Tour Overview
Focus: Holland Park
Historical Context
- Stuart Times: Some aspects of a small village were here as early as the late seventeenth century, specifically Holland House (then known as Cope’s Castle) and St. Mary Abbots Church (in an older version), at the intersection of Kensington High Street and Kensington Church Street.
- Georgian Times: Holland House becomes a gathering place for Whig politicians and many of the intellectual elite of London.
- Victorian Times: A major artists’ colony forms at Little Holland House. Establishment of Leighton House and other artists’ lodgings around the same neighborhood. Beginning of Greek immigration to Holland Park area.
- Modern Times: Holland House destroyed through bombing during World War II. Holland Park is created in 1952.
Places to Visit in This Area When You Have More Time
The whole of Holland Park—there is more there than you can discover in a single, short visit: the Commonwealth Institute, Leighton House, Linley Sambourne House.
Stops
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Introduction
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#1 Start: Notting Hill Gate to Farmer Street
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#2 Hillgate Place
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#3 Aubrey Walk
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#4 Holland Park Mews
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#5 Abbotsbury Road to Abbotsbury Gate
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#6 Kyoto Garden to Walking Man Statue
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#7 Flower Gardens
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#8 Holland House Mural
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#9 Refreshment Stand
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#10 Kensington High Street
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#11 Kensington High Street to Kensington Church Street
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#12 The End: Return to the BYU Centre
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#13 Other Places to Visit Nearby When You Have Time
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