[1] The main building and Consular section is located at 5 and 6-7 Kensington Palace Gardens at the junction with Bayswater Road; the Ambassador's Residence is located in a separate building at 13 Kensington Palace Gardens (Harrington House).

[2] Diplomatic relations were suspended during the period 1927–1929, and following their resumption the Soviet government moved to the various buildings on Kensington Palace Gardens.

In 1946 the Soviet government bought Seacox Heath, a country house in East Sussex, as a weekend retreat for its staff.

[3] Following the dissolution of the USSR, the Russian Federation inherited the former Soviet properties in the UK.

[2] But this was not recognized by Ukraine and in 1999 it initiated litigation, which like the case with most other former Soviet embassies around the world, left the situation unresolved.