Editing Kensal Green (section)

==Residents and businesses==
[[File:Chamberlayne Road, Kensal Rise - geograph.org.uk - 4647820.jpg|thumb|Chamberlayne Road, Kensal Rise]]
[[File:The Lexi Cinema, Chamberlayne Road, NW10 - geograph.org.uk - 2640576.jpg|thumb|The Lexi Cinema in 2011]]
As of June 2014, the area had seen significant [[gentrification]], attracting people from surrounding areas such as [[Notting Hill]] and [[Queen's Park, London|Queen's Park]]. It was characterised by numerous independent stores, restaurants, pubs and cafes, and was earning a reputation as a "celebrity haunt-meets-Nappy Valley."<ref name="phillips kensal">{{cite news |last=Phillips|first=Caroline|url=http://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/area-guides/greater-london/kensal-rise-has-risen |title=Kensal Rise has risen |newspaper=Evening Standard |date=4 June 2014|access-date=8 April 2015}}</ref>

In 2009, Chamberlayne Road in Kensal Rise was named the "hippest street in Europe" by [[Vogue (magazine)|''Vogue'']] magazine.<ref name="Telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news|date=14 August 2009|title=Chamberlayne Road in London: the hippest street in Europe|work=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/buyingsellingandmoving/6028457/Chamberlayne-Road-in-London-the-hippest-street-in-Europe.html|url-status=dead|access-date=28 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818021358/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/buyingsellingandmoving/6028457/Chamberlayne-Road-in-London-the-hippest-street-in-Europe.html|archive-date=18 August 2009}}</ref> Luxury goods maker [[Mulberry]] named its handbag Kensal and launched an advertising campaign with [[Cara Delevingne]].<ref name="The Daily Telegraph">{{cite news |title='Great War Fashion': Ox bile, split ends and frump – what Downton didn't show you|url=http://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/news-features/TMG10450588/Great-War-Fashion-Ox-bile-split-ends-and-frump-what-Downton-didnt-show-you.html|work=The Daily Telegraph |date=15 November 2013 |access-date=22 March 2014}}</ref> The area is characterised by numerous independent stores, restaurants, pubs, and cafes.  There are also various sports clubs, gyms and health studios such as Moberly Sports Centre and Gracelands Yard, as well as nearby Queens Park. The area also boasts Britain's first independent boutique cinema and social enterprise, The Lexi Cinema. It is staffed by local volunteers and its profits go to an eco-village in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Charity|url=https://thelexicinema.co.uk/our-charity/|access-date=23 January 2022|website=The Lexi Cinema|language=en-US}}</ref>

It has been home to a number of residents including musicians [[Paloma Faith]] and [[Rita Ora]], chef [[Thomasina Miers]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Masey|first=Anthea|url=http://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/area-guides/greater-london/living-kensal-rise-area-guide-homes-schools-and-transport |title=Living in Kensal Rise: area guide to homes, schools and transport |newspaper=Evening Standard |date=2 September 2014|access-date=8 September 2015}}</ref> film director, DJs and musicians [[Don Letts]] and Mark Rae, actress [[Thandiwe Newton]], singer [[Lily Allen]], model-turned-author [[Sophie Dahl]], author [[Zadie Smith]], [[David Cameron]]'s ex-strategy guru [[Steve Hilton]], the actor and writer [[Phoebe Waller-Bridge]] and [[Sienna Miller]].<ref name="Financial Times">{{cite web|last=Powley |first=Tanya |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/7268e158-e6e9-11e1-8a74-00144feab49a.html#axzz2q1naddbB |title=Park life |publisher=FT.com |date=24 August 2012 |access-date=28 March 2015}}</ref>

It has traditionally been popular with those working in the media and creative industries but those buying properties increasingly include people working in the financial and technology industries, and others moving from nearby [[Notting Hill]] in search of more space. The area also attracts Americans thanks to [[The American School in London]] in neighbouring [[St John's Wood]], as well as being popular with the French, partly due to a [[Lycée Français]] opening in Brent's former town hall.<ref name="phillips kensal"/>