Sloane Street is a vertical slice of Sloane Square, encompassing its major landmarks and the massive garden squares which define this part of West London. Sloane Street cuts through the middle of the area, connecting Knightsbridge and Hyde Park to the north with Sloane Square to the south. Cadogan Place Gardens, a private garden square, dominates the area, with Lowndes Square Gardens a similar but smaller feature to the north. Cadogan Hall is one of the area’s dominant landmarks, a concert hall just north of Sloane Square underground station. The area is a mix between residential buildings, shopping streets (particularly along Sloane Street and Pavilion Road, as well as the area closer to Knightsbridge), hotels, as well as other establishments such as Cadogan Hall and the Pakistani High Commission. The area is therefore less peaceful than some other areas of Belgravia and Sloane Square, but is nonetheless one of the most expensive, desirable and well-built neighbourhoods in London.

Cadogan Place is named after the Earl Cadogan, and is surrounded by Regency terrace houses with white stucco frontages. It is still owned by Cadogan Estates today, run by the Cadogan family, and is the second-largest freehold portfolio in central London, after the nearby Grosvenor holdings in Belgravia and Pimlico. The estate formed, much like the Grosvenor one, via marriage, when the second Baron Cadogan married Elizabeth Sloane, daughter of Sir Hans Sloane in 1717, who had purchased the Manor of Chelsea five years before. At the time the land was comprised of fields, 11 houses and some tenements. Today, the 93-acre plot has 3000 flats, 200 houses, 300 shops, and 500,000 sq. ft. of office space.

Like the squares nearby, Cadogan Place and Lowndes Square have both hosted famous residents. 44 Cadogan Place was home to William Wilberforce, English MP and leader of the movement to end the slave trade, he also died there in 1833. 52 Cadogan Place was the birthplace and childhood home of Harold Macmillan, who would become the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Lowndes Square has been and still is occupied by (amongst others) the eponymous William Lowndes, Lord Alan Spencer-Churchill (great uncle of Winston Churchill) and Roman Abramovich, a Russian tycoon.

The area is not as quiet as its surrounding areas, considering its central location and the density of its shops and activities. The houses which do not have access to Lowndes Square Gardens and Cadogan Place also do not have any access to local public green spaces, as most of the squares around the area are also private gardens.

Lowndes Square, like many other parts of the area, has numerous development projects in the making, from new-builds to refurbishments. The works occurring on 39-40 Lowndes Square provide an example of how development has been approached in the area. It involves the demolition, construction and internal fit of high quality residential accommodations. The façade will be retained, but many of the structures will be altered, ultimately providing eight residential apartments.