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48 Hours in Belgravia: How to Do London Properly (Starting from The Bourne)
Two days is enough to understand why Belgravia rewards staying rather than just passing through. Here’s an itinerary built around what’s genuinely walkable from Pimlico Road — design houses, a Saturday market, world-class art, and some of the best new restaurants in this part of London.
Day One: Pimlico Road and the Belgravia Walk
Morning
Start at Daylesford Organic, right next door to The Bourne, for breakfast — or walk a few minutes further to The Orange on Pimlico Road for a more substantial brunch in their conservatory. Either way, you’re starting the day exactly where you’re staying.
Right next to The Bourne — the easiest possible start to the day. Organic, seasonal, and the granola is worth the trip on its own.
View on map →A more substantial start — a handsome four-floor pub with a conservatory, serious brunch, and a roof terrace for later in the day.
View on map →Late Morning
Walk the length of Pimlico Road itself, past Colefax & Fowler, Linley, and Rose Uniacke — even if you’re not furnishing a house, the window-shopping is genuinely worthwhile. If it’s a Saturday, time this for Orange Square’s farmers’ market, a minute from the apartment, where a bronze Mozart has quietly watched over the stalls for decades.
Colefax & Fowler, Linley, Rose Uniacke — even without a project in mind, the window-shopping along this stretch is genuinely worthwhile.
View on map →A small farmers’ market every Saturday, watched over by a bronze statue of an eight-year-old Mozart. A genuinely lovely, low-key London moment.
View on map →Afternoon
Head towards Sloane Square, five minutes on foot, then continue to the King’s Road, twelve minutes away — independent shops, good cafés, and the kind of unhurried wandering that doesn’t need a plan. The Saatchi Gallery on Duke of York Square is free and consistently well-programmed, a good stop if the day calls for something more considered.
Head to Elizabeth Street to discover one of the prettiest and most Instagrammable streets in London. Just a five-minute stroll from Sloane Square and Victoria stations, the flower-filled street merits exploration for its cosy restaurants and cafes, independent fashion boutiques and homeware shops. With its elegant quirkiness, it’s the perfect spot to stumble upon some of London’s hidden gems.
Just minutes from Knightsbridge and Sloane Square tube stations, pedestrianised Motcomb Street is lined with independent boutiques and buzzy restaurants. Highlights include Pantechnicon, a five-storey Nordic and Japanese lifestyle hub with restaurants, cafes and a rooftop bar under one roof. Other star turns include globally renowned hair salons Errol Douglas and Hershesons; fashion favourites Sellier and Realisation Par; and world-famous florist Neill Strain Floral Couture.
One of the prettiest streets in London — flower-filled, independent, and lined with cosy restaurants, fashion boutiques and homeware shops. Five minutes from Sloane Square station.
View on map →Pedestrianised and lined with independent boutiques — Pantechnicon, Sellier, Realisation Par, and Neill Strain Floral Couture. Le Café NAC and The Alfred Tennyson are both here.
View on map →Free, well-programmed contemporary art on Duke of York Square — a good stop if the afternoon calls for something more considered.
View on map →Close enough to feel like an extension of your own street rather than a destination requiring planning.
View on map →Independent shops, good cafés, and the kind of unhurried wandering that doesn’t need a plan.
View on map →Evening
Dinner at La Poule au Pot, a short walk from the apartment, for proper French bistro cooking in a candlelit room — or book ahead at Cornucopia by Clare Smyth on Holbein Place for something more special. Either way, you’ll be home in minutes.
A Belgravia institution since 1964, opposite Orange Square. Candlelit, romantic, and exactly the right note to end the first day on.
View on map →For something more special — Clare Smyth’s relaxed, Michelin-starred follow-up to her three-starred Core. Book well ahead.
View on map →Day Two: Tate Britain and the Newer Belgravia
Morning
Walk towards Tate Britain along Millbank — the world’s greatest collection of British art, and consistently less crowded than its Tate Modern counterpart. Turner, Hockney, Hogarth, Bacon, Freud: all here, all free to view, with no queue worth mentioning on a weekday morning.
Midday
Lunch at Lorne on Wilton Road — Michelin-listed, Good Food Guide-approved, and still relatively under the radar. The set lunch is excellent value; book ahead if you can.
Afternoon
Walk to Eccleston Yards, a development that’s become a genuine destination in its own right. Stop at Weezie’s for thin-crust pizza and a glass of orange wine on the terrace, if the weather’s behaving — walk-ins only, so allow a little patience.
A genuine destination in its own right — a good indicator of how this corner of Belgravia has quietly modernised.
View on map →Thin-crust pizza, orange wine, and a terrace that fills fast on a sunny afternoon. Walk-ins only — allow a little patience.
View on map →Evening
Close out the trip at Wildflowers in Newson’s Yard, just off Pimlico Road — Mediterranean cooking over coals, an open kitchen, and Bar Flor upstairs if you’d rather start with a drink before dinner. Book ahead, particularly at weekends.
For a more elevated close to the trip, Cornus in Eccleston Yards — nine minutes from The Bourne — is the Michelin-starred rooftop restaurant from the team behind Chelsea’s Medlar. Chef Gary Foulkes’s produce-led European cooking, a stunning light-filled room, and one of the most exciting new tables in Belgravia. Book well ahead.
Cooked over coals, with an open kitchen — start with a drink at Bar Flor upstairs, then close the trip out properly. Book ahead.
View on map →A Michelin-starred rooftop restaurant from the Medlar team — chef Gary Foulkes’s produce-led European cooking in a stunning light-filled room above Eccleston Yards. Won its star within one year of opening. Book well ahead.
View on map →Getting Around
The Bourne sits within easy walking distance of most of what makes this itinerary work — Sloane Square (5 min), the King’s Road (12 min), and Knightsbridge (20 min) are all genuinely walkable rather than tube-dependent, which is one of the quieter advantages of staying on Pimlico Road. Victoria station, for wider connections, is a short walk or bus ride away.
Plan your stay: view The Bourne’s apartments. For more on the area, read The Bourne Edit: An Honest Guide to Belgravia and Where to Eat in Belgravia.