Sloane Square

For the London Underground station, see Sloane Square tube station.

Sloane Square

View of the square in 2019
Location within Central London
Former name	Hans Town
Namesake	Sir Hans Sloane
Maintained by	Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Location	Chelsea, London, England
Postal code	SW1
Coordinates	51°29′33″N 0°09′26″W
Construction
Completed	c. 1771
Other
Designer	Henry Holland Snr. and Henry Holland Jnr.
Website	visitlondon.com

Christmas lights in Sloane Square.

Sloane Square from above, 1909

Sloane Square is a small hard-landscaped square on the boundaries of the central London districts of Belgravia and Chelsea, located 1.8 miles (2.9 km) southwest of Charing Cross, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The area forms a boundary between the two largest aristocratic estates in London, the Grosvenor Estate and the Cadogan. The square was formerly known as 'Hans Town', laid out in 1771 to a plan of by Henry Holland Snr. and Henry Holland Jnr. Both the square and Hans Town were named after Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753), an Anglo-Irish doctor who, jointly with his appointed trustees, owned the land at the time.