51-583: Sloane Street is a major London street in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea which runs north to south, from Knightsbridge to Sloane Square , crossing Pont Street about halfway along. Sloane Street takes its name from Sir Hans Sloane , who purchased the surrounding area in 1712. Many of the properties in the street still belong to his descendants, the Earls Cadogan , via their company Cadogan Estates . Sloane Street has long been
102-495: 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
153-415: 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
204-614: 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
255-523: A fashionable shopping street , especially the northern section closest to Knightsbridge , which is known informally as Upper Sloane Street. Since the 1990s Sloane Street's status has increased further, and it is now on a par with Bond Street , which has been London's most exclusive shopping street for two centuries. The street has flagship stores for many of the world's most famous brands in fashion . Sloane Street, along with Sloane Square , also gives its name to " Sloane Rangers ", originally applied to
306-541: 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
357-460: A level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government . As the structure of local government in England is not uniform, there are currently four principal types of district-level subdivision. There are a total of 296 districts made up of 36 metropolitan boroughs , 32 London boroughs , 164 two-tier non-metropolitan districts and 62 unitary authorities , as well as
408-653: A number of typical Pont Street Dutch style red brick buildings, built in the 19th century by Earl Cadogan , which house elegant apartments. In the most exclusive residential area of the street, which is between Sloane Square and Cadogan Place, some of the residences have remained as whole houses. Notable buildings include: [REDACTED] Media related to Sloane Street at Wikimedia Commons 51°29′48″N 0°09′30″W / 51.49667°N 0.15844°W / 51.49667; -0.15844 Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (often known by its acronym as RBKC )
459-654: 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
510-457: A single district, but have non-metropolitan county councils with no district council. In practice, these function in the same way as other unitary authorities. Berkshire is unusual, being the only non-metropolitan county, with no county council, that has more than one unitary authority district within it, each of which is not a county. The 32 London boroughs are sub-divisions of Greater London . They were established in 1965. Between 1965 and 1986
561-668: A two-tier structure of government existed in Greater London and the boroughs shared power with the Greater London Council (GLC). When the GLC was abolished in 1986 they gained similar status to the unitary authorities. In 2000 the Greater London Authority was established and a two-tier structure was restored, albeit with a change to the balance of powers and responsibilities. Each London borough
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#1732790281203612-477: 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
663-582: 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
714-816: 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
765-473: Is home to a few smart, more modern residential blocks, all with 24-hour porterage, the Cadogan Hotel and Millennium Hotel . Harrods lies next to Hans Place immediately to the west along Basil Street and Hans Crescent, and Lowndes Square lies to the east. Harvey Nichols lies at the corner of Knightsbridge and Sloane Street. The southern half of the street has much more individual character, with
816-443: 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
867-479: The City of London and the Isles of Scilly which are also districts but do not correspond to any of these other categories. Some districts are styled as cities , boroughs or royal boroughs ; these are purely honorific titles and do not alter the status of the district or the powers of their councils. All boroughs and cities (and a few districts) are led by a mayor who in most cases is a ceremonial figure elected by
918-503: The County of London . The setting-down of the current structure of districts in England began in 1965, when Greater London and its 32 London boroughs were created. They are the oldest type of district still in use. In 1974, metropolitan counties and non-metropolitan counties (also known as " shire counties ") were created across the rest of England and were split into metropolitan districts and non-metropolitan districts . The status of
969-402: 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
1020-763: 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 Districts of England The districts of England (officially, local authority districts , abbreviated LADs ) are
1071-684: 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 ,
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#17327902812031122-551: 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
1173-483: 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
1224-474: 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
1275-543: The stereotypical kind of young upper class English ladies seen in the area. The expression was roughly the female equivalent to the term " Hooray Henry ", used to describe brash, upper-class young English public school boys, although this term is not geographically restricted and is used all over the UK. During the 1990s, Dubai 's ruling Al Maktoum family , led by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum , bought most of
1326-659: 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
1377-584: 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 ,
1428-610: 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
1479-406: The London boroughs and metropolitan districts changed in 1986, when they absorbed the functions and some of the powers of the metropolitan county councils and the Greater London Council , which were abolished. Since 2000, powers are again shared (on a different basis) with the Greater London Authority . During the 1990s a further kind of district was created, the unitary authority , which combined
1530-402: 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
1581-525: 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
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1632-489: The basis for sanitary provision . In 1894, based on these earlier subdivisions, the Local Government Act 1894 created urban districts and rural districts as sub-divisions of administrative counties , which had been created in 1889. At the same time, parish-level local government administration was transferred to civil parishes . Another reform in 1900 created 28 metropolitan boroughs as sub-divisions of
1683-480: 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
1734-478: 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
1785-575: 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
1836-435: The creation of single-tier unitary authorities in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s, their numbers were reduced to 164 by 2023. These single-tier non-metropolitan districts are responsible for running all local services in their areas, combining county and district functions. They were created in the mid-1990s, and often cover large towns and cities as this is deemed more efficient than a two-tier structure. In addition, some of
1887-438: The district council, but—after local government reform—is occasionally a directly elected mayor who makes most of the policy decisions instead of the council. Before the establishment of districts in the 1890s, the basic unit of local government in England was the parish, overseen by the parish church vestry committee . Vestries dealt with the administration of both parochial and secular governmental matters. Parishes were
1938-573: The functions and status of county and district. Metropolitan boroughs are a subdivision of a metropolitan county . These are similar to unitary authorities, as the metropolitan county councils were abolished in 1986. Most of the powers of the county councils were devolved to the districts but some services are run by joint boards and organisations. The districts typically have populations of 174,000 to 1.1 million. Non-metropolitan districts are second-tier authorities, which share power with county councils . They are subdivisions of shire counties and
1989-548: 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
2040-598: 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
2091-478: 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
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2142-493: 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
2193-479: The most common type of district. These districts typically have populations of 25,000 to 200,000. In this two-tier system, county councils are responsible for some local services, such as education, social services, and roads, while district councils run other services, such as waste collection, local planning, and council housing . The number of two-tier non-metropolitan districts (also known as shire districts ) has varied over time. Initially, there were 296; after
2244-405: 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
2295-483: The properties on the west side of Sloane Street at the Knightsbridge end. The National Bank of Dubai opened its first overseas branch in London to serve the many UAE -based visitors who rent these properties in summer. The Jumeirah Carlton Tower Hotel is owned by the hotels arm of Dubai Holding Company , which is also controlled by Sheikh Mohammed. The northern half of the street is near Knightsbridge and
2346-547: The smaller counties such as Rutland , Herefordshire and the Isle of Wight are unitary authorities. There are a total of 62 unitary authorities, the latest ones introduced in 2023. Unitary authority areas are a type of non-metropolitan district; most are established as individual counties containing a single district, with a district council but no county council. Cornwall , Durham , the Isle of Wight , Northumberland , Shropshire and Wiltshire were established as counties with
2397-524: 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
2448-496: 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
2499-492: The successors of the manorial system and historically had been grouped into hundreds , which had exercised some supervising administrative function. However, these powers ebbed away as more and more civic and judicial powers were centred on county towns . From 1834 these parishes were grouped into Poor Law Unions , creating areas for administration of the Poor Law . These areas were later used for census registration and as
2550-411: 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
2601-401: 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
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