Kensington

Kensington is a district in west London, part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Located on the western edge of Hyde Park, provides the district with its predominantly Victorian building, the prestigious image of an aristocratic, as " royal " applicable district. But it is also to find some down-home cafes, pubs and bars (especially in the Kensington Church Street).

Famous is the district by the direct neighborhood of Kensington Palace and due to the very high real estate prices of some prominent luxury properties on the edge of Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park as well as Albertopolis, a Museum Area, which also houses the Royal Albert Hall is located.

Personalities

  • Leonard Woolf ( born November 25, 1880 in 101 Lexham Gardens ), publisher, and author
  • Virginia Woolf ( born January 25, 1882 in 22 Hyde Park Gate as Adeline Virginia Stephen ), writer
  • John Gielgud ( born April 14, 1904), actor and director
  • Tom Felton (born 22 September 1987), actor
  • Richard Meinertzhagen ( March 3, 1878 *, † June 17, 1967 ), British officer and ornithologist, lived from 1921 in 17 Kensington Park Gardens
  • Isaac Newton ( † 20 Märzjul./31. March 1727greg. ), Physicist, mathematician, philosopher and civil servant
  • Freddie Mercury († November 24, 1991 ), lead singer of the band Queen
  • Richard Wright ( † 15 September 2008), member of the band Pink Floyd

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  • District of London
  • Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
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