Warrington Crescent

Street layout plans for the area were first drawn up in the 1820s by architect George Gutch in a style similar to Tyburnia next to Hyde Park, but work on Warrington Crescent didn't begin until the Victorian era.

[3] Blue plaques commemorate notable former residents David Ben-Gurion, the first Prime Minister of Israel, and the mathematician Alan Turing.

[6] In March 1918 the street was subject to a Zeppelin raid as part of the German bombing of the capital during the First World War.

A large bomb fell on Warrington Crescent, destroying or damaging several houses and killing twelve people and wounding many others.

[7] The American lyricist Lena Ford, who wrote the words to the popular wartime song "Keep the Home Fires Burning", was killed.