Fulham Road is a street in London, England, that runs from the A219 road in right in the centre of Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, through Chelsea to Brompton Road Knightsbridge and the A4 in Brompton, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
Fulham Road runs parallel to the Kings Road, going west from the area called Brompton Cross. There are numerous antique dealers and specialist interior furnishing stores which help to give Fulham Road a rather sedate atmosphere. The nearest tube station is at South Kensington.
The A308 follows Fulham Road from Brompton Road to Chelsea. Fulham Road is known for the following landmarks:
- Stamford Bridge football ground, home of Chelsea F.C.
- The first Habitat store, opened by Terence Conran on May 11, 1964
- Cineworld Cinema
- Fulham Broadway tube station
- Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
- Royal Brompton Hospital
- Royal Marsden Hospital
- Michelin House
At the Fulham end of the street:
- Fulham Palace
- Putney Bridge
Fulham Road is cited extensively on the Jethro Tull album A Passion Play and the Morrissey song "Maladjusted".
Famous quotes containing the word road:
“Telephone poles were matchsticks, put there to be snapped off at a whim. Dogs trotting across the road were suddenly big trucks. Old ladies turned into moving—vans. Everything was too bright, but very funny and made for my delight. And about half a mile from my long liquid breakfast I turned carefully down a side street and parked, and sat beaming happily through the tannic fog for about an hour, remembering how witty we all had been, how handsome and talented ... [ellipsis in original]”
—M.F.K. Fisher (1908–1992)