Churchill Arms

The Churchill Arms was built in about 1824.

The Churchill Arms, Kensington
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It was originally known as the Bedford Arms, but adopted its present name soon after it opened - possibly as a contraction of Church Hill but also possibly after John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough whose greatest victory is commemorated a mile north in the name of Blenheim Crescent.

The decor features collections of chamber pots, pot plants, butterflies and depictions of Winston Churchill, who the pub was not named after.

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Ashbourne College

Aubrey House Aubrey House is a large 18th-century detached house with two acres of gardens in the Campden Hill area of Holland Park.

Aubrey House

Coach and Horses The Coach & Horses was situated at 108 Notting Hill Gate.

Coach and Horses

Hilton London Hyde Park The Hilton London Hyde Park was formerly the Coburg Hotel.

Hilton London Hyde Park

Horbury Chapel (Kensington Temple) In September 1849, the Horbury Chapel, Notting Hill was officially opened.

Horbury Chapel (Kensington Temple)

Kensington Palace Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens. It has been a residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th century.

Kensington Palace

Mercury Theatre The Mercury Theatre was situated at 2a Ladbroke Road, next to the Kensington Temple.

Mercury Theatre

NEARBY STREETS

Airlie Gardens, W8 Airlie Gardens is named after the 5th Earl of Airlie (1826-1881), who lived on nearby Campden Hill at Holly Lodge (Kensington)

Airlie Gardens, W8

Arundel House, W8 Arundel House is a block on Palace Green (Kensington)

Arundel House, W8

Astley House, W8 Astley House is a block on Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill Gate)

Astley House, W8

Aubrey Road, W8 Aubrey Road leads into Aubrey Walk, which runs west of Campden Hill Road at the top of Campden Hill. It was named in the 1840s (Kensington)

Aubrey Road, W8

Aubrey Walk, W8 Aubrey Walk runs west of Campden Hill Road at the top of Campden Hill (Kensington)

Aubrey Walk, W8

Bedford Gardens, W8 Bedford Gardens is one of the prime residential streets in Kensington. (Kensington)

Bedford Gardens, W8

Berkeley Gardens, W8 Berkeley Gardens is a short street which runs between Brunswick Gardens and Kensington Church Street containing terraced houses on both sides with small front gardens (Kensington)

Berkeley Gardens, W8

Brunswick Gardens, W8 Brunswick Gardens runs north from Vicarage Gate - a wide tree-lined road with white stuccoed terraces on either side (Kensington)

Brunswick Gardens, W8

Bulmer Mews, W11 Bulmer Mews is a tiny mews behind Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill Gate)

Bulmer Mews, W11

Callcott Street, W8 Callcott Street is a small street between Uxbridge Street and Hillgate Place (Notting Hill Gate)

Callcott Street, W8

Campden Grove, W8 Campden Grove runs between Kensington Church Street and Hornton Street. (Kensington)

Campden Grove, W8

Campden Hill Close, W8 Campden Hill Close is a small cul-de-sac entered by a narrow driveway off Hornton Street (Kensington)

Campden Hill Close, W8

Campden Hill Court, W8 Campden Hill Court is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Campden Hill Court, W8

Campden Hill Gardens, W8 Campden Hill Gardens runs northwards from Aubrey Walk (Kensington)

Campden Hill Gardens, W8

Campden Hill Place, W11 Campden Hill Place is a road in the W11 postcode area (Notting Hill Gate)

Campden Hill Place, W11

Campden Hill Road, W8 Campden Hill Road runs between Notting Hill Gate and Kensington High Street (Kensington)

Campden Hill Road, W8

Campden Hill Square, W8 Campden Hill Square is a residential square consisting of large family houses. (Kensington)

Campden Hill Square, W8

Campden Hill Towers, W11 Campden Hill Towers is a block (Notting Hill Gate)

Campden Hill Towers, W11

Campden Hill, W8 Campden Hill is a hill and street in Kensington (Kensington)

Campden Hill, W8

Campden House, W8 Campden House (Chambers) is a block on Sheffield Terrace (Kensington)

Campden House, W8

Campden Street, W8 Campden Street stretches between Campden Hill Road and Kensington Church Street (Kensington)

