Kensal Town
Kensal Town is a district of North West London, located partly in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and partly in the City of Westminster. The Grand Union Canal, which passes through it, forms the boundary of the two boroughs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Queen’s Park Library, London and Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance.
Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance
Garden
Emslie Horniman's Pleasance is a park in Kensal Town, in the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. It is named after the person who created it, Emslie John Horniman the MP for Chelsea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include North Kensington and Maida Hill.
North Kensington
Suburb
North Kensington is an area of west London. It is north of Notting Hill and south of Kensal Green predominantly in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and partly in the London Borough of Brent and City of Westminster.
Maida Hill
Suburb
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
Maida Vale is an affluent residential district in Central London, England, north of Paddington, southwest of St John's Wood and south of Kilburn, on Edgware Road.
Brondesbury Park
Quarter
Photo: 03ksdi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brondesbury Park is a suburb in the London Borough of Brent, centred on Brondesbury Park railway station and the street, an avenue, which shares its name. The area has a number of open spaces, primarily Queen's Park and Tiverton Green.
Kensal Town
- Type: Suburb
- Description: area in the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, UK
- Categories: area of London and locality
- Location: South Kensington-Chelsea, Greater London, London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.52764° or 51° 31′ 40″ northLongitude
-0.20989° or 0° 12′ 36″ westElevation
95 feet (29 metres)Open location code
9C3XGQHR+32OpenStreetMap ID
node 9611400516OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Turkish—“Kensal Town” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “קנסל טאון”
- Irish: “Kensal Town”
- Japanese: “ケンサル・タウン”
- Turkish: “Kensal Town”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mozart Estate and Lydford Estate.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Avenue Gardens Playground and Queen’s Park Primary School, Westminster.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kensal Town”. Photo: Peter Suranyi, CC BY-SA 3.0.