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Mayor Boris Johnson stated that a station would be added if it did not increase Crossrail's overall cost; in response, Kensington and Chelsea Council agreed to underwrite the projected £33 million cost of a crossrail station, which was received very well by the residents of the borough. TfL is conducting a feasibility study on the station and the project is backed by National Grid, retailers Sainsbury's and Cath Kidston, and Jenny Jones (Green Party member of the London Assembly).
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off Ladbroke Grove and Canal Way, as a turn-back facility will have to be built in the area anyway. Siting it at Kensal Green, rather than next to Paddington itself, would provide a new station to regenerate the area. Amongst the general public there is a huge amount of support for the project and
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was called Notting Hill from its opening in 1864 until 1880, and Notting Hill and Ladbroke Grove between then and 1919, when it was renamed Ladbroke Grove (North Kensington). It acquired its current name in 1938. The area was also once served by
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housing, but housing prices have now risen and the area on the whole is considered exclusive and upmarket, although expensive residences are interspersed with lower-income areas like the
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Kensal Green, Kensal Town, Ladbroke Grove, Latimer Road and the Queens Park Estate are all considered by locals to be part of the wider North Kensington area.
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on the Lancaster West Estate in North Kensington was destroyed by fire in the early hours of 14 June 2017. The fire killed 72 people and is the subject of a
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This article is about the neighbourhood in London. For the former parliamentary constituency, see
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Kensal Crossrail station would 'transform' the area, says deputy mayor
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Grenfell Tower: Inquiry opens with tribute to stillborn baby
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North Kensington is where most of the violence of the
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St. Quintin Park and Wormwood Scrubs railway station
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has been pushing for a station at North Kensington/
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Kensington North (UK Parliament constituency)
Ladbroke Grove
North Kensington, Maryland

Trellick Tower
North Kensington is located in Greater London
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Greater London
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England
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LONDON
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