Turn right out of High Street Kensington tube station, walk just a few hundred yards and you'll be at the gates of Kensington Palace, home to the late Princess Diana. Beyond the palace lie the delightful Kensington Gardens – the perfect setting for a picnic! To savour the special ambience of the area, stroll along the many beautiful mews or grand residential streets and explore the wealth of stores from high street clothes outlets to the fascinating antiques shops of Kensington Church Street.
Kensington's been home to many famous people : William Makepeace Thackeray (author of Vanity Fair), Robert Baden-Powell (founder of the Scout Movement), Sir Winston Churchill, T.S. Eliot, Agatha Christie, Henry James, M. A. Jinnah (the founder of Pakistan) Jawarharlal Nehru (the first PM of India).