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London Tourist Information
Kensington
The chic shopping paradise Kensington is an affluent area home to many celebrities
and royals. With a wealth of stores from high street clothes outlets to the fascinating
antiques shops of Kensington Church Street. One of the most popular tourist attractions
is the historic
Kensington Palace
and behind it the delightful
Kensington Gardens, the perfect setting for a
picnic!
South Kensington features some of the world's finest museums including
The Natural
History Museum
in one of the grandest buildings in London, on Cromwell Road and famous for its
dinosaur skeletons,
The Science Museum, a children's favourite with
its levers and buttons, and the
Victoria & Albert Museum
with its 7 miles of corridors housing a fascinating mix of collections from dresses
to church pulpits, you will need more than a day to see them all.
The most famous landmark is the popular
Royal Albert Hall
- a glorious concert building opened by Queen Victoria in 1871 and dedicated to
her husband Prince Albert, many concerts and sporting events are held here. Famous
residents of Kensington have included Sir Winston Churchill, T.S. Eliot, Sir W.S.
Gilbert and the Earl and Countess of Bradford.
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