Kensington

Kensington is a place in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

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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.

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At the heart of Kensington is Kensington High Street, recently http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4289237.stm 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.

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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.

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

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Prior to 1965 Kensington formed part of the Metropolitan Borough of Kensington.

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South Kensington: South Kensington is an area in West London which straddles the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the City of Westminster....

Kensington Gardens: Kensington Gardens is one of the royal parks in London, lying immediately to the west of Hyde Park. Most of it is in the City of Westminster, but a small section to the west is in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It covers a 275 acres (1.1 km²) large area....

Holland Park: Holland Park is a district and a public park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in west central London in England. It is not a formal political subdivision....

Kensington related Images and Photos (experimental)

Kensington Palace	Holland House Kensington	Autumn in Kensington Gardens	The Presence Chamber Kensington Palace 1816
Bird's Eye View of the Gardens of Kensington Palace Pub. by J. Smith 1724	Henry V after a Painting in Kensington Palace	Exhibition of the Photographic Society at the South Kensington Museum 1858	Prince William with Prince Charles and Princess Diana at Kensington Palace December 1983