Kensington (London) | district

United Kingdom / England / Richmond / London
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An affluent, densely-populated and upmarket area of London which shares a borough with Chelsea. It has a busy high street, Kensington Palace and several museums in the southern area.

Notable attractions and institutions in Kensington (or South Kensington) include: Kensington Palace in Kensington Gardens, the Royal Albert Hall opposite the Albert Memorial in Hyde Park, the Royal College of Music, the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Heythrop College, the Royal College of Art, Imperial College London and Kensington and Chelsea College. The Olympia exhibition hall is just over the western border in West Kensington.

Part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea that has its own Kensington & North Kensington parliamentary constituency. Prior to 1965 Kensington formed the Royal Borough of Kensington, and some residents objected to the merger with Chelsea, formerly an inexpensive and bohemian borough compared with the fashionable Royal Borough.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington
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Coordinates:   51°30'6"N   -0°11'56"E

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