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63-472: Ladbroke Grove ( / ˈ l æ d b r ʊ k / LAD -bruuk ) is a road in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea , London, England, which passes through Kensal Green and Notting Hill , running north–south between Harrow Road and Holland Park Avenue. It is also the name of the surrounding area including parts of Kensal Town , Latimer Road , Kensal Green and Westbourne Park , straddling

126-495: A Chelsea-Hackney line , with a station in the King's Road near Chelsea Town Hall , and possibly another at Sloane Square. As of June 2019, the plans for Crossrail 2 materialising show the proposed route tunnelling through Chelsea and featuring the planned King's Road Chelsea station on the site of Dovehouse Green. The future of this station, being the only fully new station on the proposed line, remains ambiguous; initial reports of

189-569: A "cosmic" sound. Similar sounds were pursued in the early 1970s' West German kosmische Musik ("cosmic music") scene. Later, the style was taken up in the mid-1980s by Spacemen 3 , whose " drone -heavy" sound was avowedly inspired by and intended to accommodate drug use. By the 1990s, space rock developed into shoegaze and post-rock with bands such as the Verve and Flying Saucer Attack . Humanity's entry into outer space provided ample subject matter for rock and roll and R&B songs from

252-415: A British royal residence. The local authority is Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council . Its motto, adapted from the opening words of Psalm 133 , is Quam bonum in unum habitare , which translates roughly as 'How good it is to dwell in unity'. Chelsea and Kensington were both ancient parishes in the historic county of Middlesex . From 1856 the two parishes were in the area governed by

315-614: A beefed-up operation in the local area. Anna Stec who gave evidence as an expert witness to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has urged the authorities to test rescue workers, nearby residents and survivors for carcinogenic chemicals following the fire. Religion in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (2018) The following shows the religious identity of residents residing in Kensington and Chelsea according to

378-541: A key objective. In every corner of the borough signs of its history can be seen: from Grade 1 listed buildings Kensington Palace and the Royal Hospital, Chelsea to others recalled in street names such as Pottery Lane and Hippodrome Mews." In 200 years the area has been transformed from a "rural idyll" to a thriving part of the modern metropolis. Chelsea had originally been countryside upon which Thomas More built Beaufort House . He came to Chelsea in 1520 and built

441-448: A new station to regenerate the area. Boris Johnson stated that a station would be added if it did not increase Crossrail's overall cost; in response, Kensington and Chelsea Council agreed to underwrite the projected £33 million cost of a Crossrail station. TfL is conducting a feasibility study on the station and the project is backed by National Grid , retailers Sainsbury's and Cath Kidston , and Jenny Jones (Green Party member of

504-529: A number of bands built on the space rock styles of Hawkwind and Gong appeared in America. Some of these bands were signed to Cleopatra Records , which then proceeded to release numerous space rock compilations. Starting in 1997, Daevid Allen of Gong, along with members of Hawkwind, Clearlight, and Blue Öyster Cult , started to perform with Spirits Burning , a studio project created to celebrate space rock. The Strange Daze festivals from 1997 to 2001 showcased

567-654: A popular residential area. The Palace was regularly used by reigning monarchs until 1760 and since then by members of the Royal family. Kensington's royal borough status was inherited by the new borough. In the 19th century the last emperor of the Sikh Empire , Maharaja Duleep Singh who was brought to England as a child following the Second Anglo-Sikh War , along with the Koh-i-noor diamond, lived in

630-609: A song called "Ghost Of Ladbroke Grove". The UK rapper AJ Tracey 's hit " Ladbroke Grove " is named after the road which he is from; it peaked at number 3 on the UK singles chart. Mahdi made his first music video in Ladbroke Grove. The posthumous music video of the Lil Peep release " 4 Gold Chains " is set at 121 Ladbroke Grove. In 1977, a brief encounter between musicians Phil Collins and Steve Hackett on Ladbroke Grove finalised

