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Holland Park

Holland Park, Kens­ington & Chelsea An attrac­tive public park and highly fash­ion­able resi­den­tial quarter situated south of Notting Hill and north of Kens­ington High Street…

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Notting Hill Gate

Notting Hill Gate, Kens­ington & Chelsea A visually dull but cultur­ally inter­esting stretch of road situated at the meeting point of Bayswater Road, Kens­ington Church…

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Westway

Westway, West­min­ster/Kensington & Chelsea/Hammersmith & Fulham The part of the A40 dual carriageway that runs from East Acton to Paddington Begun in 1964, the Westway…

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Leighton House

…Borough of Kens­ington. To compound the loss of its contents, a series of well-meaning but ill-consid­ered repairs over the course of the 20th century (including…

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Chelsea

Chelsea, Kens­ington & Chelsea A fash­ion­able district for nearly half a millen­nium, Chelsea lies on the north bank of the Thames between Pimlico and Fulham…

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Snowdrop

Snowdrop   According to Thomas Tickell’s poetic fairy tale Kens­ington Garden (1722), the snowdrop first grew in Kens­ington, where it was created from the lifeless…

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Fulham

…council added several housing estates, most visibly on the eastern side of West Kens­ington. Fulham Palace ceased to be the bishop’s official residence in 1973…

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West Brompton

West Brompton, Kens­ington & Chelsea A compact and pleasant resi­den­tial locality – squeezed almost out of existence by Fulham, Chelsea and Earls Court, between which…

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Projected population growth

London’s projected popu­la­tion growth 2016–26, by borough In May 2016 the Office for National Statis­tics released updated popu­la­tion projec­tions for all English local author­i­ties, including…

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Brook Green

Brook Green, Hammer­smith & Fulham Hammersmith’s sought-after north-eastern corner takes its name from a narrow, wedge-shaped green that was traversed by a brook running south…

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