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The Royal Park and Holland Park are just two of the well known green spaces in Kensington. Attractions include: Kensington Palace, Kensington Gardens, the Royal Albert Hall, the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal College of Art, Imperial College London and Kensington and Chelsea College.

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Advancement of Science

The rather self explanatory title of the British Association for the Advancement of Science is a very accurate one. The centre is at the forefront of a great deal of...

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Albert Memorial

The grandest of all London monuments, this enormous homage to Prince Albert stands proudly opposite the Royal Albert Hall. Designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott under the close supervision...

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Annunciation

Andrew Burton is one of the foremost living sculptors in the British Isles. This fascinating work stands directly outside South Kensington Underground station in the heart of ‘museum-land’....

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Austrian Cultural Forum

This cultural association has been based in the heart of London since 1956. The purpose of the organisation is to promote the growth of contacts and integration between the...

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Baden Powell House

Baden Powell House was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 1962, and is one of the most important buildings associated with the Boy Scout movement. Although originally the building...

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Barkers Arcade

This arcade of shops is far too exclusive and exciting to be called a ‘shopping centre’ in the traditional sense. Housed in the magnificent old ‘Barkers’ department store building...

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Bethesda Baptist Church

In 1823 this fine building was constructed by the builders of Kensington Palace and know as the ‘Labourers Chapel’. In 1866 the church officially became the Bethesda Baptist Church...

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Cadogan Hall

Cadogan Hall is located within a 2 minute walk from Sloan Square underground station. Formerly built as a church, Cadogan Hall has now been transformed into a modern concert venue....

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Centre for Performance History

This centre was opened at the Royal College of Music as part of a major restructuring programme in 2003 and 2004. It brings together two well-known collections held by...

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Christ Church

Christ Church is a beautiful example of ecclesiastical architecture set in the leafy residential suburbs of South Kensington. Just a few minutes walk from Gloucester Road, one of the...

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

This magnificent building served as the British headquarters of the Mormon Church in the 1960s and ’70s. An architectural jewel of the period the church was a symbol of...

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Connoisseur Casino

This prestigious casino offers some of the finest entertainment facilities in London. The fine establishment is located adjacent to Kensington Gardens and Kensington High Street one of the trendiest...

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Cornwall Gardens

Cornwall Gardens is one of the most tranquil, beautiful and picturesque city parks in the capital. Located just a few yards off Gloucester Road, one of the busiest shopping...

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Count Rumford's House

Benjamin Thompson or Count Rumford was one of the great minds to live in London in the 18th and 19th Century. He was an Anglo-American physicist who helped to...

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Courthold Gardens

These delightful gardens are situated close to Courthold Square on the edge of Kensington and Chelsea. The area is surrounded by large residential properties that make up the homes...

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Dana Centre, The

The Dana Centre is an innovative live science forum where people can actively come and take part in debates and discussions, question leading scientists and academics on important scientific developments...

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E.F. Benson's House

Edward Frederick Benson was an influential writer of the late Victorian age and early 20th Century. He lived in this beautiful house in the fantastic garden square of Brompton Square...

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Edward Henry Corbould’s House

Edward Henry Corbould was one of the finest English painters, illustrators and sculptors of the Victorian age. He lived most of his life in Kensington where he also painted...

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Francis Bacon’s House

This beautifully crafted Edwardian style town house has enjoyed a long association with some of the nations most prominent artists, most notably the incredibly talented and celebrated Francis Bacon....

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Frank Bridge’s House

Born in Brighton in 1876, Bridge grew up on the south coast before entering the Royal College of Music in 1896 at the age of seventeen. It was here...

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George Borrow's House

This fine old house stands just off Gloucester Road in South Kensington, an area that has always been synonymous with writers and artists. Borrow spent a lot of his...

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Gloucester Arcade

Situated next to Gloucester Road tube station, Gloucester Arcade is one of the premier shopping areas in South Kensington. The arcade is home to a great selection of boutique...

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Gloucester Road

Gloucester Road is one of the arterial roads running through the busiest area of South Kensington. The road is well known across the capital as one of the most...

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Grosvenor Casino

This casino is one of the best facilities of its type outside the west end of London. The facility has a great selection of gaming available to visitors including...

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Hereford Square Gardens

Hereford Square is situated in one of the oldest parts of Kensington, close to Brompton Road. The fine old town houses tower above the gardens in the centre...

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High Street Kensington

High Street Kensington is one of the trendiest and most popular shopping streets outside of the centre of London. The area is flanked by some of the most charming...

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Holy Trinity Brompton

This church has always suffered from its position, tucked away behind its much larger and grander Catholic counterpart, The London Oratory. The Anglican community in Brompton built holy Trinity...

