Kensington and Chelsea

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The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is an inner London borough lying west of the centre and bordered by Brent to the north, Westminster to the east, Wandsworth to the south (separated by the River Thames) and Hammersmith to the west. The host of both the Chelsea Flower Show as well as the Notting Hill Carnival, RBKC is a borough of contrasts.

It was created in 1965 from the former boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, with Kensington's Royal Borough status inherited by the new borough. RBKC contains a substantial number of London’s major facilities and tourist attractions, from the South Kensington museums to universities like Imperial College, London, department stores like Harrods, embassies and Kensington Palace. It is also notable for having some of the most exclusive residential districts in London, which are among the most expensive in the world.

Following World War Two bombing and the clearing of slums within the borough, RBKC lost around half of its population between 1890 and 1980, reaching a low of 130,000. However, the last 25 years have seen the population grow to 179,000 in 2007 and the borough is, in fact, the most densley populated of London’s boroughs, with 147 persons per hectare.

RBKC is London in microcosm. It has the highest proportion of residents earning over £60,000. However, this prosperity is not shared equally, and the borough also contains above average levels of deprivation. This deprivation is almost exclusively concentrated in the north of the borough, with the 5 northerly boroughs of Norland, Colville, St. Charles Notting Barns and Golbourne each including at least one Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in the top 20% most deprived in the country, all except Colville containing an LSOA within the top 10% most deprived. All LSOAs in Notting Barns and Golbourne are in the top 20% most deprived. Earl’s Court, Redcliffe and Cremome also include areas of disadvantage.

Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/

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