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Architects: Captain Francis Fowke, Major-General Henry Y.D. Scott
First Opened: 29th March 1871 (155 years ago)
Website: royalalberthall.com 
Telephone: 020 7589 8212 
Address: Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London SW7 2AP 
The Royal Albert Hall, in the South Kensington area of London, was opened in March 1871 by Queen Victoria. The nearly 5,300-seat concert hall has played host to the world’s leading artists from many different genres, and has been home to the BBC Proms every year since 1941.