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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The West Indies Today (booklet)
International African Service Bureau, The National Labour Press Limited
1937-1938
Three boys playing on a go-cart in Addison Place, W11 (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1956
Tothill Fields looking southwest, London (watercolour)
Capon, William
1794
Triumph of the British flag over the French Eagles & Colours (coloured etching)
Dighton, Robert
1811-05-18
Tunnel construction work at the Notting Hill underground station interchange (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1957
Two black men passing by shops in the Latimer Road area, North Kensington (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1957
Two boys examining a bicycle wheel in Portobello Road (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1957
