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280  L ONDON AREA B Y AREA

A Two-Hour Walk Around Notting Hill

This walk centres on Portobello Road, the city’s most famous in the street. At Colville Terrace
antiques and bric-a-brac shopping area, in one of the ultra- 0, the daily fruit and vegetable
fashionable parts of London. Great for original souvenirs, market begins. On the left is
the neighbourhood is fascinating at any time, though the the Electric Cinema q, said to
be the oldest working cinema
streets are busiest on Fridays and Saturdays, when all in Britain (1910), and certainly
the shops are open and the market stalls set up (see page one of the most delightful.
337). This is the heart of Notting Hill, renowned for its If there is no film showing,
lively carnival. you can go in and try the
comfortable armchair seats
and sofas.
GOLBORNE ROAD S WI N B R O OK R O A D Around Notting Hill
Turn left down Blenheim
The Notting Hill
u Crescent to find
Bookshop w,
B E V I N G T O N R O A D
B L AGRO V E R OA D
P ORT OB ELLO R O AD
ACKLAM RD TAVISTOCK ROAD LEDBURY ROAD
OX FORD G AR DE NS t y ) POWIS TERRACE p

5 Bright paintwork on Portobello Road C AMBR ID GE G ARD ENS W E S T W A Y A 4 0 ( M L AN CA ST E R RD o
ARTE S I A N R O AD
Portobello Road L A D B R O K E G R O V E P O RT O B E LLO R O AD P A R K R O A D i P O W I S L E D B U R Y R O A D
Leaving Notting Hill Gate SQ UA R E
Tube station 1, follow the L A N C A S T E R R O A D
signs to Portobello Road (see Chepstow TALBOT ROAD a
p223), taking Pembridge Road Villas 7 and C O LV I L L E T E R R A C E s
2. Intriguing shops here the serious Ladbroke r W E S T B O U R N E G R O V E A S
d
include Retro Woman 3 (Nos. antique shops Grove W E S T B O U R N E C O LV I L L E R O A D VILL
20 and 32) and Retro Man 4 begin. Near the e C R E S C E N T q 0 LO N S DA L E R O A D
(No. 34) for period clothes Portobello Arcade 8, f g P E M B R I D
and accessories. At the Sun in signposted with a large w KENSINGTON PARK RD D E NB CHE P S T O W
Splendour pub 5, turn left teapot, is Portobello Gold (Nos. B L E N H E I M PORTOBELLO ROAD C HE P S TO W
into Portobello Road. No. 22, 95–7), a guest house where Bill, L A D B R O K E G R O V E 9 CRES G E V I L L A S
among the attractively painted Hillary and Chelsea Clinton ELGIN CRESCENT h DENBIGH TERR IG H ROAD P E M B R I D G E
terraced houses on the right, dropped in for a beer and a 8 P E MBR I D G E C R E S CE N T S Q U A R E
was where George Orwell lived snack in 2000. At No. 115 9 is a 7
in 1927 before his writing plaque to June Aylward who PORTO B EL LO ROA D 6
career began 6. Cross opened the first antique shop
5
Tips for Walkers K E N S I N G T O N P A R K R O A D 4 PEM BRI DGE GAR DEN S
Starting point: Notting Hill P E M B R I D G E R O A D 1 H I L L G AT E
Gate station.
Length: 3 km (2 miles). 3
Getting there: Notting Hill 2 K ENS IN GT ON
Notting
underground station on Hill Gate CH URC H ST
Central, District and Circle lines.
Stopping-off points: The area N O T T I N G
is known for its pubs and UXBRID GE STREET
restaurants. Try Ottolenghi’s HILLGATE STREET
Patisserie at 63 Ledbury Rd for
superb pastries or the café at
Books for Cooks, 4 Blenheim
Crescent. Arancina, 19 Pembridge
Rd, near Notting Hill Gate Tube
station, is good for a quick slice of
pizza and other Italian snacks.
q The Electric Cinema, the UK’s oldest working cinema

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