693-477: Is a major provider of social housing in the borough owning 9,459 properties. Of these over 73 percent are tenanted, with the remainder being leasehold . The management of this housing was devolved to the Kensington and Chelsea TMO (KCTMO), a tenant management organisation . Properties included Trellick Tower . The 2017 Grenfell Tower fire , in which one public-housing tower of the estate Grenfell Tower

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756-637: Is an Inner London borough with royal status . It is the smallest borough in London and the second smallest district in England ; it is one of the most densely populated administrative regions in the United Kingdom. It includes affluent areas such as Notting Hill , Kensington , South Kensington , Chelsea , and Knightsbridge . The borough is immediately west of the City of Westminster and east of

819-816: Is based at Kensington Town Hall on Horton Street. Since 2000, for elections to the London Assembly , the borough forms part of the West Central constituency. The borough is divided between two constituencies represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom : Kensington and Bayswater , held by Joe Powell for the Labour Party , and Chelsea and Fulham (partly in Hammersmith & Fulham ), held by Ben Coleman for

882-492: Is on Lancaster Road, just off Ladbroke Grove. The church building was originally built in 1903 as the Anglican church of St Columba; in 1952 it was re-consecrated as Saint Sava's, to serve a growing community of post-war refugees. It was the venue for the baptism of Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia , son of Peter II , in 1945, and his second marriage in 1985. Princess Maria Tatiana, daughter of Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia ,

945-443: Is the least populated of the 32 London boroughs . Due to its high French population it has long held the unofficial title of the 21st arrondissement of Paris. In 2005, the borough had more of its land covered by domestic buildings than anywhere else in England at 19%, over half the national average. It also had the fifth highest proportion of land covered by non-domestic buildings at 12 percent. As of 2010 statistics released by

1008-476: The Greater London Council . It was a merger of the old metropolitan boroughs of Chelsea and Kensington, and it inherited Kensington's royal borough status. The new borough was originally intended to be called only "Kensington", but after protests from thousands of Chelsea residents, the then Minister of Housing and Local Government, Sir Keith Joseph , announced on 2 January 1964 that the name of

1071-497: The Kennedy Space Center . In 2018, British rock band Arctic Monkeys released their sixth studio album, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino , based on frontman Alex Turner 's concept of a luxury resort on the moon for rockstars. The album centres around topics of interstellar travel, consumerism , science fiction and technology, and features several characters such as an unnamed retired rockstar who serves as

1134-795: The Kensington Central Library , Chelsea Library, Kensal Library, Brompton Library, North Kensington Library and the Notting Hill Gate Library. The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is formally twinned with: The following people and military units have received the Freedom of Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. 51°30′N 0°11′W  /  51.50°N 0.19°W  / 51.50; -0.19 Space rock The genre emerged in late 1960s psychedelia and progressive rock bands such as Pink Floyd , Hawkwind , and Gong who explored

1197-684: The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham . It contains major museums and universities in Albertopolis , department stores such as Harrods , Peter Jones and Harvey Nichols , and embassies in Belgravia , Knightsbridge and Kensington Gardens . The borough is home to the Notting Hill Carnival , Europe's largest, and contains many of the most expensive residential properties in the world, as well as Kensington Palace ,

1260-603: The Metropolitan Board of Works , which was established to provide services across the metropolis of London. In 1889 the Metropolitan Board of Works' area was made the County of London . From 1856 until 1900 the lower tier of local government within the metropolis comprised various parish vestries and district boards , with both Chelsea and Kensington being governed by their respective vestries . In 1900

1323-483: The Office for National Statistics showed that life expectancy at birth for females was 89.8 years in 2008–2010, the highest in the United Kingdom. Male life expectancy at birth for the same period was 85.1 years. The figures in 1991–1993 were significantly lower: 73.0 years for males (ranking 301st in the nation) and 80.0 for females (ranking 129th). Further investigation indicates a 12-year gap in life expectancy between

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1386-474: The Royal Hospital and Holland House . Areas in the borough include: Most parks and open spaces in this borough are quite small, the majority being squares built to service houses around them. The area does contain larger parks, containing Kensington Park and parts of Hyde Park , as well as parts of the "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries. The local authority is Kensington and Chelsea Council, which

