Kensington station

Kensington is an interchange station between the Mildmay line of the London Overground and National Rail services operated by Southern, located in , .
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: London Underground and railway station in Kensington, London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Kensington (Addison Road) station”, “Kensington (Olympia) railway station”, “Kensington (Olympia) station”, “Kensington (Olympia) tube station”, “Kensington (Olympia) Underground station”, “Kensington Addison Road”, “Kensington Olympia railway station”, “Kensington Station”, and “KPA”
  • Address: Olympia Way, London, W14 0NE
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leighton House and Design Museum.

Museum
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is an historic house in the area of the in west London. The building was the home of wealthy Victorian painter, and President of the Royal Academy, Frederic Leighton, notable for the popular Flaming June painting. is situated 1,500 feet east of Kensington station.

Museum
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The in , London, England, exhibits product, industrial, graphic, fashion, and architectural design. In 2018, the museum won the European Museum of the Year Award. is situated 2,300 feet northeast of Kensington station.

Park
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is an area of , on the western edge of , that lies within the and largely surrounds its namesake park, . is situated 2,400 feet northeast of Kensington station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brook Green and West Kensington.

Suburb
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is an affluent sub-neighbourhood of in the . Located approximately 3.6 miles west of , it is bordered by , , , and Brackenbury Village.

Suburb
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, formerly , is an area in the ancient parish of , in the , England, 3.4 miles west of .

Suburb
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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.

Kensington station

Latitude
51.49744° or 51° 29′ 51″ north
Longitude
-0.2095° or 0° 12′ 34″ west
Elevation
23 feet (7 metres)
Operator
London Overground
Network
National Rail
Abbreviation
“KPA”
Open location code
9C3XFQWR+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6091112768
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6952899
Wiki­data ID
Q801002
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Kensington station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كينسينغتون (أولمبيا) (محطه مترو أنفاق لندن)”
  • Arabic: “كينسينغتون (محطة مترو أنفاق لندن)”
  • Arabic: “كينسينغتون”
  • Chinese: “肯辛頓(奧林匹亞)站”
  • Chinese: “肯辛顿（奥林匹亚）站”
  • Czech: “Kensington”
  • Dutch: “Station Kensington (Olympia)”
  • Dutch: “Station Kensington Olympia”
  • Dutch: “Station Kensington”
  • French: “gare de Kensington Olympia”
  • French: “Gare de Kensington Olympia”
  • French: “Kensington Olympia”
  • Gan Chinese: “肯成段俄林劈站”
  • German: “Bahnhof Kensington (Olympia)”
  • German: “Bahnhof Kensington”
  • Hungarian: “Kensington (Olympia)”
  • Hungarian: “Kensington állomás”
  • Italian: “stazione di Kensington (Olympia)”
  • Italian: “Stazione di Kensington”
  • Japanese: “ケンジントン・オリンピア駅”
  • Japanese: “ケンジントン（オリンピア）駅”
  • Korean: “켄싱턴 (올림피아)”
  • Lombard: “Stazion de Kensington (Olympia)”
  • Lombard: “Stazion de Kensington”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kensington Olympia stasjon”
  • Norwegian: “Kensington Olympia stasjon”
  • Persian: “ایستگاه کنزینگتون”
  • Polish: “Kensington (Olympia) (stacja kolejowa)”
  • Polish: “Kensington (stacja kolejowa)”
  • Portuguese: “Estação de Kensington Olympia (Metro de Londres)”
  • Portuguese: “Estação de Kensington Olympia”
  • Portuguese: “Kensington Olympia (Metropolitano de Londres)”
  • Portuguese: “Kensington Olympia”
  • Spanish: “Estación de Kensington (Olympia)”
  • Ukrainian: “Кенсінгтон (Олімпія)”
  • Ukrainian: “Кенсінгтон (станція)”
  • Urdu: “کینزنگٹن (اولمپیا) اسٹیشن”
  • Urdu: “کینزنگٹن اسٹیشن”
  • Venetian: “stasion de Kensington (Olympia)”
  • Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Kensington (Olympia)”
  • Welsh: “Gorsaf reilffordd Kensington”
  • Yiddish: “קענזינגטאן (אלימפיע) סטאנציע”
  • Yiddish: “קענזינגטאן סטאנציע”
  • “Kensington (Olympia)”
  • “KPA”

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