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Overview

Splendidly well groomed, Kensington is one of London鈥檚 most handsome neighbourhoods. You鈥檒l find three fine museums here 鈥� the V&A, the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum 鈥� as well as excellent dining and shopping, graceful parklands and elegant streets of grand period architecture.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • JUNE 18, 2017: Visitors seated on the shore of Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park.

    Hyde Park

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    One of London鈥檚 best parks, Hyde Park spreads itself over 142 hectares of neat gardens, wild expanses of overgrown grass and glorious trees. As well as鈥�

  • Images of families enjoying the museum on the first day of opening, abiding by social distancing/Covid-19 regulations. General shots for external Comms which show people enjoying our museum safely. Making of The Modern World Gallery, Science Museum, London, August 2020.

    Science Museum

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    The Science Museum will mesmerize with its interactive and educational exhibits covering everything from early technology to space travel. Take the family鈥�

  • London Natural History Museum

    Natural History Museum

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    With its thunderous, animatronic dinosaur, riveting displays about planet earth, outstanding Darwin Centre and architecture straight from a Gothic fairy鈥�

  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Kensington, London, England.

    Victoria & Albert Museum

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    The Museum of Manufactures, as the V&A was known when it opened in 1852, was part of Prince Albert鈥檚 legacy to the nation in the aftermath of the鈥�

  • Kensington Palace

    Kensington Palace

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    Built in 1605, Kensington Palace became the favourite royal residence under William and Mary of Orange in 1689, and remained so until George III became鈥�

  • The outside of Apsley House

    Apsley House

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    This stunning house, containing exhibits about the Duke of Wellington, who defeated Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo, was once the first building to appear鈥�

  • Albert Memorial

    Albert Memorial

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    This splendid Victorian confection on the southern edge of Kensington Gardens is as ostentatious as its subject wasn't. Queen Victoria鈥檚 humble German鈥�

  • The National Army Museum in Chelsea, the British Army's central museum.

    National Army Museum

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    This inventively redesigned museum vibrantly relates the history of the British Army, from the perspective of its servicemen and servicewomen. Reopening a鈥�

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