This beautiful building stands in a leafy residential suburb of trendy Notting Hill in west London. The church stands at the top of a hill and overshadows all the local properties. A wealthy area; no expense has been...

Colville Square Gardens are located just off Portobello Road in Notting Hill. Set back from the busy shopping streets of the area, the beautifully landscaped gardens in this old fashioned square are a wonderful retreat fro locals and visitors...

The Coronet Cinema is an institution on the corner of Notting Hill Gate, close to the tube station. For decades it has been one of the capital’s most prestigious independent cinemas offering an eclectic range of films from Hollywood...

Emmanuel Parish Church is a modern place of worship in the very heart of the busy shopping street and thoroughfare of Harrow Road in Notting Hill. The church is home to a large and friendly congregation of committed Christians...

The Gate Theatre is a small independent theatre above a pub close to Notting Hill Gate tube station at the heart of this artistic and trendy suburb of the capital. The theatre is the only venue in London committed...

Born Eric Arthur Blair, George Orwell is one of the best-known political essayists and authors of the 20th Century. Best known for his magnificent novel’s ‘Animal Farm’ and ‘1984’, Orwell explored the nature of totalitarianism and the effects of...

Hablot Knight Browne enjoyed living at the very heart of London, and was inspired by the busy streets and eclectic people that he met everyday living in this charming town house. He was a celebrated Victorian artists and gained...

Jawaharlal Nehru is without doubt one of the most famous names in the history of the great sub-continent of India. Nehru was not only the first Prime Minister of India after it gained independence from Britain but he was...

Kensington Temple at the heart of Notting Hill has a colourful and interesting history. Once known as Horbury Chapel and opened in 1849 the church has passed through many hands throughout the years before finally becoming known as the...

The Serbian Community Centre is located on Lancaster Road in London’s trendy suburb of Notting Hill where a great deal of the Serbian community of the capital are located. The centre has dual aims, to educate and to help...

Louis Kossuth is one of the most famous names in Hungarian history. He lived for a period in this fine house in Notting Hill whilst working as ambassador of Hungary to London. However he was far better known...

Housed in this interesting industrial space, this gallery is recognised as one of the most innovative art spaces anywhere in the locality. The establishment hosts a variety of temporary exhibitions throughout the year which cross a range of different...

The Museum of Brands and Packaging examines over two hundred years of advertising of products and trade marking in this country and across the world. A fascinating museum full of surprises, the collection is made up of many artefacts,...

The Old Mercury Theatre has a long and interesting artistic and social history. The building has been through several incarnations, most recently as a small and extremely well known London theatre until its closure in the 1980s. However,...

Our Lady of Lourdes is a fine looking Roman Catholic church on the northern edge of the fashionable Notting Hill district of London. Close to Ladbroke Grove, the church attracts an eclectic mixture of people as part of its...

Pembridge Road is situated between Notting Hill Gate and Portobello Road at the heart of Notting Hill, without doubt one of the capital’s trendiest and most fashionable suburbs. The road is renowned as a great shopping street. It is...

Portobello Green is located about half way down Portobello Road, close to the large shopping centre of the same name. The area comprises a series of cultured gardens that are extremely colourful and obviously well maintained by the local...

Portobello Green Shopping Centre is located underneath the major ‘flyover’ close to Ladbroke Grove on the edge of Notting Hill in London. The centre is adjacent to Portobello Road but has an identity of its own, quite separate from...

This fitness centre is located on the suburban border between Notting Hill and North Kensington, close to Portobello Road. The centre has a good deal of modern fitness equipment including cardio-vascular machines for running, stepping and skiing as well...

Portobello Road is certainly one of London’s most famous shopping streets. Iconic because of the brightly coloured shop fronts that were immortalise in the British film ‘Notting Hill’, the street offers an eclectic mix of shops, boutiques, galleries, bars...

Portobello Road Market is the largest antiques market in the world. This amazing spectacle lines well over a mile of street stretching from close to Notting Hill Gate to Ladbroke grove. The market has gained a worldwide reputation...

Queen's Park Library is a very bright and attractive local facility located on Harrow Road close to the intersection with Ladbroke Grove in Notting Hill. The library has a fine collection of non-fiction, fiction and reference books as well...

Queen's Park United Reform Church is a fascinating building, a modern church completed with a great deal of attention to detail both outside and inside to help it blend in with the local environment. The church is one of...

This fine old church is a great example of an early Salvation Army building. Although the church started as a movement in east London, quickly its influence spread across the capital, the country and the world. This church serves...

This church is located close to both Notting Hill and Ladbroke Grove in the heart of west London. The beautiful building was created to serve the large Serbian community of the area’s religious needs. Although the primarily for the...

St. John the Evangelist Church is located in a leafy residential area of Notting Hill high above most of the other buildings. The area where the church now stands was once the spectator zone for the racecourse that ran...

St. John’s Gardens is a beautifully laid out public park and gardens just off Portobello Road towards St. John’s Church in the trendy London borough of Notting Hill. The gardens have a large play area for young children, a...

St. Michael's is a beautiful historic building on the main thoroughfare of Ladbroke Grove which intersects the very heart of Notting Hill in London. The church is built of stone and is well known for its interesting round house...

The Electric Cinema prides itself on being different to most high street chain movie theatres. It offers luxurious leather seating, tables for food and drink and a relaxed comfortable atmosphere for audiences to treat like their own home....

The ‘Gate’ has a long and proud history as a cinema after its conversion from a Coffee Palace to an Electric Palace in 1911. Having been owned by many companies throughout the 20th Century the cinema has always maintained...