Photo of the inside of Eccleston Yards, taken on a cold day.
Eccleston Yards in the winter
The entrance of Barry's in Eccleston Yards
Barry's in Eccleston Yards

Eccleston Yards is an open-air mall in Belgravia, London, that is located between Eccleston Place, Eccleston Street, Ebury Street and Elizabeth Street. It is approximately a 7-minute walk from London Victoria Station. Eccleston Yards owned by the Grosvenor Group and managed by Grosvenor Britain & Ireland.[1] It consists of 19 units which include shops, businesses, restaurants and fitness studios, i.e. Barry's.[2]

Eccleston Yards was previously the location of Eccleston Place Power Station, owned by Westminster Electric Supply Corporation Ltd. whom supplied electricity to the Mayfair & Belgravia area for the first time in 1891.[3] The yard was redeveloped from a car park to a co-working and creative hub in 2018; part of a £1 billion investment program for the Belgravia area.[4] The architectural designs for the redevelopment were among 27 projects shortlisted for the RIBA Regional Awards (South London) in 2020.[5]

Eccleston Yards opened in the summer of 2018 and is often the venue for various events, such as open air screenings of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Grosvenor - Eccleston Yards". Grosvenor Ltd. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Grosvenor - Eccleston Yards". Grosvenor Estate. Archived from the original on 7 April 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Parsons, Robery Hodson (1940). The Early Days of the Power Station Industry. Cambridge University Press. p. 98.
  4. ↑ Youens, Arabella (26 February 2020). "London's Belgravia: new ITV drama puts one of the capital's most expensive postcodes in the spotlight". Home & Property. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Eccleston Yards reaches RIBA Regional Awards South London shortlist with Buckley Gray Yeoman's makeover". The RIBA Journal. 5 July 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  6. ↑ Fletcher, Harry; Thomson, Lizzie; Ellis, David (26 June 2019). "Wimbledon outdoor screenings 2019: The best places to watch the tennis in London". Evening Standard. Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

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