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Kensington

Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	Maps for TQ255795
Administration
London borough:	Kensington & Chelsea
County level:	Greater London
Region:	London
Nation:	England
Other
Police force:	Metropolitan
Ceremonial county:	Greater London
Historic county:	Middlesex
Post office and telephone
Post town:	LONDON
Postal district:
Dialling code:	020
Politics
UK Parliament:
London Assembly:	West Central London
European Parliament:	London

Kensington is a place in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is a built-up area located 2.8 miles (4.6 km) 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, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Imperial College, London. The Olympia exhibition hall is also in Kensington.

At the heart of Kensington is Kensington High Street, recently [1] 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 & Chelsea parliamentary constituency.

Kensington is, in general, an extremely affluent area - a trait it shares with its neighbour to the south, Chelsea. Other affluent neighbours include Knightsbridge and 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

• Kensington - 1911 Encyclopedia article
• London Kensington Market (Destroyed)

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