Kensington

Kensington is an inner-city suburb in , Victoria, , 4 km north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the local government area.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Suburb with 9,720 residents
  • Description: suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  • Also known as: “Kensington, Victoria” and “Kensington, Victoria, Australia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kensington railway station, Melbourne and Kensington Town Hall.

Railway station
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Kensington station is a railway station operated by Metro Trains Melbourne on the Craigieburn line, part of the Melbourne rail network. It serves the northern suburb of Kensington in , , Australia.

Town hall
is a former municipal hall in Kensington, Victoria, . The classical style building, located in Bellair Street was first constructed in 1901.

Park
is a large multi-use park in the suburb of Kensington. It is named after John Joseph Holland, who was the member for Flemington in the Victorian Legislative Assembly for over 30 years from 1925, as well as a .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Docklands and Inner north.

Suburb
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is an inner-city suburb of , the capital of Victoria, , located directly to the western end of the between the neighboring suburbs of to the north/northwest, and , and to the south/southwest. is situated 3 km southeast of Kensington.

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Melbourne's is a vibrant and diverse area, home to a number of cultural and social icons of . It is famed for the popular Lygon Street Italian district, while next door lies the University of Melbourne, the best university in Australia by many rankings.

Neighborhood
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in Victoria, Australia, is a cultural precinct of the Italian community of Melbourne. It is situated along in the inner- suburb of . is situated 3½ km east of Kensington.

Kensington

Latitude
-37.79436° or 37° 47′ 40″ south
Longitude
144.92705° or 144° 55′ 37″ east
Population
9,720
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AU KGT
Open location code
4RJ66W4G+7R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2141206946
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2161609
Wiki­data ID
Q2608078
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Kensington” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Kensington, Melbourne”
  • Cebuano: “Kensington”
  • Chinese: “肯辛頓”
  • Croatian: “Kensington, Victoria”
  • Croatian: “Kensington”
  • Danish: “Kensington”
  • French: “Kensington”
  • German: “Kensington”
  • Greek: “Κένσινγκτον”
  • Irish: “Kensington”
  • Japanese: “ケンジントン”
  • Malagasy: “Kensington”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kensington”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kensington”
  • Norwegian: “Kensington”
  • Persian: “کنزینگتن، ویکتوریا”
  • Persian: “کنزینگتن”
  • Russian: “Кенсингтон”
  • Spanish: “Kensington (Victoria)”
  • Spanish: “Kensington”
  • Swedish: “Kensington (del av en befolkad plats i Australien, Victoria)”
  • Swedish: “Kensington, Victoria”
  • Turkish: “Kensington”
  • Urdu: “کینسنگٹن، وکٹوریہ”

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Highlights include St Mary’s Coptic Orthodox Church and Christ Church Kensington.

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