1449-659: The 2001, 2011 and the 2021 censuses. The borough has a number of notable churches, including: It is home to a small Spanish and Portuguese synagogue , several mosques and the Sikh Central Gurudwara in Holland Park . There are two Armenian churches – Saint Sarkis Armenian Church and Church of Saint Yeghiche . Westminster Synagogue is also partially located in the borough. The borough's notable districts are home to numerous international diplomatic missions: High Commissions Embassies Within

1512-612: The American space rock scene in three-day outdoor festivals. A Michigan -based space rock scene included Burnt Hair Records , Darla Records , and bands such as Windy & Carl , Mahogany , Sweet Trip , Füxa and Auburn Lull . This was a modern movement of the traditional "space rock" sound and was pinned Detroit Space Rock. In 2005, Tom DeLonge formed the rock supergroup Angels & Airwaves , who are known for having space rock influences in both its music and lyrics, in addition to having space-themed imagery and artwork. In 2006

1575-584: The Blitz much damage was caused by explosive and incendiary bombs, especially along Chelsea's riverside. But worse was to come in 1944 with the arrival of the V2 rockets , or flying bombs. Among the buildings either destroyed or seriously damaged, usually with terrible loss of life, were Chelsea Old Church , Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer , Our Lady of Victories , St Mary Abbots , St Stephens Hospital, St Mary Abbots Hospital , Sloane Square tube station , World's End ,

1638-587: The British rock band Muse released the song " Knights of Cydonia " which is heavily inspired by the song " Telstar " from the Tornados , a band that frontman Matt Bellamy 's father was a member of. In 2009 an off-duty NASA worker from the shuttle program synchronised footage of a Discovery launch with the Flowers of Hell 's "Sympathy for Vengeance" in an online video which became popular amongst staff at

1701-575: The Centre of the Eye in 1971. The 1990s space rock revival extended from shoegaze , dream pop and related indie genres, as well as the first wave of post-rock . In the United Kingdom and the United States, it included bands such as Spacemen 3 , Spectrum , Spiritualized , the Verve , My Bloody Valentine , Flying Saucer Attack , Magic Mushroom Band, and Ozric Tentacles . In the mid-1990s,

1764-557: The Controls for the Heart of the Sun " with explicit science fiction themes , and their third, More (1969) had " Cirrus Minor ". In the early 1970s, West Germany's kosmische Musik ("cosmic music") scene developed among artists who explored "spacy", ambient instrumental soundscapes. The term is frequently used as a synonym of krautrock , but may also be used as a German analogue to

1827-583: The English term "space rock". These artists often explored electronic music , synthesizers , and themes related to space or otherworldliness. Examples included artists like Ash Ra Tempel , Tangerine Dream , Popol Vuh , and Klaus Schulze . In early 1971, Pink Floyd began writing the song that would become known as " Echoes ", from the 1971 album Meddle . The song was performed from April until September 1971, with an alternative set of lyrics, written about two planets meeting in space. A major album in

1890-610: The Labour Party. At the 2005 General Election , the borough was divided differently: Rifkind held the Kensington seat until the 2015 General Election when he stood down after becoming embroiled in a scandal, uncovered by a television investigation, over accepting money in return for access to influential British diplomats and politicians. At the 2011 census, the borough had a population of 158,649 who were 71 percent White, 10 percent Asian, 5 percent of multiple ethnic groups, 4 percent Black African and 3 percent Black Caribbean. It

1953-469: The Ladbroke Grove UK underground movement, from which a number of bands would emerge, influenced by anarchistic singer/writer Mick Farren . Punk group The Clash also formed locally in 1976; frontman Joe Strummer squatted around Ladbroke Grove before joining the group. The Roughler magazine emerged in the 1980s and 1990s to chronicle the antics of the more Bohemian residents, including

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2016-552: The London Assembly). The plans were resurrected by Johnson in 2016. On 5 October 1999, two trains on the Great Western Main Line near Ladbroke Grove crashed into each other at a combined speed of over 130 miles per hour (210 km/h), leading to the diesel fuel of one of the trains igniting and setting fire to both. Thirty one people died and over 400 were injured, including severe burns. The cause of

