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Kensington

Kensington is the London of Disney fantasy—Princesses tip-toeing around grand old homes and taking tea at 3 p.m. It’s the kind of place where a gentile mews cottage will set you a back a cool mill, but if you live here you’ll still have some change left over for an SUV and a box of organic veg. You’re not going to score any cool points for hanging out here but there’s nothing better than frisbee and a picnic (from Whole Foods, of course) in Hyde Park on those treasured London summer days. If you’ve got the cash to splash, High Street Ken has the goods but instead take a detour to The Builders Arms for a not-so-posh pint.

Cinemas

• Odeon Kensington • Kensington High St & Edwards Sq

Coffee

• Caffe Nero • 160 Kensington High St

• Caffe Nero • 1 Wrights Ln

• Costa • 149 Cromwell Rd

• Pret A Manger • 149 Kensington High St

• Pret A Manger • 123 Kensington High St

• Starbucks • 25 Kensington High St

• Starbucks • 197 Kensington High St

Landmarks

• Kensington Palace Gardens • Kensington Palace Gardens

Libraries

• Kensington Central Library • Phillimore Walk

Nightlife

• Builders Arms • 1 Kensington Ct Pl

• The Devonshire Arms • 37 Marloes Rd

• Yashin Sushi • 1 Argyll Rd

Post Offices

• Kensington High St • 257 Kensington High St

Restaurants

• Balans Soho Society • 187 Kensington High St

• Bone Daddies • 63-97 Kensington High St

• Byron • 222 Kensington High St

• Clarke’s • 124 Kensington Church St

• Kensington Roof Gardens • 99 Kensington High St

• Kitchen W8 • 11 Abingdon Rd

• Maggie Jones’s • 6 Old Court Pl

Shopping

• Ben’s Cookies • 12 Kensington High St

• Notting Hill Housing Trust • 57 Kensington Church St

• Trailfinders • 194 Kensington High St

• Urban Outfitters • 36 Kensington High St

• Whole Foods Market • 63 Kensington High St

Supermarkets

• Sainsbury’s • 162 Earl’s Ct Rd

• Tesco • 100 W Cromwell Rd

• Waitrose • 243 Kensington High St