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Howard Carter’s House

The discovery of the tomb of Tutunkhamun was without doubt the greatest step forward in archaeology and Egyptology ever made. Whether discovered by luck or judgement this find made...

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Imperial College London

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine is an independent constituent college of the University of London. Although the college was not formally made a part of London University...

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Italian Fountains

The Italian fountains are some of the most beautiful monumental structures in any of the London parks. They don’t tower above the park like the nearby Marble Arch or...

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James Anthony Froude's House

James Anthony Froude lived much of his adult life in this fine old town house in the secluded location of Onslow Gardens at the heart of South Kensington. One...

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Joseph Hansom's House

It was from the window of this fine old Kensington home that Joseph Hansom observed the streets of London. A great architect, Hansom will be best remembered for the...

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Kensington Community Archive

The North Kensington Community Archive is made up of a fascinating collection of documents that relate to the long and illustrious history of the area. Of particular interest to...

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Kensington Gardens

William III bought this park in 1689 and annexed it from the adjacent Hyde Park. An asthma sufferer, he wanted to create an area in central London where he...

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Kensington Palace

Kensington Palace has seen such momentous events as the death of George II and birth of Queen Victoria. Multi-language sound guides lead the way through the magnificent State Apartments. The...

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Kensington Palace Gardens

This address has been consistently voted the best address in London by the British Association of Estate Agents. The area is so exclusive that it is under permanent guard and...

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Kensington Town Hall

Kensington Town Hall is a relatively modern complex that was built to house the administrative centre of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council. As wella s being...

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Lancer Square

This shopping square makes a nice change from the nearby busy streets of Kensington. It is fully pedestrianised and therefore is far more quiet and tranquil to partake in...

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Leighton House Museum

Frederic, Lord Leighton, is one of the best known names in the Victorian London art scene, and this beautiful house was his home and his studio when he operated in...

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Linley Sambourne House

This beautiful terraced house in the heart of Kensington is regarded as one of the best examples of a Victorian property, both inside and out, that exists in the capital....

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London Oratory, The

The famous Catholic church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary was built between 1880 and 1884 and forms the centrepiece of the Oratory. Often incorrectly referred to as ‘Brompton...

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London Print Studio Gallery

This gallery is dedicated to showing prints of fine art works and new digital media. The collections are kept in place on a temporary basis and are replaced and...

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Lyndons Arts Trust

The Lyndons Arts Trust is a gallery and organisation that is based in West London and is intended to offer a forum to young and talented artists from this area...

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Making Place, The

The Making Place invites visitors to come with their ideas and leave with a product that has developed a little further. There are a series of multi-purpose workspaces within...

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Marguerite Radclyffe Hall

Radclyffe Hall was a well-known and controversial writer throughout her life in living in Kensington. ‘The Well of Loneliness’, her best-known work was banned shortly after its publication because...

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Museum of Instruments

This museum is home to one of the finest collections of historic musical instruments that can be found anywhere on the planet. The collection is made up of over...

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Muzio Clementi’s House

Born in Rome in 1752, Clementi grew up in Italy but moved to England in his teen years to study music in London. He quickly became friends with some...

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Natural History Museum

Possibly the UK’s greatest museum covering all you could ask for from the natural world - plants, insects, rocks, fossils and more animals than you can fit into one day....

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North Kensington Library

North Kensington Library is housed within a beautiful Victorian public building, purpose built for the people of the affluent suburb. The facility offers normal library lending services of books,...

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Our Lady of Mount Carmel

This large church is one of Kensington’s largest Roman Catholic places of worship. Located equidistant between High Street Kensington and Notting Hill Gate the church straddles the suburban border...

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Peter Pan Statue

Sculpted by the world famous Sir George Frampton, this is one of the most famous statues in London. J.M. Barrie, creator of the book Peter Pan worked closely with...

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Physical Energy

George F. Watts is singularly the most enigmatic character in Victorian art and almost impossible to pigeonhole. A Londoner born and bred, it wasn’t until late in Watts’ life...

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Queen's Gate Gardens

Queen's Gate Gardens stand at the centre of one of the most grand and remarkably well preserved Kensington Squares. The gardens are surrounded by a huge selection of well...

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Queen’s Tower, The

Designed by Thomas Colcutt, this tower is the last remaining part of the Imperial Institute built in 1887. The rest of the building was demolished in the 1950s to...

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Redcliffe Square Gardens

Redcliffe Square Gardens are situated at the heart of the beautiful and affluent Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The gardens represent a typical example of a Georgian inner city...

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Robert Fitzroy's House

Admiral Robert Fitzroy achieved fame as the captain of HMS Beagle. He lived in London, but spent a great deal of his adult life at sea on missions of...

