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Kensington Gardens

Kensington Gardens, once part of the private gardens of , are now among the Royal Parks of London and largely open to the public. The gardens are shared by the and the and sit immediately to the west of , in .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Royal Albert Hall and Albert Memorial.

Theater building
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The is a concert hall on the northern edge of , , England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage.

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The is a Gothic Revival ciborium in Kensington Gardens, , designed and dedicated to the memory of Prince Albert of .

Museum
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The in is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in , the others being the Science Museum and the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Black Lion Gate and Bayswater.

Locality
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is a locality.

Suburb
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is an area in the . It is a built-up district with a population density of 17,500 per square kilometre, and is located between Kensington Gardens to the south, to the north-east, and to the west.

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is a district of central . It is one of the most densely populated places in London and most affluent areas in the world.

Kensington Gardens

Latitude
51.50665° or 51° 30′ 24″ north
Longitude
-0.1802° or 0° 10′ 49″ west
Elevation
95 feet (29 metres)
Operator
The Royal Parks
Open location code
9C3XGR49+MW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 3986346
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­park
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
10376997
Wiki­data ID
Q822607
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kensington Gardens” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حدائق كنسينغتون”
  • Armenian: “Քենսինգթոնյան այգիներ”
  • Basque: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Belarusian: “Кенсінгтанскія сады”
  • Belarusian: “Кенсінгтонскі парк”
  • Belarusian: “Кенсінгтонскі сад”
  • Belarusian: “Кенсінгтонскія сады”
  • Belarusian: “Кенсынгтанскія сады”
  • Catalan: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Chinese: “肯辛頓花園”
  • Chinese: “肯辛顿公园”
  • Chinese: “肯辛顿花园”
  • Czech: “Kensingtonské zahrady”
  • Czech: “Zahrady v Kensingtovnu”
  • Danish: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Dutch: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝardenoj Kensington”
  • Esperanto: “Kensington Gardens”
  • French: “Kensington Gardens”
  • French: “Kensington Palace Gardens”
  • German: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Greek: “Κένσινγκτον Γκάρντενς”
  • Greek: “Κήποι του Κένσινγκτον”
  • Hebrew: “גני קנזינגטון”
  • Hebrew: “גני קנסינגטון”
  • Hindi: “केंसिंग्टन गार्डन”
  • Hungarian: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Irish: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Italian: “Giardini di Kensington”
  • Italian: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Japanese: “ケンジントン・ガーデン”
  • Japanese: “ケンジントン・ガーデンズ”
  • Japanese: “ケンジントン公園”
  • Korean: “켄징턴 가든스”
  • Malay: “Kebun Kensington”
  • Malay: “Taman Kensington”
  • Marathi: “केन्सिंग्टन गार्डन्स”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Norwegian: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Persian: “باغ‌های کنزینگتون”
  • Polish: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Portuguese: “Jardins de Kensington”
  • Portuguese: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Russian: “Кенсингстонский парк”
  • Russian: “Кенсингтонские сады”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Slovak: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Slovak: “Kensingtonské záhrady”
  • Slovenian: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Slovenian: “Kensingtonski vrtovi”
  • Spanish: “Jardines de Kensington”
  • Spanish: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Swedish: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Turkish: “Kensington Bahçeleri”
  • Turkish: “Kensington Gardens”
  • Ukrainian: “Кенсінгтонські сади”
  • Welsh: “Gerddi Kensington”
  • Welsh: “Parc Kensington”
  • Wu Chinese: “肯辛顿公园”
  • Yue Chinese: “肯辛頓花園”

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