4 landmarks in Kensington and Chelsea with verified facts and stories most people walk right past.
Kensington Palace
Kensington and Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
William III bought this place in 1689 because Whitehall Palace was making his asthma worse.
Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road, Kensington and Chelsea, London, SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
The building itself is a specimen.
Notting Hill
Kensington and Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
Before it was pastel-coloured houses and Hugh Grant, Notting Hill was pig farms and race riots.
Portobello Road Market
Portobello Road & Golborne Road, Kensington and Chelsea, London, W11 1AN, United Kingdom
Portobello Road was a country lane through farmland in the 1700s, named after Portobello Farm, which itself was named after the British navy's 1739 victory at Porto Bello in Panama.
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