Brompton Road is also rumoured to be where Nazi deputy Rudolf Hess was held when he was captured after crash-landing a light aircraft in Scotland in May 1941.

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Chambers recently invited me below ground at the Brompton Road Tube station in West London, which he intends to turn into a restaurant and museum in time for the 2012 Olympics.

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Above ground, the old redbrick building at Brompton Road, which is a short walk from the Victoria and Albert Museum, is used by the Ministry of Defence for Army Cadet meetings and social events.

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Once Brompton Road is finished, he explained, he will be turning his attention to the abandoned Aldwych station in central London, which has been used for Tube locations in Hollywood films like V for Vendetta, Atonement, and28 Weeks Later.

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Det Chief Insp John Coull said the soldier, who was based at Brompton Barracks in Dock Road, Gillingham, was in a drunken state in an area close to the river when he was last seen.

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