Silchester Road, W10

Silchester Road crosses the border between London W10 and London W11.

The old brewery on Walmer Road where Nottingwood House now stands. Photo dates from 1937.
Credit: Kensington Borough Archive

Silchester Road is one of the many longer roads in the Latimer Road station area whose length was drastically curtailed after the building of the Westway.

Land in the area was owned by a barrister called James Whitchurch and set out for building in 1846. Silchester Road was named after a village near Basingstoke, Hampshire which was where James Whitchurch’s daughter Florence Blechynden Whitchurch was living.

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22 Maxilla Gardens, W10

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24 Maxilla Gardens, W10

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Kensington Park Hotel The KPH is a landmark pub on Ladbroke Grove.

Kensington Park Hotel

Ladbroke Grove Ladbroke Grove is named after James Weller Ladbroke, who developed the Ladbroke Estate in the mid nineteenth century, until then a largely rural area on the western edges of London.

Ladbroke Grove

Mary Place Workhouse Notting Dale Workhouse stood on the site of what is now Avondale Park Gardens,

Mary Place Workhouse

North Kensington Library North Kensington Library opened in 1891 and was described as one of London’s finest public libraries.

North Kensington Library

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Notting Hill Barn Farm Notting Barns Farm was one of two farms in the North Kensington area.

Notting Hill Barn Farm

Ridler’s Tyre Yard Ridler’s Tyres was situated in a part of Blechynden Street which no longer exists

Ridler’s Tyre Yard

The Brittania The Brittania was situated on the corner of Clarendon Road and Portland Road, W11.

The Brittania

Western Iron Works The Western Iron Works was the foundry business of James Bartle and Co.

Western Iron Works

NEARBY STREETS

Aldermaston Street, W10 Aldermaston Street is a lost street of North Kensington (Notting Dale)

Aldermaston Street, W10

Alestan House, W10 Alestan House is a block on Freston Road (Notting Dale)

Alestan House, W10

Ansleigh Place, W11 Ansleigh Place is an ex mews to the west of Notting Dale (Notting Dale)

Ansleigh Place, W11

Arthur Court, W10 Arthur Court is a block on Silchester Road (Notting Dale)

Arthur Court, W10

Avondale Park Gardens, W11 Avondale Park Gardens, unlike other roads in the area, was developed in the 1920s when it was laid out on the former workhouse site (Notting Dale)

Avondale Park Gardens, W11

Avondale Park Road, W11 Avondale Park Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)

Avondale Park Road, W11

Balliol Road, W10 Balliol Road leads from Kelfield Gardens to Oxford Gardens (North Kensington)

Balliol Road, W10

Barandon Street, W11 Barandon Street connected Lancaster Road with Latimer Road station (Notting Dale)

Barandon Street, W11

Bard Road, W10 Bard Road lies in the area of London W10 near to Latimer Road station (Notting Dale)

Bard Road, W10

Bartle Road, W11 Bartle Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)

Bartle Road, W11

Blechynden Mews, W10 Blechynden Mews is a former side street in London W11 (Notting Dale)

Blechynden Mews, W10

Blechynden Street, W10 Blechynden Street is now a tiny street in the vicinity of Latimer Road station, W10 (Notting Dale)

Blechynden Street, W10

Blenheim Crescent, W11 Blenheim Crescent one of the major thoroughfares in Notting Hill - indeed it features in the eponymous film (Notting Hill)

Blenheim Crescent, W11

Bomore Road, W11 Bomore Road survived post-war redevelopment with a slight change in alignment (Notting Dale)

Bomore Road, W11

Bramley Mews, W10 Bramley Mews become part of a redelevopment of the area north of Latimer Road station in the 1960s (Notting Dale)

Bramley Mews, W10

Bramley Road, W11 Bramley Road is the street in which Latimer Road station is situated (Notting Dale)

Bramley Road, W11

Bramley Street, W10 Bramley Street is one of the lost streets of North Kensington (Notting Dale)

Bramley Street, W10

Bridge Close, W10 Bridge Close is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)

Bridge Close, W10

Calverley Street, W10 Calverley Street, one of the lost streets of W10 is now underneath a motorway slip road (Notting Dale)

