Designer Anya Hindmarch’s village is a collection of joyful and evolving stores on the Pimlico side of Pont Street. There’s been a mesmerising stationery shop and a kitsch scuba store as well as annual installations including a magical Christmas grotto and an ice cream project serving mad flavours such as Heinz baked beans and Branston piccalilli. Year round, head to Anya Café for a shopping pit stop of playful Battenberg slices and googley-eyed cupcakes. 

Utterly welcoming, this surprisingly small hotel only has 14 bedrooms, which gives it the feel of a private townhouse. Each one is a maximalist colour blast of joyful interior design with marbled lampshades, pretty stained-glass light fixtures and wallpaper everywhere. It also hides one of Chelsea’s best-kept secrets downstairs: Japanese restaurant The Fuji Grill, with an omakase bar and a garden for sushi suppers on a hot summer’s night.

Order Granger’s famous scrambled eggs at this lovely, relaxed Australian spot in the heart of Chelsea. We love snagging a table on the terrace during the warmer months.

This converted church, slotted into a street of red-brick mansion blocks, is an under-the-radar haunt. Catch the Royal Philharmonic, jazz bands, ballet performances and candlelit piano concerts as well as talks by fascinating speakers and stand-up comedy. Tickets are a snip, and there is something curious on practically every night.