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Royal Albert Hall

Following the success of the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Royal Albert Hall was conceived by Albert, the Prince Consort, as the centrepiece of the proposed development of a range...

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Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art is the worlds only exclusive postgraduate college dedicate to Art. The alumni list is impressive, including David Hockney and Tracy Emin to name but...

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Royal College of Music

The Royal College of Music is the most prestigious musical college in the world, providing training primarily in classical disciplines and conducting. Housed in a beautiful building opposite the...

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Royal College of Organists

Recently returned from India, Lieutenant H.H. Cole had had little in the way of formal architectural training when his father, the legendary patron of the arts Henry, commissioned him to...

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Science Museum

The Science Museum welcomes over a million visitors a year. Our collections form an enduring record of scientific, technological and medical change since the 18th Century. Though rich in British...

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Serpentine Gallery

Founded in 1970 by the Arts Council of Great Britain the Serpentine Gallery is housed in a 1903 teahouse on the edge of one of London’s most beautiful parks....

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Sikorski Museum

Established at the end of the Second World War, the Sirkorski Museum is the product of the labours of many exiled Polish people who came to London and then did...

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Sir Charles Stanford’s House

Charles Stanford was an Irish born composer who came to England to study music at Queen’s College Cambridge. He decided to stay in England and moved to London where...

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Sir Henry Newbolt’s House

Henry Newbolt was born in Staffordshire in 1862 and after being educated at Oxford University moved to London to begin a career as a lawyer and barrister. Although a...

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Sir John Lavery’s House

Born in Belfast and a student in Glasgow John Lavery had a massive impact on the British art world very early in his career. His pieces were noted for...

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Sir Malcolm Sergeant’s House

Malcolm Sergeant was without any doubt the most influential conductor in modern classical music. His association with the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts made him a household name in the...

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Slobodan Jovanovitch's House

This house was used as a place of refuge and safety for Slobodan Jovanovitch during his time in exile in the United Kingdom between 1942 and 1943. As Prime...

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Society Picture Library

The Science and Society Picture Library carries one of the most extensive collections of photographic material anywhere in the United Kingdom. The collection is divided into several sections of...

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Speke’s Monument

John Hanning Speke was born in Somerset in 1827, but soon made a life for himself in Kensington. One of the Royal Borough’s most famous sons, Speke became one...

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St Mary Abbots Church

The present building that stands at the junction between High Street Kensington and Kensington Church Street was designed in the 19th Century by legendary architect Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and...

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St. Augustine

This fine church stands close to the junction of Queen’s Gate and Old Brompton Road at the heart of the affluent South Kensington district of south west central London....

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St. Barnabas Church

This church is located at the heart of Kensington and Chelsea and is surrounded by beautiful Georgian housing and leafy well maintained streets. The congregation benefits from a large...

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St. George’s Church

St George’s is a small but beautiful church at the top of a hill overlooking the residential streets of Kensington. The church has been beautifully crafted from the finest...

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St. John the Baptist Church

One of the finest churches in the area, this building was constructed by public conscription between 1872 and 1889 to serve the western edge of the Royal Borough of Kensington...

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St. Philip’s Church

St. Philip’s is located on the corner of Earls Court Road on the edge of Kensington close to Earls Court. The church is late 19th Century design that suits...

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St. Stephen’s Church

The church was built in the 1860s to accommodate the ever growing population of the Kensington area. Much of the stonework is elaborately put together and the attention to...

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Stanhope Gardens

Stanhope Gardens are a large set of gardens close to the centre of South Kensington. Within walking distance of the best shops and bars in the area in one...

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Statue of Bartok

Bela Bartok is without doubt one of the most famous names in 20th Century classical music. His influence was far reaching and he was responsible for the founding of...

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Statue of Jenner

Edward Jenner is one of British science’s most famous sons and this is why he has been immortalised I this statue on the edge of Kensington Gardens. Jenner was...

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Stephanie Mallarme's House

Stephanie Mallarme was one of the forefront poets in the Surrealist movement in British poetry and writing. Her influence was extremely important in taking the writing movement out of...

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The Long Water

The Long Water is as its name suggests, a long thin body of water that flows through Kensington Gardens into Hyde Park, where it becomes known as the Serpentine....

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Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is the world’s largest museum of the decorative arts and is home to 145 galleries, including national collections of sculpture, furniture, fashion and...

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W.S. Gilbert's House

A writer, dramatists and musician, Gilbert loved living in Kensington because historically it has always been a place for the creative. In the 19th Century the houses around Gilbert's...

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Walter Crane’s House

Born in Liverpool the son of a moderately successful artist, Walter Crane moved to London to practice art in his early twenties. He became well known because of his...

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