North Kensington Explained

Country:England
Map Type:Greater London
Region:London
Coordinates:51.5238°N -0.2196°W
Official Name:North Kensington
London Borough:Kensington and Chelsea, Brent, Westminster
Constituency Westminster:Kensington and Bayswater
Post Town:LONDON
Postcode District:W10
Postcode Area:W
Postcode District1:NW10
Postcode Area1:NW
Dial Code:020
Os Grid Reference:TQ255795
Static Image Name:Golborne Road looking towards Trellick Tower 7 June 2011.jpg
Static Image Caption:Trellick Tower from Golborne Road

North Kensington is an area of west and northwest London. It is north of Notting Hill and south of Kensal Green predominately in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and partly in the London Borough of Brent and City of Westminster. The names North Kensington and Ladbroke Grove describe the same area.

North Kensington is where most of the violence of the Notting Hill race riots of 1958 occurred, and where the Notting Hill Carnival started. Ladbroke Grove tube station was called Notting Hill from its opening in 1864 until 1880, and Notting Hill and Ladbroke Grove between then and 1919, when it was renamed Ladbroke Grove (North Kensington). It acquired its current name in 1938. The area was also once served by St. Quintin Park and Wormwood Scrubs railway station, until it closed in 1940.[1]

North Kensington was once known for its slum housing, but housing prices have now risen and the area on the whole is considered exclusive and upmarket, although expensive residences are interspersed with lower-income areas like the Lancaster West Estate.

Kensal Green, Kensal Town, Ladbroke Grove, Latimer Road and the Queens Park Estate are all considered by locals to be part of the wider North Kensington area.

Crossrail

Just to the east of the Old Oak Common site, Kensington and Chelsea Council has been pushing for a station at North Kensington/Kensal[2] off Ladbroke Grove and Canal Way, as a turn-back facility will have to be built in the area anyway. Siting it at Kensal Green, rather than next to Paddington itself, would provide a new station to regenerate the area.[3] [4] [5] Amongst the general public there is a huge amount of support for the project and Mayor Boris Johnson stated that a station would be added if it did not increase Crossrail's overall cost; in response, Kensington and Chelsea Council agreed to underwrite the projected £33 million cost of a crossrail station, which was received very well by the residents of the borough.[6] TfL is conducting a feasibility study on the station and the project is backed by National Grid, retailers Sainsbury's and Cath Kidston, and Jenny Jones (Green Party member of the London Assembly).[7]

Grenfell Tower fire

See main article: Grenfell Tower fire. Grenfell Tower on the Lancaster West Estate in North Kensington was destroyed by fire in the early hours of 14 June 2017.[8] The fire killed 72 people and is the subject of a public inquiry.[9]

Notable residents and natives

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Disused Stations: St. Quintin Park & Wormwood Scrubbs Station (2nd site). Disused-stations.org.uk. 19 December 2017.
  2. Web site: The case for Kensal crossrail . Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea . n.d. . 26 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110515030212/http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/newsroom/councilstatements/crossrailstation.aspx . 15 May 2011 . dead .
  3. Case for a Crossrail station gains momentum . 1 July 2010 . Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
  4. News: Study to explore adding Crossrail station at Kensal Rise . 24 August 2010 . Building Design . Ruth . Bloomfield . London.
  5. Web site: Crossrail at Kensal Rise back on the cards? . London Reconnections (blog) . 27 August 2010.
  6. News: Council to pay for Crossrail station . London Evening Standard . 25 March 2011 . dead . https://archive.today/20120913115649/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23935561-council-to-pay-for-crossrail-station.do . 13 September 2012 . dmy-all .
  7. http://www.regen.net/Transport/article/1070093/kensal-crossrail-station-transform-area-says-deputy-mayor/ Kensal Crossrail station would 'transform' the area, says deputy mayor
  8. News: Malkin. Bonnie. Siddique. Haroon. What we know so far about the London tower block fire. 14 June 2017. Guardian. 14 June 2017.
  9. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44190742 Grenfell Tower: Inquiry opens with tribute to stillborn baby
  10. News: 'I remember the smell of black, dusty sacks of coal'; WHERE I GREW UP . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/property/house-and-home/i-remember-the-smell-of-black-dusty-sacks-of-coal-where-i-grew-up-1237882.html . 21 June 2022 . subscription . live . 6 September 1997 . The Independent . Joss Ackland . 13 February 2022.
  11. Web site: Removal Men At No 10 - But Where Will PM Go?. News.sky.com. 19 December 2017.
  12. Web site: Nick Clarke. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/nick-clarke-425561.html . 21 June 2022 . subscription . live. 24 November 2006. Independent.co.uk. 19 December 2017.
  13. News: This Boy: A Memoir of a Childhood by Alan Johnson – review. Chris. Mullin. 11 May 2013. The Guardian. 9 June 2013.

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