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WELCOME TO KENSINGTON, LONDON

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Kensington London is without doubt one of the best areas in the UK. We have excellent restaurants, great museums in South Kensington, great parks such as Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens and Holland Park and of course the amazing shopping in Kensington High Street.

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KENSINGTON TRANSPORT

KENSINGTON HIGH STREET SHOPPING

Kensington London has a number of reliable tube stations at Kensington High Street, Gloucester Road and South Kensington - on the circle and district lines.

South Ken and Gloucester Rd are also both on the Piccadilly line which takes you directly to the West End, or out to Heathrow airport.

Kensington's location within Greater London

There are also a number of good bus services in the area - and of course the great thing about London is that everwhere is interlinked, so you can walk from one wonderful area to another.

Kensington High Street was declared London's second best shopping street in 2005 thanks to its range and number of shops. However the arrival of the nearby Westfield shopping centre has had a considerable impact on the health of Kensington High Street. Visit our page on Kensington clothes shops. The area is also known as High Street Kensington or Ken High Street London.

KENSINGTON LONDON: FACTS AND RUMOURS

1. Kensington gets its name from a Saxon tribe called the Kensings.

2. Kensington Palace Gardens is one of the most expensive addresses in the world - Lakshmi Mittal reputedly paid £57m for his 160 year old mansion and the street is also the London home of the Sultan of Brunei.

3. In 1962 Hugh Gaitskell visited the Soviet Consulate in Kensington Palace Gardens to get a visa. He died three weeks later from kidney and liver failure - possibly from hydralazine poisoning from the tea he drank while waiting!

4. In 1977 a group of Kensington squatters feared eviction from their home in Freston Road and declared themselves The Republic of Frestonia. They even appealed to the United Nations to send peacekeeping troops to protect them from the bailiffs.

5. Kensington in London is a great place to spot celebrities - recent reports include Kylie Minogue, Lindsay Lohan, Richard Branson and Madonna - all eating or shopping in the area.

6. The 2012 London Olympics will see the Triathlon and Open Water Swimming competitions held in Hyde Park, Kensington London.

7. Kensington London has the highest life expectancy in the country Men on average live to 83.7 and women to 87.6.

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