[1] Today located in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, the street takes its name from the Black Lion pub on the riverfront not far from Chiswick Mall.
Many of the houses date back to the early nineteenth century.
[3] The Regency era St Peter's Square, laid out in the 1820s, is directly to the west of the lane.
The Victorian Westcroft Square is to the north of the lane across King Street.
The lane was intersected by the Great West Road in the 1930s and the severed southern end nearest to the Thames (including the Black Lion pub) is now known South Black Lion Lane.