Kensington & Chelsea
Kensington & Chelsea is London’s smallest borough by area. But it packs a big punch with tourist draws like Portobello Road and a number of museums, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Natural History Museum and Science Museum.
It includes some of London’s wealthiest neighbourhoods, such as Chelsea and Knightsbridge. But 2017’s catastrophic Grenfell Tower fire in North Kensington is a reminder of the borough’s high inequality.
Among the notable figures to have called Kensington & Chelsea home are poet and playwright Oscar Wilde and novelist Agatha Christie. Royals including Princess Margaret and Princess Diana have lived in Kensington Palace.
Up the road from there each August bank holiday, the streets come alive with Notting Hill Carnival. Beginning in 1966 as a celebration of the area’s Caribbean heritage and culture, it has evolved into one of the biggest street parties in Europe and draws millions of visitors each year.
Portobello Road in the Notting Hill area of Kensington & Chelsea
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A Sikh student studying in the library at Holland Park Comprehensive (negative)
Grant, Henry
1966-07
A View of the Rotundo House and Gardens &c. at Ranelagh (hand coloured engraving)
Sayer, Robert, Canal, Giovanni Antonio (called Canaletto)
1751-12-02
A view of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea and the Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens (coloured engraving)
Maurer, J., Bowles, Thomas, Bowles, John
1744-08-01
A view of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea and the Rotunda in Ranelagh Gardens (coloured engraving)
Bowles, Thomas
1761-08-20
A woman with four dogs by a road crossing in North Kensington (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1958
A young girl carrying a toddler on Princedale Road in North Kensington (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1957
A youth blowing soap bubbles on Southam Street, W10 (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1957
Aesop's Fable of the Fox and the Grapes figurine candlestick (fable candlestick)
Chelsea
1758-1765; 18th century
