Escorts in Chelsea: ring the bell by the King's Road, SW3

World's End takes its name from an old pub at the bend of the King's Road, and the estate towers and small shops beyond it mark the point where smart Chelsea turns bohemian. Further south, Lots Road runs past the old power station, now flats, towards Chelsea Creek, and Chelsea Harbour gathers a marina, a design centre and a ring of apartment blocks around the water.

It is a neighbourhood of flats and houseboats more than hotels. Many evenings here happen at home: a riverside apartment with the lights of Battersea across the water, a mews house off Beaufort Street, a houseboat moored at Chelsea Reach.

Across the river, Battersea Park keeps its Peace Pagoda lit after dark, and the walk over Albert Bridge or Battersea Bridge is one of the prettiest short crossings in London.

SW10 0XG stands right on the marina, every room a suite and most with a view of the boats. SW3 2RP and SW3 2RJ, back towards Sloane Square, are townhouse hotels with the feel of private homes, SW1X 9SG sits on Sloane Street at the eastern edge of the district, and SW7 3EG is a short ride north in South Kensington.

We name them as landmarks only, with no tie to London Babes. Apartments at the harbour, houseboats and houses on the side streets are visited on exactly the same terms.

Fulham Broadway, a District line stop about twelve minutes on foot from World's End, is the most useful station for the western half. At the far end of the King's Road, Sloane Square serves the Circle and District lines five minutes from the first shops, and South Kensington, where the Piccadilly line joins, lies roughly ten minutes north. Imperial Wharf, on the Overground, serves the harbour directly.

Write to the desk with the companion you would like, your address or hotel, the start time and the length, on WhatsApp or Telegram. For a flat at the harbour or a houseboat, add anything the building needs, a gate code, a concierge or the pontoon number. Your full name and the address or room are confirmed once, and a written reply with her name, the time and the fare settles it.

Chelsea sits at the south western end of our route, so her ride usually runs an hour or a little over from the desk's yes, and longer on a busy Saturday. She is paid her fare in person at the door, and three hours of notice cancels a standard booking free of charge.

Seven, a drink at an old pub near World's End, the King's Road busy outside. Eight, dinner at the harbour with the boats lit below, or at a small Italian on the Fulham Road side. Ten, the walk over Albert Bridge, its lamps and cables glowing, and a turn along the river edge of Battersea Park to the Peace Pagoda. Eleven, back across the water to the flat or the hotel.

That is a dinner date, four hours for £1,300. A drink and the bridge alone fit two hours at £750, and staying until breakfast is £2,400.

Residents of the harbour apartments who would rather entertain at home than cross town. Visitors renting a riverside flat for a few weeks. Guests at SW10 0XG in town for a design fair, or simply for a quiet stay away from the centre. They like the calm of this end of SW3 and want an evening with the same unhurried pace.

Cindy, with long blonde waves and blue eyes, sails, practises yoga and keeps a camera within reach, which makes the marina her kind of place. Michelle, tall and dark haired, sails too and mixes a proper cocktail. Stacy, very tall with near-black hair, takes street photographs, snowboards in winter and knows the comedy nights on the other side of the river.

Living in Chelsea, they know the King's Road after dark as well as anyone. Everyone else on the girls page comes to SW3 on the same fares.

North of the Fulham Road lies South Kensington, Sloane Street leads up to Knightsbridge, and east of Sloane Square begins Belgravia.