Kensington

Kensington is situated to the north of Notting Hill, to the east of Brompton and Knightsbridge, to the south by Chelsea and Earl’s Court and to the west by Hammersmith and Shepherd’s Bush.

In the Doomsday Book of 1086 the area was first mentioned as “Chenesitone” written in Latin, in Anglo-Saxon it was originally “Kenesignetun” (Kenesigne’s land or meadows).

Kensington lies inside the Kensington parliamentary constituency. It is part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The main focus area is Kensington High Street it has a various amount of shops, most of the shops are mainly upmarket. Thanks to the streets number and range of shops in February 2005 it was declared the second best shopping street in London. On the other hand in October 2008 the street faced competition from Westfield shopping centre at White City. To improve the number of visitors to the high street the council extended the bus service on route 9.