Kensington
Sign in to saveKensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.official_name
- Kensington
- UK place.london_borough
- Kensington and Chelsea
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Kensington and Bayswater
- UK place.post_town
- LONDON
- UK place.postcode_district
- W8, W14
- UK place.postcode_area
- W
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ255795
- UK place.static_image_name
- Kensington High Street 2 Londres.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Kensington High Street
- UK place.population
- 64,681
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census)
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Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London.
The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up by Kensington Gardens, containing the Albert Memorial, the Serpentine Gallery and Speke's monument. South Kensington and Gloucester Road are home to Imperial College London, the Royal College of Music, the Royal Albert Hall, Natural History Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Science Museum. The area is also home to many embassies and consulates.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kensington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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