UK’s Prime Ministers and high-ranking fnest universities, not to mention an politicians donning its trademark white enviable location on the banks of the tie and tails. River Thames. HARROW SCHOOL WESTMINSTER SCHOOL Aside from its boater hats and ferce Positioned right at the heart of rivalry with Eton College, this all-boys Westminster, next to the Houses of boarding school is renowned for academic Parliament and Westminster Cathedral, excellence and has a long history dating Westminster School is perfectly located back as early as 1243. among some of London’s fnest landmarks. 24 25 IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON KING’S COLLEGE LONDON Ranked number one in London and Renowned for its courses in the humanities, eighth in the world, this science and law and the sciences, the research-led technology-focused university is renowned King’s College is another university for engineering, natural sciences, a popular with international students and prestigious business school and one of ofers campuses near to Tower Bridge, the the UK’s largest medical faculties. London Eye and Big Ben. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Known as London’s global university, QMUL teaches a broad selection of more than 40% of UCL’s student body subjects out of its main campus on the is made up of international students. banks of the Regent’s Canal. Its ofering It ofers a wide range of subjects from includes medicine and dentistry at Barts its central London-based faculties and and the London School of Medicine teaching hospitals. and Dentistry. LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL & & POLITICAL SCIENCE (LSE) AFRICAN STUDIES (SOAS) As a social sciences specialist, the LSE is SOAS specialises in the languages a world leader in anthropology, politics, and cultures of Asia, Africa and the sociology, law and accounting and is the Middle East.
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