Calverley Street, W10

Cambridge Gardens, W10 Cambridge Gardens is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)

Cambridge Gardens, W10

Camelford Walk, W11 Camelford Walk is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Camelford Walk, W11

Charlotte Mews, W10 Charlotte Mews is one of London W10's newer thoroughfares. (Notting Dale)

Charlotte Mews, W10

Clarendon Road, W11 Clarendon Road is one of the W11’s longest streets, running from Holland Park Avenue in the south to Dulford Street in the north (Notting Hill)

Clarendon Road, W11

Clarendon Walk, W11 Clarendon Walk is a walkway in a recent Notting Dale development (Notting Dale)

Clarendon Walk, W11

Codrington Mews, W11 This attractive L-shaped mews lies off Blenheim Crescent between Kensington Park Road and Ladbroke Grove (Notting Hill)

Codrington Mews, W11

Cornwall Crescent, W11 Cornwall Crescent belongs to the third and final period of building on the Ladbroke estate (Notting Hill)

Cornwall Crescent, W11

Cornwall Road, W11 Cornwall Road was once the name for the westernmost part of Westbourne Park Road (Notting Hill)

Cornwall Road, W11

Crosfield Court, W10 Crosfield Court is a block on Crosfield Court (North Kensington)

Crosfield Court, W10

Crowthorne Road, W10 Crowthorne Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)

Crowthorne Road, W10

Dale Row, W11 Dale Row is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Dale Row, W11

Darfield Way, W10 Darfield Way, in the Latimer Road area, was built over a number of older streets as the Westway was built (Notting Dale)

Darfield Way, W10

Dixon House, W10 Dixon House is a block on Darfield Way (Notting Dale)

Dixon House, W10

Dulford Street, W11 Dulford Street survived the mass demolitions of the late 1960s (Notting Dale)

Dulford Street, W11

East Mews, W10 East Mews was lost when the Westway was built. It lies partially under the modern Darfield Way (Notting Dale)

East Mews, W10

Elgin Crescent, W11 Elgin Crescent runs from Portobello Road west across Ladbroke Grove and then curls round to the south to join Clarendon Road (Notting Hill)

Elgin Crescent, W11

Elgin Mews, W11 Elgin Mews lies in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Elgin Mews, W11

Evesham Street, W11 Evesham Street now runs west from Freston Road (Notting Hill)

Evesham Street, W11

Finstock Road, W10 Finstock Road is a turning out of Oxford Gardens (North Kensington)

Finstock Road, W10

Fountain Park Way, W12 Fountain Park Way is a location in London (Shepherds Bush)

Fountain Park Way, W12

Fowell Street, W11 Fowell Street, W10 was redeveloped in the 1970s (Notting Dale)

Fowell Street, W11

Freston Road, W10 Freston Road is a street with quite a history (Notting Dale)

Freston Road, W10

Freston Road, W11 The southern end of Freston Road stretches over into the W11 postcode (Notting Hill)

Freston Road, W11

Frinstead House, W10 Frinstead House is a block on Freston Road (Notting Dale)

Frinstead House, W10

Gorham Place, W11 Gorham Place is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Dale)

Gorham Place, W11

Grenfell Road, W11 Grenfell Road follows the line of an old road: St Clement’s Road (Notting Dale)

Grenfell Road, W11

Grenfell Tower, W11 Grenfell Tower is a residential block in North Kensington (Notting Dale)

Grenfell Tower, W11

Heathfield Street, W11 Heathfield Street was a side turning off of Portland Road (Notting Hill)

Heathfield Street, W11

Hesketh Place, W11 Hesketh Place runs between Walmer Road and Avondale Park Road (Notting Dale)

Hesketh Place, W11

Hippodrome Mews, W11 Hippodrome Mews is a turning off Portland Road, commemorating a lost racecourse (Notting Dale)

Hippodrome Mews, W11

Hurstway Street, W10 Hurstway Street ran from Barandon Street to Blechynden Street (Notting Dale)

Hurstway Street, W10

Hurstway Walk, W11 This is a street in the W11 postcode area (Notting Dale)

