Local Area Guides
48 Hours in Belgravia London:How to Do It Properly (Startingfrom The Eccleston)
48 hours in Belgravia London is enough to understand why this part of SW1W rewards staying rather than passing through. From The Eccleston on Eccleston Place, almost everything in this itinerary is a walk rather than a tube journey — royal parks, world-class art, Chelsea’s best street, and some of the finest restaurants in central London, all within twenty minutes on foot.
Day One: Elizabeth Street, the Parks, and Westminster
Morning
Start with breakfast at Peggy Porschen Parlour, two minutes from the apartment on Elizabeth Street. Then walk the length of Elizabeth Street itself — the florists, the boutiques, and the kind of independent shopping that’s made this the most-recommended street in Belgravia London for the last decade.
The pink-fronted patisserie on Elizabeth Street — the right start to 48 hours in Belgravia London. Open from 8.30am daily; arrive early to beat the queue for a table.
View on map →A short stretch of independent boutiques, florists, and cafés that’s become the most-recommended street in Belgravia London — worth a slow morning walk before the day gets going.
View on map →Late Morning
Walk fifteen minutes to Buckingham Palace and into Green Park, continuing through to St James’s Park without leaving the grass. The walk from Green Park to Westminster along the park takes around forty minutes — one of the best free morning walks in London, and one of the things that makes 48 hours in Belgravia London feel genuinely different to staying anywhere else in the city.
The State Rooms open to visitors in summer — worth going inside if the timing works, or pass through en route to Green Park for the most scenic approach to the park walk.
View on map →Two parks connecting without interruption — enter at Green Park, walk through past the Palace lake and Horseguards to Westminster. One of the finest free walks in Belgravia London.
View on map →Afternoon
Lunch at La Poule au Pot on Ebury Street, six minutes from The Eccleston — a candlelit, unchanged French bistro that has been getting Belgravia London lunch right since 1964. Allow two hours.
Late Afternoon
Walk to the Saatchi Gallery on Duke of York Square (twelve minutes) for free, well-programmed contemporary art — then continue down the King’s Road if the afternoon calls for it.
Free, well-programmed contemporary art on Duke of York Square — a good stop before or after the King’s Road if the afternoon calls for something more considered.
View on map →Independent shops and the kind of unhurried afternoon that the King’s Road rewards when you go beyond the obvious stretch — walkable from Belgravia London rather than tube-dependent.
View on map →Evening
Dinner at The Thomas Cubitt on Elizabeth Street — the handsome gastro pub named after the man who built most of the Belgravia London streets around it. The upstairs dining room handles a proper evening meal without the formality of its Chelsea neighbours. Two minutes from the front door.
Day Two: Tate Britain, Chelsea, and a Special Occasion
Morning
Walk twenty minutes along the river via Pimlico to Tate Britain — the world’s greatest collection of British art, free to enter, and one of the things that makes spending 48 hours in Belgravia London rather than a more obviously central postcode worthwhile. Turner, Hockney, Hogarth, Bacon, Freud: allow the full morning.
Afternoon
Lunch at Colbert on Sloane Square (twelve minutes from The Eccleston) — a grand, all-day Parisian brasserie and one of the most reliably excellent lunch stops in Belgravia London. Then walk through the Duke of York Square market if it’s a Wednesday or Saturday
A grand all-day brasserie on Sloane Square — steak frites, croque monsieur, and one of the most reliably excellent set lunches in SW1. The right reward after a morning at Tate Britain.
View on map →Around 40 independent food traders every Saturday — artisan bread, cheese, fresh fish and street food next to the Saatchi Gallery. Worth timing Day Two around if you’re visiting on a weekend.
View on map →Late Afternoon
Head into Chelsea: the King’s Road (eighteen minutes) for independent shops, or further to Knightsbridge and Harrods (also eighteen minutes) for the grandest department store in London. Either way, you’re back at The Eccleston in twenty minutes.
Independent shops and galleries — walkable from Belgravia London, and better on a weekday afternoon when it’s less crowded than the weekend version.
View on map →Worth the walk as an experience even if you’re not buying anything — the food halls alone justify the detour. Eighteen minutes from The Eccleston on foot.
View on map →Evening
For the special occasion during your 48 hours in Belgravia London: Gordon Ramsay Restaurant on Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea (twenty minutes on foot) — three Michelin stars since 2001 and one of the finest dining rooms in London. Book well ahead, months if possible.
For a more relaxed close: La Poule au Pot by candlelight (six minutes), or a nightcap at The Thomas Cubitt before the two-minute walk home.
Three Michelin stars since 2001, upheld in 2026. The special-occasion close to 48 hours in Belgravia London — book well ahead and note the £150 per guest deposit required at booking.
View on map →Candlelit and romantic after dark — a Belgravia institution since 1964, and a six-minute walk home. The relaxed alternative to Gordon Ramsay for a final evening in SW1W.
View on map →Getting There and Away from Belgravia London
Victoria Station is five minutes from The Eccleston — direct trains to Gatwick Airport approximately every fifteen minutes, journey time around 30 minutes. The Victoria line provides fast connections to King’s Cross, Oxford Circus, and the City without changing. Sloane Square station (District and Circle lines) is twelve minutes on foot. Westminster, Chelsea, and Knightsbridge are all walkable from Eccleston Place — one of the practical advantages of spending 48 hours in Belgravia London rather than a noisier, more crowded postcode.
Two days, almost everything on foot, and a quiet Belgravia London street to come back to in between.
Plan your stay: view The Eccleston’s apartments. For more on the area, read An Honest Guide to Belgravia SW1W and Where to Eat Near Victoria London.