2079-710: The Royal Family. The Duke of Edinburgh played the violin in the church orchestra. The vicarage was built in 1876, with the foundation stone being laid by the Duchess of Teck . The Lady Chapel was opened by the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh in 1882. However, in 1886, the Reverend Gray moved to the Curzon Street Chapel and St Michael's became less fashionable. The Serbian Orthodox Church of St Sava

2142-569: The W10 and W11 postal districts . Ladbroke Grove tube station is on the road, at the point where it is crossed by the Westway . Ladbroke Grove is the nearest tube station to Portobello Road Market . The adjacent bridge and nearby section of the Westway were regenerated in 2007 in a partnership including Urban Eye , Transport for London and London Underground . It is the main road on the route of

2205-402: The affluent wards of Chelsea (Royal Hospital, Hans Town) and the most northerly wards of North Kensington (Golborne, Dalgarno), which have high levels of social housing and poverty. The borough has a higher proportion (16.6 percent) of high earners (over £60,000 per year) than any other local government district in the country. It has the highest proportion of workers in the financial sector and

2268-763: The annual Notting Hill Carnival . The northern end between the Harrow Road and Kensal House is in Kensal Green, the middle section between Barlby Road and the A40 flyover in North Kensington , and the southern end between Lancaster Road and Holland Park Avenue in Notting Hill. The area and the street are named after James Weller Ladbroke , who developed the Ladbroke Estate in the 1840s. It

2331-525: The area. Paddington and Victoria are the nearest major railway termini; National Rail stations in the borough are Kensington (Olympia) and West Brompton (and partly Kensal Green ), both served by London Overground and Southern . Many London bus routes pass through the borough, most of them along King's Road , Fulham Road , Kensington High Street and Ladbroke Grove . Kensington and Chelsea council has been criticised for its lack of support for cycle lanes and active travel in general. In 2019

2394-480: The borough at 53 Holland Park, while his mother Maharani Jind Kaur (wife of Maharaja Ranjit Singh ) lived at the nearby Abingdon House till her death in 1846. During the Second World War civilians suffered great hardship; there were some 800 deaths and 40,000 injuries. A huge army of civilian volunteers was raised, including Auxiliary Fire Service, Red Cross, Air Raid Wardens and Rescue Services. During

2457-478: The borough there are several of London's tourist attractions and landmarks: The council's education department finances state schools. London's Poverty Profile - a 2017 study by Trust for London and the New Policy Institute - found that 75% of 19-year-olds in Kensington and Chelsea have at least a C in their GCSE English and Maths. This is the highest success rate in London. Libraries include

2520-575: The council vetoed a flagship programme by Transport for London for safer walking and cycling in the borough. In 2020 it scrapped a cycle lane along Kensington High Street just seven weeks after it was installed. In March 2011 the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: underground, metro, light rail, tram, 23.6 percent of all residents aged 16–74; driving a car or van, 8.2 percent; on foot, 8.2 percent; bus, minibus or coach, 8.0 percent; work mainly at or from home, 7.0 percent; bicycle, 3.1 percent; train, 2.1 percent. The RBKC

2583-473: The crash was determined to be lack of suitable visibility of signals. The crash, combined with further major incidents at Hatfield and Potters Bar , shook confidence in the British rail network. Ladbroke Grove is served by London Buses routes 7 , 23 , 52 , 70 , 228 , 295 , 316 , 452 and N7 . Citations Sources Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (often known by its acronym as RBKC )

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2646-545: The genre, with such tracks as " Third Stone from the Sun ", " 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) " and " The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice ". Pink Floyd 's early albums contain pioneering examples of space rock: " Astronomy Domine ", " Pow R. Toc H. " and " Interstellar Overdrive " from their 1967 debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn are examples. Their second album A Saucerful of Secrets contained further examples: " Let There Be More Light " and " Set