Hurstway Walk, W11

Kelfield Gardens, W10 Kelfield Gardens is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (North Kensington)

Kelfield Gardens, W10

Kingsbridge Road, W10 Kingsbridge Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)

Kingsbridge Road, W10

Kingsdown Close, W10 Kingsdown Close is one of a select number of roads in London W10 lying south of Westway (Notting Dale)

Kingsdown Close, W10

Kingsnorth House, W10 Kingsnorth House is a block on Silchester Road (Notting Dale)

Kingsnorth House, W10

Ladbroke Crescent, W11 Ladbroke Crescent belongs to the third and final great period of building on the Ladbroke estate and the houses were constructed in the 1860s. (Notting Hill)

Ladbroke Crescent, W11

Lancaster Road, W11 Lancaster Road has been called London’s most Instagrammable street (Notting Hill)

Lancaster Road, W11

Lansdowne Crescent, W11 Lansdowne Crescent has some of the most interesting and varied houses on the Ladbroke estate, as architects and builders experimented with different styles (Notting Hill)

Lansdowne Crescent, W11

Lansdowne Rise, W11 Lansdowne Rise, W11 was originally called Montpelier Road (Notting Hill)

Lansdowne Rise, W11

Latimer Mews, W10 (Notting Dale)

Latimer Mews, W10

Latimer Road, W10 Latimer Road was named after Edward Latymer who endowed land for the funding of Hammersmith’s Latymer school in the early 17th century (Notting Dale)

Latimer Road, W10

Lockton Street, W11 Lockton Street, just south of Latimer Road station is so insignificant that nary a soul know’s it’s there (Notting Dale)

Lockton Street, W11

Lowerwood Court, W11 Lowerwood Court is a block on Westbourne Park Road (Notting Hill)

Lowerwood Court, W11

Malton Mews, W10 Malton Mews, formerly Oxford Mews, runs south off of Cambridge Gardens (Notting Dale)

Malton Mews, W10

Malton Road, W11 Malton Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)

Malton Road, W11

Manchester Road, W10 Manchester Road is one of the lost streets of North Kensington, now buried beneath a roundabout (Notting Dale)

Manchester Road, W10

Markland House, W10 Markland House can be found on Darfield Way (Notting Dale)

Markland House, W10

Martin Street, W10 Martin Street disappeared as the Latimer Road area was redeveloped (Notting Dale)

Martin Street, W10

Mary Place, W11 Mary Place connects Walmer Road with Sirdar Road (Notting Dale)

Mary Place, W11

Maxilla Gardens, W10 Maxilla Gardens was a former street in London W10 (Notting Dale)

Maxilla Gardens, W10

Mersey Street, W10 Mersey Street - now demolished - was once Manchester Street (Notting Dale)

Mersey Street, W10

Oxford Gardens, W10 Oxford Gardens is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)

Oxford Gardens, W10

Pamber Street, W10 Pamber Street is a lost street of North Kensington (Notting Dale)

Pamber Street, W10

Pring Street, W10 The unusually-named Pring Street was situated between Bard Road and Latimer Road (Notting Dale)

Pring Street, W10

Rillington Place, W11 Rillington Place is a small street with an infamous history (Notting Dale)

Rillington Place, W11

Rosmead Road, W11 Rosmead Road, W11 was originally called Chichester Road (Notting Hill)

Rosmead Road, W11

Runcorn Place, W11 Runcorn Place was once Thomas Place, and before even that ’The Mews’ (Notting Hill)

Runcorn Place, W11

Ruston Close, W11 Due to its infamy, Rillington Place was renamed to Ruston Close in 1954 (Notting Dale)

Ruston Close, W11

Ruston Mews, W11 Ruston Mews, W11 was originally Crayford Mews (Notting Dale)

Ruston Mews, W11

Scampston Mews, W10 Scampston Mews is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)

Scampston Mews, W10

Shalfleet Drive, W10 Shalfleet Drive is a newer road in the Latimer Road area of W10 (Notting Dale)

