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Kensington
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{{infobox London place|
|Place= Kensington
|Borough=
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Kensington & Chelsea
|Traditional=
Middlesex (1889)
|Constituency=
|PostTown= LONDON
|PostCode=
|DiallingCode= 020
|GridReference= TQ255795
|GLA=
West Central London
}}
'''Kensington''' is a district within the
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is a built-up area located 2.8 miles west of
Charing Cross.
Notable places in Kensington (or
South Kensington) include:
Kensington Gardens and
Holland Park, the
Royal Albert Hall, the
Natural History Museum, the
Science Museum (London) Science Museum, the
Victoria and Albert Museum, the
Royal College of Art, and
Imperial College London. The
Olympia, England Olympia exhibition hall is just over the border in
Hammersmith.
At the heart of Kensington is
Kensington High Street, recently [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4289237.stm] declared London's second best shopping street for its diversity of shops. In contrast to the winner (
Deptford High Street), this is a rather upmarket and often expensive commercial centre.
The administrative centre of Kensington - Kensington Town Hall - is just off the High Street. Kensington is administered as part of the
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and lies within the
Kensington and Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency) Kensington & Chelsea parliamentary constituency.
Kensington is, in general, an extremely affluent area - a trait it shares with its neighbour to the south,
Chelsea, London Chelsea. Other affluent neighbours include
Knightsbridge and
Brompton, Kensington Brompton to the east and
Notting Hill to the north. To the west are the less affluent (but far from poverty-stricken) areas of
Earl's Court,
Hammersmith and
Shepherd's Bush.
Prior to
1965 Kensington formed part of the
Metropolitan Borough of Kensington.
See also
*
South Kensington
*
Kensington Roof Gardens
External links
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Kensington -
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica 1911 Encyclopedia article
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London Kensington Market (Destroyed)
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Ashbourne College
{{London Districts}}
Category:Districts of London
Category:Kensington & Chelsea
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