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West Kensington

West Kensington, formerly , is an area in the ancient parish of , in the , England, 3.4 miles west of .
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Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include West Kensington tube station and Gwendwr Gardens.

Metro station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
West Kensington is a London Underground District line station in West Kensington. It is located on North End Road close to its junction with West Cromwell Road/Talgarth Road.

Park
is a small park in West Kensington, . In 1948, a plot of land was donated to the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham by the Gunter estate for a to the victims of German air raids in the area, particularly the Operation Steinbock raid on the night of 20 February 1944.

Stadium
Photo: Arne mueseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
is a football stadium in , in the Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, in . It is the home of Premier League club Chelsea.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Earls Court and Brook Green.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Earl's Court is a district of Kensington in the in , bordering the rail tracks of the West London line and District line that separate it from the ancient borough of to the west, the sub-districts of to the east, to the south and to the northeast.

Suburb
Photo: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an affluent sub-neighbourhood of in the . Located approximately 3.6 miles west of , it is bordered by , , , and Brackenbury Village.

Suburb
Photo: Yaanch, Public domain.
is an area of in the , around 2.9 miles west of . The district's commercial heart is High Street, running on an east–west axis.

West Kensington

Latitude
51.49099° or 51° 29′ 28″ north
Longitude
-0.20749° or 0° 12′ 27″ west
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Open location code
9C3XFQRV+92
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3933850644
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2634380
Wiki­data ID
Q3567431
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“West Kensington” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كينسينغتون الغربية”
  • Armenian: “Ուեսթ Քենսինգթոն”
  • Asturian: “West Kensington”
  • Basque: “West Kensington”
  • Belarusian: “Уэст-Кенсінгтан”
  • Catalan: “West Kensington”
  • Chinese: “西肯辛頓”
  • Czech: “West Kensington”
  • French: “West Kensington”
  • Hebrew: “ווסט קנזינגטון”
  • Hindi: “वेस्ट केंसिंग्टन”
  • Irish: “Kensington Thiar”
  • Italian: “West Kensington”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・ケンジントン”
  • Japanese: “西ケンジントン”
  • Luxembourgish: “West Kensington”
  • Persian: “کنزینگتون غربی”
  • Polish: “West Kensington”
  • Portuguese: “West Kensington”
  • Slovenian: “West Kensington”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کنزینقتون غربی”
  • Turkish: “West Kensington”
  • Ukrainian: “Вест-Кенсінгтон”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний Кенсінгтон”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ کینزنگٹن”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gwendwr Gardens Dog Exercise Area and Famous 3 Kings.

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