West Kensington Area Guide

By Tube

Barons Court is on the District and Piccadilly lines whilst West Kensington, Kensington Olympia and West Brompton are all on the District line.

By Train

Access to the London Overground network is also easy, with Shepherds Bush, Kensington Olympia and West Brompton all nearby, providing trains to Clapham Junction.

By Bus

The number 9, 10, 27, 28, 49, 391 and C1 are just some of the numerous buses linking the area to Paddington, Hammersmith, Chiswick, Notting Hill, Oxford Street, Aldwych, King's Cross and Trafalgar Square. The N9 bus also runs from Olympia to Heathrow via Isleworth and West Middlesex Hospital.

By Car

The close proximity of the A4 allows easy access both into and out of London, via the M4 as well as the M25 and other major motorways.

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• Brook Green
• Fulham Pools
• Kensington Olympia’s Exhibition Centre
• Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith
• Normand Park
• North End Road Market
• The Queens Club
• The River Thames
• Westfields, Shepherds Bush

State Primary Schools

• Avonmore
• Larmenier and Sacred Heart RC
• St Augustine’s RC

Independent Primary and Preparatory Schools

• Bute House
• Ecole Française de Londres Jacques Prévert
• Kensington Prep School
• Thomas’s School
• The Fulham Prep School

State Secondary Schools

• Cardinal Vaughan
• Chelsea Academy
• Holland Park Community School
• Sacred Heart High
• Sion-Manning Roman Catholic Secondary School
• The London Oratory School

Independent Secondary Schools

• Francis Holland School
• Godolphin & Latymer School
• Latymer Upper School
• St Paul’s Girls’ School
• St Paul's Boys School, Barnes

• Bibi
• The Bird in Hand
• The Havelock
• The Hoop & Toy
• Piano Bar
• Fishmonger’s Kitchen
• Holloways of Ludlow
• Honeybunch/li>
• The Curtains Up

• Charing Cross Hospital
• Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
• Royal Brompton Hospital
• Royal Marsden Hospital