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West Kensington is a west London district and part of Kensington, located 5.5 km (3.4 miles) west of Charing Cross. The W14 postcode zone is roughly identified as the region between Shepherd’s Bush to the north, Fulham to the south, Kensington to the east, and Hammersmith and Brook Green to the west. The district is recognized as the home of the Queen’s Club at Barons Court and the Olympia Exhibition Centre.
The Queen’s Club named after Queen Victoria is a private sports club established in 1886. It was the second multipurpose sports club in the world after the now-closed Prince’s Club. The Fever-Tree tennis championship tournament takes place annually at the Queen’s Club.
West Kensington W14 was established in 1876 by builders William Henry Gibbs and John P. Flew when they constructed more than 1,000 houses in the area. Most of the houses are Victorian terraced buildings. Many houses and entire streets are listed by the Historic England organization.
There are 3 London Underground tube stations in the area, namely Barons Court (Piccadilly and District lines), Kensington-Olympia (London Overground and District line) and West Kensington (District line). Other stations within close proximity to the area include Hammersmith station, Fulham Broadway, Goldhawk Road station, Gloucester Road station, and High Street Kensington station.
Places of interest near West Kensington include Holland Park, Hyde Park, Blythe House, Sotheby’s, Westfield London and North End Road Market. Notable people who were born or have reside in the area are composer Edward Elgar, painter Edward Burne-Jones, jazz singer Adelaide Hall, Formula 1 race car driver James Hunt, and Mahatma Gandhi.
Activist Mahatma Gandhi, poet William Butler Yeats, Formula 1 champion James Hunt, singer Adelaide Hall, architect James McLaren, author Henry Rider Haggard, painter Maude Goodman, and singer Freddie Mercury are some of the most famous people that lived in West Kensington W14.