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KENSINGTON AND
HOLLAND PARK

The western and northern perimeters of with London’s African­Caribbean community;
Kensington Gardens make up a rich residential the area’s flamboyant Carnival first took to
and commercial area. The shops on Kensington the streets in 1966 and has been staged every
High Street are almost as smart as those in year since on the last weekend in August
Knightsbridge, and Kensington Church (see p61). Now that the area is fully gentrified,
Street is a good source of quality antiques. the elegant stucco terraces, market and
Around Holland Park are some magnificent independent shops attract an increasingly
late Victorian houses, two of them open to trendy set including a few famous names, as
the public. But as you cross into Bayswater depicted in the eponymous film. Meanwhile,
and Notting Hill, you enter a more vibrant, Portobello Road street market, selling
cosmopolitan part of London, with Queensway everything from food to antiques, draws in
home to numerous Middle Eastern restau­ tourists and Londoners from across the city
rants. Notting Hill is historically associated at weekends.
Sights at a Glance CH EPS TOW Bayswater
Historic Streets and Buildings C R ESC ENT DAWSON QUEENSWAY
2 Holland House CRESCENT PLACE M O S C O W R O A D
PEMBRIDGE
3 Leighton House PORTOBELLO RD ST PETERSBURGH PL
5 18 Stafford Terrace LADBROKE OSSINGTON ST Queensway
SQUARE
LADBROKE S Q
7 Kensington Square GARDENS GARDENS
PALACE COURT
8 Kensington Palace Gardens PEMBRIDGE ROAD PEMBRIDGE GDNS BAYSWATER ROAD
KENSINGTON PARK RD
CLANRICARDE
NOTTING
Museums LADBROKE TER HILL
4 Design Museum N O T T I N G H I L L G AT E T H E B R O A D W A L K
Notting Hill
Gate
Parks and Gardens U X B R I D G E S T
1 Holland Park HOLLAND PARK KENSINGTON
6 Kensington Roof Gardens AVENUE HILLSLEIGH RD KENSINGTON PLACE K E N S I N G T O N P A L A C E G A R D E N S GARDENS
9 The Diana, Princess of Wales PALACE GARDENS TERRACE
P E E L S T R E E T
Memorial Playground CAMPDEN STREET K E N S I N G T BRUNSWICK GRDNS
Markets AUBREY WALK BEDFORD GARDENS
0 Portobello Road H O L L A N
Area of Interest
q Notting Hill D W A L K C A M P D E N H I L L R O A D
OBSERVATORY GDNS PA L A C E A V E N U E
HOLLAND ST PALACE GREEN
SHEFFIELD TERRACE O N C H U R C H S T R E E T
HOLLAND DUCHESS OF BEDFORD'S WALK HORNTO N ST
P ARK
KENSINGTON YOUNG ST
High Street
Kensington DERRY ST
K E N S I N G T O N H I G H S T R E E T
ARGYLL ROAD
PHILLIMORE GARDENS
ILCHESTER
H O L L A N D W A L K
Street Finder maps 9, 10, 17 PLACE
MELBURY RD
Restaurants see pp299–301
SQUARE
1 Babylon at the Roof Garden EDWARDES
2 The Belvedere
3 Bill’s
4 Ffiona’s
5 Kensington Place 0 metres 500
6 Kitchen W8 0 yards 500
Antiques for sale at Portobello Road market For keys to symbols see back flap
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