Shalfleet Drive, W10

Silchester Mews, W10 Silchester Mews, shaped like an H, disappeared in 1969 under the Westway (Notting Dale)

Silchester Mews, W10

Silchester Road, W10 Silchester Road crosses the border between London W10 and London W11 (Notting Dale)

Silchester Road, W10

Silchester Street, W10 Silchester Street is a lost street of North Kensington (North Kensington)

Silchester Street, W10

Silchester Terrace, W10 Silchester Terrace was lost to W10 in the 1960s (Notting Dale)

Silchester Terrace, W10

Soane House, W10 Soane House is a block on Latimer Road (Notting Dale)

Soane House, W10

St Andrews Square, W11 St Andrews Square is a street in Notting Dale, formed when the Rillington Place area was demolished (Notting Dale)

St Andrews Square, W11

St Helens Gardens, W10 St Helens Gardens seems to date from the 1860s (North Kensington)

St Helens Gardens, W10

St Mark’s Road, W10 St Mark’s Road extends beyond the Westway into the W10 area (North Kensington)

St Mark’s Road, W10

St Mark’s Road, W11 St Mark’s Road is a street in the Ladbroke conservation area (Notting Dale)

St Mark’s Road, W11

St Mark’s Close, W11 St Mark’s Close runs off St Mark’s Road (Notting Dale)

St Mark’s Close, W11

St Mark’s Place, W11 St Mark’s Place is situated on the site of the former Kensington Hippodrome (Notting Hill)

St Mark’s Place, W11

Stable Way, W10 Stable Way is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (Notting Dale)

Stable Way, W10

Station Walk, W10 Station Walk is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (Notting Dale)

Station Walk, W10

Stoneleigh Place, W11 Stoneleigh Place, formerly called Abbey Road, was built across a brickfield in Notting Dale (Notting Dale)

Stoneleigh Place, W11

Stoneleigh Street, W11 Stoneleigh Street runs between Treadgold Street and Stoneleigh Place (Notting Dale)

Stoneleigh Street, W11

Talbot Mews, W11 Talbot Mews seems to have disappeared just after the Second Worid War (Notting Dale)

Talbot Mews, W11

Testerton Street, W11 Testerton Street did not survive the bulldozer in the late 1960s (Notting Dale)

Testerton Street, W11

Testerton Walk, W11 Testerton Walk is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Testerton Walk, W11

The White Building, W11 The White Building is sited on Evesham Street (Notting Hill)

The White Building, W11

Thorpe Close, W10 Thorpe Close is a redevelopment of the former Thorpe Mews, laid waste by the building of the Westway (North Kensington)

Thorpe Close, W10

Threshers Place, W11 Threshers Place is a quiet street with a long story (Notting Hill)

Threshers Place, W11

Treadgold Street, W11 Treadgold Street is part of the Avondale Park Gardens Conservation Area (Notting Dale)

Treadgold Street, W11

Trinity Mews, W10 Trinity Mews lies off of Cambridge Gardens (Notting Dale)

Trinity Mews, W10

Verity Close, W11 Verity Close is a street in W11 (Notting Dale)

Verity Close, W11

Wallingford Avenue, W10 Wallingford Avenue is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (North Kensington)

Wallingford Avenue, W10

Walmer Road, W10 Walmer Road is the great lost road of North Kensington, obliterated under Westway (Notting Dale)

Walmer Road, W10

Walmer Road, W11 Walmer Road is the oldest street in the area, dating from the eighteenth century or before (Notting Hill)

Walmer Road, W11

Waynflete Square, W10 Waynflete Square is one of the newer roads in the vicinity of Latimer Road station (Notting Dale)

Waynflete Square, W10

Wesley Square, W11 Wesley Square lies behind Notting Hill Methodist Church (Notting Dale)

Wesley Square, W11

Whitchurch Road, W11 Whitchurch Road connects Bramley Road with Treadgold Street (Notting Dale)

Whitchurch Road, W11

Whitstable House, W10 Whitstable House is a block on Silchester Road (Notting Dale)

Whitstable House, W10

Wilton Yard, W11 Wilton Yard once ran off Latimer Road (Notting Hill)

Wilton Yard, W11

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