page_title: Earl's Court
section_title: Garden squares and mews
hierarchical_section_title: Earl's Court / History / 19th-century / Garden squares and mews
caption_attribution_description: English: Wetherby Mews, Earls Court
context_page_description: Earl's Court is a district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in West London, bordering the rail tracks of the West London line and District line that separate it from the ancient borough of Fulham to the west, the sub-districts of South Kensington to the east, Chelsea to the south and Kensington to the northeast. It lent its name to the now defunct eponymous pleasure grounds opened in 1887 followed by the pre-World War II Earls Court Exhibition Centre, as one of the country's largest indoor arenas and a popular concert venue, until its controversial closure in 2014. The area has long been known as "Bedsitter Land" with many of its stuccoed terraces converted into hotels and hostels.
  In practice, the notion of Earl's Court, which is geographically confined to the SW5 postal district, tends to apply beyond its boundary to parts of the neighbouring Fulham area with its SW6 and W14 postcodes to the west, and to adjacent streets in postcodes SW7, SW10 and W8 in Kensington and Chelsea.
  Earl's Court is also an electoral ward of the local authority, Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council. Its population at the 2011 census was 9,104.
context_section_description: Earl's Court adds to the Royal Borough's tally of almost 50 garden squares. Within SW5 they include:
  Barkston Gardens
  Bina Gardens
  Bolton Gardens
  Bramham Gardens
  Collingham Gardens
  Courtfield Gardens
  Earl's Court Square
  Gledhow Gardens
  Nevern Square
  Philbeach Gardens
  Wetherby Gardens
  The mews include:
  Courtfield Mews
  Dove Mews
  Farnell Mews
  Gasper Mews
  Hesper Mews
  Kramer Mews
  Laverton Mews
  Morton Mews
  Old Manor Yard
  Redfield Mews
  Spear Mews
  Wetherby Mews
caption: Wetherby Mews, Earl's Court
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