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Notting Hill Gate

It is hard to believe that until relatively recently this now home of the mega-rich was Kensington’s rough bad-boy slum. Traces of the Gate’s multicultural past are in the wrinkles of the old eccentrics in the Uxbridge Arms, the lively Portobello Market, and the buzz of the summer Carnival. To feel old and bitter, go scowl at skinny jeans-clad teenagers in the Notting Hill Arts Club. Pig out on some of London’s best gelato at Dri Dri, browse the stacks at Rough Trade Records and sit back in leather sofa luxury with a Peroni for a flick at the historic Electric Cinema.

Cinemas

• The Electric Cinema • 191 Portobello Rd

• Gate Picturehouse • 87 Notting Hill Gate

• Notting Hill Coronet • 103 Notting Hill Gate

Coffee

• Apostrophe • 138 Notting Hill Gate

• Caffe Nero • 113 Westbourne Grove

• Caffe Nero • 53 Notting Hill Gate

• Caffe Nero • 168 Portobello Rd

• Coffee Plant • 180 Portobello Rd

• Coffee Republic • 214 Portobello Rd

• Eat. • 68 Notting Hill Gate

• Pret A Manger • 65 Notting Hill Gate

• Starbucks • 96 Westbourne Grove

• Starbucks • 227 Portobello Rd

• Starbucks • 26 Pembridge Rd

• Starbucks • 140 Notting Hill Gate

• Starbucks • 64 Notting Hill Gate

Landmarks

• Portobello Road Market • 223 Portobello Rd

Libraries

• North Kensington Library • 108 Ladbroke Grove

• Notting Hill Gate Library • 1 Pembridge Sq

Nightlife

• Mau Mau • 265 Portobello Rd

• Notting Hill Arts Club • 21 Notting Hill Gate

• Sun in Splendour • 7 Portobello Rd

• Trailer Happiness • 177 Portobello Rd

• Uxbridge Arms • 13 Uxbridge St

• Windsor Castle • 114 Campden Hill Rd

Post Offices

• Kensington Church St • 190 Kensington Church St

• Ladbroke Grove • 116 Ladbroke Grove

Restaurants

• Beach Blanket Babylon • 45 Ledbury Rd

• Cafe Diana • 5 Wellington Terrace

• Geales • 2 Farmer St

• The Ledbury • 127 Ledbury Rd

• Manzara • 24 Pembridge Rd

• Osteria Basilico • 29 Kensington Park Rd

• Ottolenghi • 63 Ledbury Rd

• The Shed • 122 Palace Gardens Terr

• Taqueria • 139 Westbourne Grove

Shopping

• & Clarke’s Bread • 124 Kensington Church St

• Bodas • 38 Ledbury Rd

• The Grocer on Elgin • 6 Elgin Crescent

• The Hummingbird Bakery • 133 Portobello Rd

• Melt • 59 Ledbury Rd

• Mr Christian’s Delicatessen • 11 Elgin Crescent

• Music & Video Exchange • 38 Notting Hill Gate

• Negozio Classica • 283 Westbourne Grove

• Notting Hill Farmers’ Market • Kensington Church St

• Portobello Road Market • Portobello Rd

• R Garcia and Sons • 248 Portobello Rd

• Retro Man • 34 Pembridge Rd

• Retro Woman • 32 Pembridge Rd

• Rough Trade • 130 Talbot Rd