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Food & Drink Kensington Pubs: The Best Pubs and Where to Drink Fourteen Kensington, Notting Hill and Chelsea pubs, four with nationally listed interiors, with hours, food, dogs and hygiene ratings. Checked October 2026. 26 October 2026 · 11 min read Parks Kensington Playgrounds and Parks for Children The Diana playground, Holland Park and Kensington Memorial Park lead 15 Kensington and Chelsea playgrounds, with ages, toilets, hours and closures for October. 26 October 2026 · 10 min read Walks Walks Near Kensington: Circular Routes, Parks and Riversides Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Holland Park and the Thames lead 9 walks near Kensington, with distances, gate times, dog rules and stations, checked Oct 2026. 26 October 2026 · 9 min read Kensington Kensington carol services: Mayor's on 9 Dec, £25, kids free The Mayor's charity carol service is at St Mary The Boltons on 9 December, 6.30pm, £25, under-13s free. Plus eight Cadogan Hall carol concerts from £24.50. 25 October 2026 · 4 min read Planning Chelsea padel courts refused despite officers' backing Councillors refused four covered padel courts on The Clearings, Draycott Avenue, after 84 objections and noise fears for Marlborough Primary School opposite. 25 October 2026 · 3 min read Food & Drink Sunday Roast in Kensington: Where to Book Roast beef from £26.50 to £42 at eight Kensington, Chelsea and Notting Hill pubs and dining rooms, with Sunday hours, booking and dogs. Checked October 2026. 25 October 2026 · 8 min read Chelsea Chelsea Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Chelsea Chelsea roadworks: Egerton Crescent (between No. 49 and No. 43), Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (now, until 3 Nov) and every other traffic order... 25 October 2026 Chelsea Chelsea Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook Chelsea weather today: light rain, 17°C by day and 10°C overnight, with a 98% chance of rain and winds up to 18 mph. Seven-day forecast, updated every morning. 25 October 2026 Food & Drink Kensington Restaurants: The Best Places to Eat Core, the Ledbury and Restaurant Gordon Ramsay hold three Michelin stars. 16 Kensington, Chelsea and Notting Hill restaurants with prices, checked October 2026. 24 October 2026 · 10 min read Council Kensington Council Plan to 2030: 4 priorities, £120m gap Kensington and Chelsea's plan to 2030 keeps twice-weekly bins, adds 50 CCTV cameras and a Lots Road park, with £120m less than it needs to spend. 23 October 2026 · 8 min read Housing World's End Estate: £20m works, new lifts not until 2028 World's End Estate's £20m repair plan puts new lifts on site in 2028 and roofs, kitchens and bathrooms from March 2028. Leaseholder bills are not yet known. 18 October 2026 · 4 min read Kensington Kensington Santa's grotto: Anya's from 7 Nov, Chelsea £15 Anya's Grotto on Pont Street opens on 7 November at £65 for an adult and child. Chelsea Theatre's runs 8 and 9 December, £15 a child or £5 for local residents. 18 October 2026 · 5 min read Food and drink MasterChef Star Launches Private Dinner Parties in Kensington and Chelsea Georgia Davies, a MasterChef: The Professionals 2026 finalist, cooks dinner parties, cooking classes and meal prep in your own kitchen, across Kensington, Chelsea and London. 8 October 2026 · 4 min read Chelsea Chelsea Pensioner Roy, 88, cycles 1,000 miles, raises £20k+ Roy, 88, finished pedalling the length of Britain on a static bike at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on 4 October, raising over £20,000 for two veterans' causes. 6 October 2026 · 5 min read Chelsea Royal Hospital Chelsea café needs volunteers: 4-hour shifts The Royal Hospital Chelsea wants café volunteers, any day 8.30am to 5pm. Chelsea Pensioner Marjorie, 82, says the café ended years of living alone. 5 October 2026 · 5 min read Kensington Kensington panto 2026: Chelsea's 3 Sundays, Lyric from £10 Chelsea Theatre's CindeRahRahella plays 11am and 2pm on 6, 13 and 20 December. The big one nearby is the Lyric's Cinderella, 14 Nov to 3 Jan, £10 to £48. 4 October 2026 · 6 min read Kensington Kensington Remembrance Sunday 8 Nov: where and what time Remembrance Sunday is 8 November. The council marks it at the Kensington and Sloane Square war memorials from 10.55am; its 2026 notice is due in early November. 3 October 2026 · 4 min read Kensington Kensington Christmas markets: Chelsea village opens 25 Nov Chelsea Winter Village is free from 25 November, the Physic Garden fair runs 26 to 29 November, and Portobello Road has Sunday markets on 6, 13 and 20 December. 3 October 2026 · 6 min read House prices Kensington flats hit £971,688, lowest since June 2013 The average Kensington and Chelsea flat sold for £971,688 in July, the first month under £1m since 2013. June has been revised back above the line. 20 September 2026 · 5 min read Chelsea Scala choir at Cadogan Hall, 30 September: concert past Belgian girls' choir Scala & Kolacny Brothers bring their 30th anniversary tour to Cadogan Hall on 30 September, its only UK stop. Tickets £35.50 to £50.50. 15 September 2026 · 3 min read Chelsea Royal Hospital Chelsea exhibition: 80m knitted war scenes An 80-metre knitted Second World War exhibition runs 2 to 12 November at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, plus a free artefacts day on 14 November and a £30 lecture. 10 September 2026 · 5 min read Food Kensington Food Hygiene: No Zero Ratings, 16 Below 3 Not one of the borough's 1,831 rated food businesses holds a zero. Sixteen sit at 1 or 2, and 87.9% score five, the best of five west London boroughs. 6 September 2026 · 6 min read Chelsea Chelsea Winter Village: Ranelagh Gardens Shut From 17 Nov Ranelagh Gardens closes to the public from 17 November until the site is handed back on 5 January. Trail tickets start at £18, the village itself is free. 6 September 2026 · 5 min read Chelsea Chelsea History Festival 2026: 1-4 Oct run has ended The 2026 Chelsea History Festival ran from 1 to 4 October: 124 sessions, 25 of them free, paid tickets £2 to £40. What was on and who ran it, in one place. 3 September 2026 · 5 min read Chelsea Chelsea Christmas lights: tree lit 12 Nov, World's End 27th Duke of York Square lights its 40ft tree on Thu 12 November, 5-7.30pm, and the Mayor switches on World's End's lights on 27 Nov. King's Road is undated. 3 September 2026 · 6 min read Kensington Kensington bonfire night: no display, Battersea 7-8 Nov Kensington and Chelsea runs no fireworks display. The nearest big one is Battersea Park on 7 and 8 November, gates from 4.30pm, adult tickets £10.60 to £18.10. 3 September 2026 · 6 min read Chelsea Chelsea Arts Festival: 2026's 16-20 Sept run has ended Cadogan's festival runs Wednesday 16 to Sunday 20 September across six venues. Here is every 2026 event with its time and price, and the free outdoor programme. 3 September 2026 · 7 min read House prices Kensington house prices June 2026: figures revised up We reported June's flat average as £991,929, under £1m. Land Registry has since revised June up to £1,003,947. The correction and the July figures are below. 23 August 2026 · 5 min read Council tax Kensington mansion tax: £2,500 to £7,500 a year from 2028 Homes worth £2m or more pay £2,500 to £7,500 a year from April 2028. Kensington's average terraced house is already above the line, at £2.37m. 20 August 2026 · 6 min read