Kensington

district within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in central London
Place area_of_london Q288781
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Kensington

Summary

Kensington is an area of London[1]. Kensington ranks in the top 2% of area_of_london entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,053 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kensington is located in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea[3].
  • Kensington is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Kensington's instance of is recorded as area of London[5].
  • Kensington's shares border with is recorded as Notting Hill[6].
  • Kensington's postal code is recorded as SW7[7].
  • Kensington's postal code is recorded as SW5[8].
  • Kensington's Commons category is recorded as Kensington[9].
  • Kensington's OS grid reference is recorded as TQ255795[10].
  • Kensington's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.5004, 'lon': -0.1909}[11].
  • Kensington's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kensington[12].
  • Kensington has a population of {'amount': '+64681'}[13].
  • Kensington's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14].
  • Kensington's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • Kensington's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[16].
  • Kensington's capital of is recorded as Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea[17].
  • Kensington's capital of is recorded as Metropolitan Borough of Kensington[18].
  • Kensington's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Kensington[19].
  • Kensington's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths in Kensington[20].
  • Kensington's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Kensington'}[21].
  • Kensington's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Kensington[22].
  • Kensington's historic county is recorded as Middlesex[23].

Body

Geography

Kensington is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Kensington is located in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea[3].

Physical Characteristics

Kensington has a population of {'amount': '+64681'}[13].

Designation and Status

Kensington's instance of is recorded as area of London[5].

Why It Matters

Kensington ranks in the top 2% of area_of_london entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,053 views/month).[2] Kensington has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] Kensington is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Mario988 · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image license type → —
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    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo',
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    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P18]]: Kensington from the air in 1909.jpg"
  2. 4w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Historical gazetteer (gov) id → KENTONIO91VM
    Historic county → Middlesex
    Openstreetmap way id → 1069664429
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P10689]]: 1069664429, Adding OSM way id claim from wikidata tag on way/1069664429 in United States"
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