2709-548: The greatest income inequality of any London Borough. Private rent for low earners was also found to be the least affordable in London. However, the borough's poverty rate of 28% is roughly in line with the London-wide average. The borough has 12 tube stations, on five of the 11 London Underground lines: the Central line , Circle line , District line , Hammersmith & City line and Piccadilly line . The borough contains

2772-561: The history of space rock was Hawkwind 's Space Ritual (1973), a two-disc live album advertised as "88 minutes of brain-damage" documenting Hawkwind's 1972 tour that included a liquid light show and lasers, nude dancers (notably the earth-mother figure Stacia ), wild costumes and psychedelic imagery. This hard-edged concert experience attracted a motley but dedicated collection of psychedelic drug users, science-fiction fans and motorcycle riders. The science fiction author Michael Moorcock collaborated with Hawkwind on many occasions and wrote

2835-598: The house, which in his day had two courtyards laid out between the house and the river, and in the north of the site acres of gardens and orchards were planted. It was from here in 1535 that More was taken to the Tower and beheaded later that year. This area of Cheyne Walk continued its historic significance; nearby Crosby Hall sits on the river near the Church of Thomas More, and what was once Thomas Carlyle 's residence remains on Cheyne Row . Kensington's royal borough status

2898-474: The latter's departure from the progressive rock band Genesis . From the 2010s to today Ladbroke Grove has been home to some of the most prominent grime and drill artists, such as AJ Tracey and Digga D . Ladbroke Grove tube station is located halfway along the road, and is served by the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines. The Westway , part of a main road from Central London to Oxford crosses in

2961-444: The legendary Portobello Pantos . Ladbroke Grove features as the scene of Van Morrison 's 1968 song " Slim Slow Slider " from Astral Weeks , and is mentioned in the 1970s pop hit "One Man Band" by Leo Sayer . The Pulp song "I Spy", from the album Different Class , features the line "your Ladbroke Grove looks turn me on". The Blur songs " Fool's Day " and " Lonesome Street " also feature Ladbroke Grove in their lyrics. As does

3024-478: The lower tier was reorganised into metropolitan boroughs , two of which were called Chelsea and Kensington , corresponding to the two parishes. The borough of Kensington was given the honorific title of royal borough in 1901. The modern borough was created in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963 , which reorganised 86 boroughs and urban districts into 32 London boroughs and also created

3087-493: The lowest proportion working in the retail sector. In December 2006 Sport England published a survey which showed that the borough's residents were the fourth most active in England in sports and other fitness activities. 27.9 percent of the population participate at least three times a week for 30 minutes. A 2017 study by Trust for London and the New Policy Institute found that Kensington & Chelsea has

3150-414: The lyrics for many of the spoken-word sections on Space Ritual . In Europe, Hungarian band Omega was the biggest space rock band with albums Time Robber (1976), Skyrover (1978), and Gammapolis (1979). Other European bands include the progressive rock groups Eloy and Nektar . Nektar, who were known for having a rhythmic liquid/slide light show at their concerts, released their album Journey to

3213-452: The mid-1950s through the early 1960s. It also inspired new sounds and sound effects to be used in the music itself. A prominent early example of space rock is the 1959 concept album I Hear a New World by British producer and songwriter Joe Meek . The album was inspired by the space race and concerned human's first close encounter with alien life forms. Meek then went on to have a UK and US No 1 success in 1961 with " Telstar ", named after

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3276-405: The new borough would be the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Of its history the council states: "Despite the boroughs being separate originally, Kensington and Chelsea still retain their unique characters. Even the amalgamation of the two boroughs, unpopular as it was at the time, has been accepted. Today conservation combined with the adoption of sympathetic new architecture is seen as

3339-424: The newly launched communications satellite and thus intended to commemorate the new space age. Its main instrument was a clavioline , an electronic forerunner of the synthesizers . The Beatles ' song " Flying " (1967), originally titled "Aerial Tour Instrumental", was a psychedelic instrumental about the sensation of flying, whether in a craft or in your own head space. Jimi Hendrix is also an early innovator of

