Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea information
Place in United Kingdom
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
London borough, Royal borough
Left to right
Top: Chelsea Bridge
Upper: Albert Bridge and Royal Hospital Chelsea
Lower: Natural History Museum and Kensington Palace
Bottom: Victoria and Albert Museum
Coat of arms
Council logo
Kensington and Chelsea shown within Greater London
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Constituent country
England
Region
London
Ceremonial county
Greater London
Created
1 April 1965
Admin HQ
Holland Street
Government
• Type
London borough council
• Body
Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
• Leadership
Leader and Cabinet (Conservative)
• Mayor
Cllr Preety Hudd
• London Assembly
Tony Devenish (Conservative) AM for West Central
• MPs
Felicity Buchan (Conservative)
Greg Hands (Conservative)
Area
• Total
4.68 sq mi (12.13 km2)
• Rank
295th (of 296)
Population
(2022)
• Total
146,154
• Rank
152nd (of 296)
• Density
31,000/sq mi (12,000/km2)
Time zone
UTC (GMT)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+1 (BST)
Postcodes
NW, SW, W
Area code
020
ISO 3166 code
GB-KEC
ONS code
00AW
GSS code
E09000020
Police
Metropolitan Police
Website
www.rbkc.gov.uk
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (often shortened RBKC) 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 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, 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'.[1]
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