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Kensington 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)

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Located in
Middlesex
Population
64681
Shares border with
Notting Hill
Image
Kensington from the air in 1909.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Kensington
historic county
Middlesex
Commons category
Kensington
category for people born here
Category:Births in Kensington
category for people who died here
Category:Deaths in Kensington
postal code
SW5
OS grid reference
TQ255795
category of associated people
Category:People from Kensington
native label
Kensington
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Name
  • History
  • Geography
  • Administration
  • Media sector
  • Transport
  • Sports
  • Notable people
  • See also
  • References
  • Notes
  • Further reading
  • External links

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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