Editing Notting Hill (section)

==Areas of Notting Hill==
===Ladbroke Grove===
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Ladbroke Grove is a road running down the west side of Notting Hill, stretching up to [[Kensal Green]], straddling the W10 and W11 [[London postal district|postal districts]], and also the name of the immediate area surrounding the road. [[Ladbroke Grove tube station]] is on the road where it is crossed by the [[Westway (London)|Westway]].

===Notting Hill Gate===
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A [[Turnpike trust|turnpike]] gate was constructed at the foot of the hill on the main road from London to Uxbridge, now [[Oxford Street]], Bayswater Road and Holland Park Avenue along this part of its route. The point at which the turnpike gate stood was known as Notting Hill Gate. The gate was there to stop people passing along the road without paying. The proceeds were applied towards the maintenance of this important road. The gate was removed in the 19th century and the high road was widened and straightened in the 1960s, involving the demolition of many buildings, the linking of two separate tube stations and the construction of two tower blocks.

===Portobello Road===
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[[File:Portobello Road, Notting Hill.jpg|thumb|[[Portobello Road]]]]
Portobello Road runs almost the entire length of Notting Hill from north to south. It runs parallel to Ladbroke Grove. It contains [[Portobello Road Market]], one of London's best known markets, containing an [[Antiques|antique]] section and second-hand, fruit and veg and clothing stalls. The road was originally a lane leading to Portobello Farm in the north of Notting Hill.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.portobellomarket.org/history.htm |title=The History of Portobello Market |publisher=portobellomarket.org |access-date=18 February 2010 }}</ref>

===Westbourne Grove===
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Westbourne Grove is a retail road running across Notting Hill from Kensington Park Road in the west to Queensway in the east, crossing over Portobello Road. It was noted as "fashionable" and "up-and-coming" from the 1990s<ref>''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'' article: "West London"; 9–16 August 1997</ref> since then it has attracted many designer label outlets as well as independent and chain retailers.<ref>[http://www.streetsensation.co.uk/ptbello/wg_north.htm Westbourne Grove for Whistles, Joseph, Zadig & Voltaire, Dinny Hall, Heidi Klein] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204210634/http://www.streetsensation.co.uk/ptbello/wg_north.htm |date=4 February 2008 }}, [http://www.streetsensation.co.uk/ Street Sensation], UK.</ref>

The [[Notting Hill Carnival]] passes along the central part of Westbourne Grove.

===Westbourne Green===
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Westbourne Green is the area in between Westbourne Park Station and Royal Oak Station and is made up of mainly residential roads with Westbourne Park Road running through the entire area to the east of Notting Hill. The Westbourne Green section of Notting Hill comes under Westminster City Council.

The [[Notting Hill Carnival]] also passes through Westbourne Green up Chepstow Road and turns right onto Westbourne Grove.

===Kensal Green===
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Kensal Green is in the north of Notting Hill. It is the area north of the respective iron bridges on [[Ladbroke Grove]] and [[Golborne Road]]. Parts of this area fall under the London Borough of Brent. It has been earmarked for regeneration around the proposed crossrail station next to Sainsbury's.

The area is served by [[Kensal Green station]] (Underground and Overground)

===North Kensington===
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[[File:Notting Hill.001 - London.JPG|thumb|[[North Kensington]]]]
North Kensington is the key neighbourhood of Notting Hill. It is where most of the violence of the [[1958 Notting Hill race riots|race riots]] occurred, where the [[Notting Hill Carnival]] started and where most of the scenes in the film, Notting Hill were shot.

The area's main transport hub, [[Ladbroke Grove tube station]], was called Notting Hill from its opening in 1864 until 1919. The name was changed then to avoid confusion with the new [[Notting Hill Gate tube station|Notting Hill Gate station]]. Ladbroke Grove is the area's main thoroughfare.

Estate agents now call the [[High-net-worth individual|super-rich]] area to the south Notting Hill when referring to Notting Hill Gate and [[Holland Park]].

North Kensington was once well known for its slum housing.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} However, North Kensington retains high levels of poverty and unemployment and a high-proportion of social housing for rent. In this area, [[Grenfell Tower fire|Grenfell Tower]] is also found, which burnt down in 2017.

Waves of immigration to the area have occurred for at least a century, including, but certainly not limited to, people of Irish, Jewish, Caribbean, Spanish, and Moroccan extraction. This constant renewal of the population makes the area one of the most cosmopolitan in the world.