Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (London)
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The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (often abbreviated to RBKC) is a London borough in the west side of central London.
It is an urban area and was named in the 2001 census as the most densely populated local authority in the United Kingdom, with a population of 158,919 at 13,244 per square kilometre (the land area is approximately 12 square kilometres).
The borough is immediately to the west of the City of Westminster, which is at the heart of modern London, and itself contains a substantial number of city centre facilities such as major museums and universities (in "Albertopolis"), department stores like Harrods, and embassies. It also contains many of the most exclusive residential districts in London, and boasts some of the most expensive houses (and highest incomes) in the UK.
www.rbkc.gov.uk/
It is an urban area and was named in the 2001 census as the most densely populated local authority in the United Kingdom, with a population of 158,919 at 13,244 per square kilometre (the land area is approximately 12 square kilometres).
The borough is immediately to the west of the City of Westminster, which is at the heart of modern London, and itself contains a substantial number of city centre facilities such as major museums and universities (in "Albertopolis"), department stores like Harrods, and embassies. It also contains many of the most exclusive residential districts in London, and boasts some of the most expensive houses (and highest incomes) in the UK.
www.rbkc.gov.uk/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Borough_of_Kensington_and_Chelsea
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°30'6"N -0°11'15"E
- London Borough of Croydon 8.9 km
- London Borough of Hillingdon 26 km
- Borough of Basingstoke and Deane 89 km
- Solihull (Metropolitan Borough) 161 km
- Sandwell 177 km
- Dudley (Metropolitan Borough of) 181 km
- Walsall (Metropolitan Borough of) 183 km
- Stafford 224 km
- Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough 237 km
- Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham 239 km
- Heythrop College (former) 0.3 km
- Kensington Green 0.5 km
- Cornwall Gardens 0.6 km
- The Phillimore Estate 0.7 km
- South Kensington 0.8 km
- Kensington 0.8 km
- Kensington Gardens 0.8 km
- Earl's Court 1.3 km
- Brompton 1.3 km
- Chelsea 2.2 km
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