Earls Court Road webcam
A street-camera location on Earls Court Road. The station district has changed over time; a road view cannot confirm an entrance is open or show the former exhibition grounds in full.
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What happened here
12 dated events from this place and the surrounding neighbourhood. Each entry names where it happened and links to the supporting record.
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- Arts and culture
American Exhibition brings Buffalo Bill to Earls Court
Nearby · Earls Court Exhibition Grounds
The American Exhibition opened at Earls Court with displays of American arts, inventions, manufactures and products. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West was a major attraction at the exhibition grounds.
Source: Daily News, 9 May 1887, via the William F. Cody Archive
- Arts and culture
International Horticultural Exhibition opens
Nearby · Earls Court Exhibition Grounds
An International Horticultural Exhibition opened at Earls Court, filling the grounds with displays and entertainments. The event was attended by the Duke of Connaught and included Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show.
- Buildings and transport
Empress Hall and Empress Theatre are built
Nearby · Empress Hall site, Earls Court
Temporary exhibition halls were rebuilt as the Empress Hall and Empress Theatre, giving Earls Court a more permanent venue for large shows and public entertainments.
Source: RBKC / LBHF, Earls Court site baseline, historical development 2.19–2.22
- Arts and culture
Gigantic Wheel becomes a fairground landmark
Nearby · Earls Court Exhibition Grounds
A 300-foot Great Wheel opened at Earls Court, carrying visitors in 40 wooden cabins. It remained a popular attraction before being dismantled in 1907.
Source: RBKC / LBHF, Earls Court site baseline, historical development 2.19–2.22
- Arts and culture
Empire of India and Ceylon Exhibition returns
Nearby · Earls Court Exhibition Grounds
The 1896 exhibition reused many features of the previous year’s Empire of India Exhibition. Displays and performances presented an imperial view of India and Ceylon, including a large historical spectacle in the Empress Theatre.
Source: London Museum, souvenir of the Empire of India and Ceylon Exhibition, 1896
- Royal occasions
Victorian Era Exhibition marks the Diamond Jubilee
Nearby · Earls Court Exhibition Grounds
Earls Court hosted the Victorian Era Exhibition in Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee year. Its official guide describes historical and commemorative displays, fine art, performances and Jubilee choral competitions.
Source: Victorian Era Exhibition, Earls Court, official guide, 1897
- War and conflict
Military Exhibition stages imperial history
Nearby · Earls Court Exhibition Grounds
The Military Exhibition displayed military objects and historical material at Earls Court. A surviving Burmese court costume and its original exhibition labels record its inclusion in the 1901 show.
Source: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge, surviving Military Exhibition object and labels
- Buildings and transport
Art Deco Exhibition Centre opens
Nearby · Earls Court Exhibition Centre
The first Earls Court Exhibition Centre was completed, replacing the earlier fairground grounds. Designed by Charles Howard Crane, its vast halls made it one of Europe’s largest exhibition buildings.
Source: RBKC / LBHF, Earls Court site baseline, historical development 2.19–2.22
- Arts and culture
Empress Hall stages an Olympic boxing session
Nearby · Empress Hall, Earls Court
A London 1948 organising committee programme records Olympic boxing at Empress Hall on Saturday 7 August. The session brought international sporting competition to the Earls Court complex.
- War and conflict
Royal Tournament moves to Earls Court
Nearby · Earls Court Exhibition Centre
The annual Royal Tournament moved to Earls Court, where it became a major summer military display combining horsemanship, drill, gymnastics and marching bands.
Source: National Army Museum, Royal Naval & Military Tournament record
- Buildings and transport
Earls Court Two expands the exhibition site
Nearby · Earls Court Exhibition Centre 2
A second exhibition centre was completed and physically linked to the original hall, expanding the complex onto part of the former Lillie Bridge site.
Source: RBKC / LBHF, Earls Court site baseline, historical development 2.19–2.22
- Public life
Exhibition centre closes ahead of redevelopment
Nearby · Earls Court Exhibition Centre
The Earls Court exhibition centres closed at the end of 2014 as redevelopment advanced. Their exhibition business transferred to Olympia London.
Sources: Capital & Counties Properties, Annual Report 2014 · Capital & Counties Properties, corporate announcement on Venues business history
Reading for this location
- Landmark contextEarls Court: a station district beyond the exhibition grounds →
- Landmark contextEarls Court's blue police box: public service and the TARDIS →
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Location, source and frame limits
- Area
- Earls Court
- Source junction
- Earls Crt Rd/Earls Crt Station
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- Configured TfL still and short clip
- Capture time
- Not independently verified from a successful image or video load
- Provider
- Transport for London · source details
- Viewing direction
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- Source position
- 51.49210, -0.19266 · TfL camera catalogue ↗
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