Where: Centred around the Cromwell Road, SW7

What: Heading west out of central London, past Mayfair and Knightsbridge, you'll find one of central london's larger neighborhoods - Kensington. This large borough includes the very chic and moneyed Kensington High Street and the antique shops on Kensington Church Road to the north, the Museum strewn Cromwell Road to the south, lovely Holland Park to the west, and Knightsbridge and Mayfair to the east.

A stroller's paradise, kensington has some of londons best churches, historic buildings, landmarks, shopping, museums, a palace and parks. For the shoppers, kensington high street has the diversity of oxford street, but without the crowds, kensington church road is lined with antique shops, and sloane street (although probably in knightsbridge) is known as "designer row".

Kensington and neighbouring Chelsea and Knightsbridge are two of London's most expensive addresses, and yet Kensington is also home to some great budget accomodation. On the tube line into London from Heathrow, South Kensington and neighbouring Earls Court are the home to london's main hostel and budget hotel areas.

Both the High Street and South Kensington have a number of budget hotels, but Earl Court has streets and streets of them. Formerly the bolt hole of backpackers, others have cottoned on to its combination of cheap accommodation, cheap places to eat and good transport links to central London and a number of hotels have been upgraded to good 3 and 4 star facilities.

Nearest underground station: Depending on where you want to be, Kensington has has 5 underground stations - Kensington Olympia, West Kensington, Kensington High Street, Gloucester Road or South Kensington (even Earls Court is on the boarders).

Attractions and things to do in london's kensington: Kensington Gardens, Kensington Palace, the natural history museum, science museum, and V&A, the albert memorial, royal albert hall, earls court and olympia and some of london's best shopping, to name but a few of the things to do in kensington.