Campden Street, W8

Caroline House, W2 Caroline House is a block on Bayswater Road (Queensway)

Caroline House, W2

Clanricarde Gardens, W2 Clanricarde Gardens is a street of very tall, narrow houses built between 1869 and 1873 by a pair of West London builders, Thomas Good and William White. (Bayswater)

Clanricarde Gardens, W2

David Game House, W11 David Game House is a block on Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill Gate)

David Game House, W11

Edge Street, W8 Edge Street, laid out in the 1820s, developed with small cottages around courtyards. (Kensington)

Edge Street, W8

Farm Place, W8 Farm Place was formerly called Earnest Street (Kensington)

Farm Place, W8

Farmer Street, W8 Farmer Street was formerly Farm Street (Notting Hill Gate)

Farmer Street, W8

Gate Hill Court, W11 Gate Hill Court is a block on Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill Gate)

Gate Hill Court, W11

Gloucester Walk, W8 Gloucester Walk is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)

Gloucester Walk, W8

Gordon Place, W8 Gordon Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Gordon Place, W8

Hillgate House, W8 Hillgate House is a block on Hillgate Street (Notting Hill Gate)

Hillgate House, W8

Hillgate Place, W8 Hillgate Place was formerly Dartmoor Street (Kensington)

Hillgate Place, W8

Hillgate Street, W8 Hillgate Street was formerly Johnson Street (Notting Hill Gate)

Hillgate Street, W8

Hillsleigh Road, W8 Hillsleigh Road is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Hillsleigh Road, W8

Horbury Crescent, W11 Horbury Crescent is a short half-moon shaped street between Ladbroke Road and Kensington Park Road (Notting Hill)

Horbury Crescent, W11

Horbury Mews, W11 Horbury Mews is a T-shaped mews in Notting Hill (Notting Hill Gate)

Horbury Mews, W11

Hornton Street, W8 Hornton Street is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Hornton Street, W8

Inverness Gardens, W8 Inverness Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Inverness Gardens, W8

Jameson Street, W8 Jameson Street was formerly St James or James Street (Notting Hill Gate)

Jameson Street, W8

Kensington Church Street, W8 Kensington Church Street is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Kensington Church Street, W8

Kensington Mall, W8 Kensington Mall is a street in Kensington (Notting Hill Gate)

Kensington Mall, W8

Kensington Palace Gardens, W8 Kensington Palace Gardens is a street in west central London with some of the most expensive properties in the world. (Kensington)

Kensington Palace Gardens, W8

Kensington Place, W8 Kensington Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Kensington Place, W8

Ladbroke Road, W11 Ladbroke Road is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill)

Ladbroke Road, W11

Ladbroke Square, W11 The huge Ladbroke Square communal garden is part communal garden accessed from the backs of the houses lining it and part traditional London Square with roads between the houses and the square. (Notting Hill)

Ladbroke Square, W11

Ladbroke Terrace, W11 Ladbroke Terrace was one of the first streets to be created on the Ladbroke estate (Notting Hill)

Ladbroke Terrace, W11

Ladbroke Walk, W11 Ladbroke Walk, W11 is part of the Ladbroke Conversation Area (Notting Hill)

Ladbroke Walk, W11

Lancer Square, W8 Lancer Square is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Lancer Square, W8

Linden Gardens, W11 Linden Gardens is a cul-de-sac and the first of James Ladbroke’s plots to be developed. (Notting Hill Gate)

Linden Gardens, W11

Linden Mews, W2 Linden Mews lies off Linden Gardens (Notting Hill Gate)

Linden Mews, W2

Lucerne Mews, W8 Lucerne Mews is a street in Kensington (Notting Hill Gate)

Lucerne Mews, W8

Melon Place, W8 Melon Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Melon Place, W8

Newcombe House, W11 Newcombe House is a block on Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill Gate)

Newcombe House, W11

Newcombe House, W2 Residential block (Notting Hill Gate)

Newcombe House, W2

Newcombe House, W8 Newcombe House is a building on Notting Hill Gate (Notting Hill Gate)

Newcombe House, W8

Notting Hill Gate, W8 Notting Hill Gate is a main shopping and retail street (Notting Hill Gate)