3402-485: The road. The space rock band Hawkwind were formed here in 1969, and eventually bonded and worked with fantasy author Michael Moorcock who was then a resident. Moorcock's work often contain references to Ladbroke Grove, the location being the headquarters of his fictional characters Jerry Cornelius and Colonel Pyat. The Deviants (formerly the Social Deviants) and Pink Fairies were musical groups out of

3465-690: The same location, though there is no junction. The road also has bridges over the Great Western Main Line from London Paddington station , and the Grand Union Canal . At a site just to the east of the Old Oak Common site, Kensington and Chelsea Council has been pushing for a station at Kensal off Ladbroke Grove and Canal Way, as a turn-back facility will have to be built in the area anyway. Siting it at Kensal Green, rather than next to Paddington itself, would provide

3528-777: The site of the Hippodrome on the Ladbroke Estate, which had closed four years earlier. The Anglican church of St Michael and All Angels in the road was designed by James Edmeston and built in the Romanesque style in 1871. The funds were provided by J. E.Gray, the father of the first vicar, the Reverend Edward Ker Gray: the foundation stone was laid on 1 November 1870 by a cousin of the Grays, John Mowbray . The church became fashionable with members of

3591-520: The song "Joel" by The Boo Radleys , with the line, "I've found myself in Ladbroke Grove" from the album Wake Up! . The Slits song "Ping Pong Affair" from the album Cut , also features Ladbroke Grove in its lyrics. "Beautiful Stranger" by Laufey mentions Ladbroke Grove in the line "What if I hadn't left the train at Ladbroke Grove." " LDN " by Lily Allen mentions Ladbroke Grove in an overdubbed chorus of London placenames. Killing Joke have released an EP (In Excelsis) that features two mixes of

3654-524: The station idea having been scrapped seem to be contradicted by the station's placement on an official Transport for London map for the route. A Crossrail station on the original Crossrail route, from Paddington to Reading, has been proposed and endorsed by the council. This station would be located near the northern end of Ladbroke Grove , and would serve the areas of North Kensington and Kensal. The council supports this station concept as it would renew infrastructure and build regeneration benefits in

3717-496: The stations of South Kensington , Gloucester Road , High Street Kensington , Earl's Court , Sloane Square , West Brompton , Notting Hill Gate , Holland Park , Latimer Road , Knightsbridge , Westbourne Park and Ladbroke Grove . Chelsea (SW3, SW10 and partly SW1) has significantly less Underground access than Kensington, the only station within Chelsea being Sloane Square . There have for some time been long-term plans for

3780-563: Was baptised there in 1957. In 2013, it was the venue for the memorial service of Princess Margarita of Baden . The former church of Christ Church, Telford Road was opened in 1881, and closed in 1940 when the parish merged with St Michaels. The church building was demolished. Ladbroke Grove was a centre of the British counterculture in the 1960s. The area was blacklisted for development following 1958 Notting Hill race riots , and consequently found favour with individuals who distrusted authority, moving into unmodernised Victorian properties along

3843-411: Was completely destroyed and 72 lives were lost, drew international attention to the borough. After widespread criticism of the borough council's response to the fire, responsibility for providing services to those affected by the fire was taken away from RBKC. Prime Minister Theresa May previously branded the response to the tragedy "not good enough", with Whitehall civil servants drafted in as part of

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3906-401: Was granted in 1901 as it included of Kensington Palace , where Queen Victoria was born in 1819 and lived until her accession in 1837. Commissioned by King William III , Christopher Wren enlarged and rebuilt the original house in 1689, turning it into a fitting royal residence. With the King came many court officials, servants and followers. Kensington Square, until then a failing venture, became

3969-465: Was originally a predominantly rural area on the western edges of London. Construction at the southern end by Holland Park Avenue began in the 1830s, but the road was not fully developed to Harrow Road until the 1870s. Hablot Knight Browne , the cartoonist who illustrated Charles Dickens ' novels as "Phiz", lived at No. 99 in 1872–80. The church of St John the Evangelist was constructed in 1845 on

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