Notting Hill Gate, W8

Observatory Gardens, W8 Observatory Gardens commemorates what was the world’s finest private observatory. (Kensington)

Observatory Gardens, W8

Orme Court, W2 Orme Court is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)

Orme Court, W2

Orme Square, W2 Orme Square is named after Edward Orme, formerly a printseller in Bond Street (Bayswater)

Orme Square, W2

Ossington Street, W8 Ossington Street leads from Moscow Road at its north end to the Bayswater Road at its south end (Bayswater)

Ossington Street, W8

Palace Avenue, W8 Palace Avenue is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)

Palace Avenue, W8

Palace Court, W2 Palace Court was built in the 1880s to connect the Bayswater Road to Moscow Road (Bayswater)

Palace Court, W2

Palace Gardens Mews, W8 Palace Gardens Mews is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Palace Gardens Mews, W8

Palace Gardens Terrace, W8 Palace Gardens Terrace is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Palace Gardens Terrace, W8

Palace Green, W8 Palace Green is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Palace Green, W8

Peel Street, W8 Developed between 1823 and 1834, Peel Street featured many houses which housed multiple families. (Kensington)

Peel Street, W8

Pembridge Gardens, W2 Pembridge Gardens dates from the 1850s (Notting Hill Gate)

Pembridge Gardens, W2

Pembridge Road, W11 Pembridge Road is a street in London (Notting Hill Gate)

Pembridge Road, W11

Pembridge Road, W2 Pembridge Road is the former southern end of Portobello Lane. (Notting Hill)

Pembridge Road, W2

Pitt Street, W8 Pitt Street is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Pitt Street, W8

Rabbit Roe, W8 Rabbit Roe is an old street running north from Kensington Mall (Notting Hill Gate)

Rabbit Roe, W8

Sheffield Terrace, W8 Sheffield Terrace runs between Campden Hill Road and Kensington Church Street and is on a slight slope. (Kensington)

Sheffield Terrace, W8

Sheldrake Place, W8 Sheldrake Place is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Sheldrake Place, W8

Silver Street, W8 Silver Street was the former name for the northernmost part of Kensington Church Street (Notting Hill Gate)

Silver Street, W8

St Mary Abbots Vicarage, W8 St Mary Abbots Vicarage is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

St Mary Abbots Vicarage, W8

St Olaves Court, W2 St Olaves Court is a block on St Petersburgh Place (Bayswater)

St Olaves Court, W2

St Petersburgh Place, W2 St Petersburgh Place is a street in Paddington (Bayswater)

St Petersburgh Place, W2

The Broad Walk, W2 The Broad Walk is a road in the W2 postcode area (Queensway)

The Broad Walk, W2

The Broadwalk, W2 The Broadwalk is a road in the W1H postcode area (Queensway)

The Broadwalk, W2

Thornwood Gardens, W8 Thornwood Gardens is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)

Thornwood Gardens, W8

Tor Court, W8 Tor Court is a block on Hornton Street (Kensington)

Tor Court, W8

Tor Gardens, W8 Tor Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Tor Gardens, W8

United House, W11 United House is a block on Pembridge Road (Notting Hill Gate)

United House, W11

Uxbridge Street, W8 Uxbridge Street is a street in Kensington (Notting Hill Gate)

Uxbridge Street, W8

Vicarage Court, W8 Vicarage Court is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Vicarage Court, W8

Vicarage Gardens, W8 Vicarage Gardens is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Vicarage Gardens, W8

Vicarage Gate House, W8 Vicarage Gate House is a block on Vicarage Gate (Kensington)

Vicarage Gate House, W8

Vicarage Gate, W8 Vicarage Gate is a street in Kensington (Kensington)

Vicarage Gate, W8

Victoria Gardens, W11 Victoria Gardens is a street in Notting Hill (Notting Hill Gate)

Victoria Gardens, W11

Victoria Mews, W11 Victoria Mews is a location in London (Notting Hill Gate)

Victoria Mews, W11

Wycombe Square, W8 Wycombe Square is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)

Wycombe Square, W8

York House Place, W8 York House Place existed between 1839 and 1904 (Kensington)

York House Place, W8

York Passage, W8 York Passage is a road in the W8 postcode area (Kensington)

York Passage, W8

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