Guidebook for London
Food Scene
Parlour Kensal
5 Regent StFamily friendly pub with the best menu around
The Masons Arms
665 Harrow RdBig, lively, local pub.
Rullo’s
43 Chamberlayne RdSplendid Italian Food at the top of the road.
Sacro Cuore Pizza
45 Chamberlayne RdSpecial pizza that also delivers.
Minkies Deli
1-3 Station TerraceGreat breakfast!
Good healthy quick food, takeaway and bring your own bottle restaurant.
19 locals recommend
shishlique
55 Chamberlayne RdGood healthy quick food, takeaway and bring your own bottle restaurant.
Sightseeing
Great mixture of history, culture, style - ramble around the market in second hand, antiques and new designs, eat from the varied cuisines and soak up the atmosphere.
417 locals recommend
Portobello Road
Portobello RoadGreat mixture of history, culture, style - ramble around the market in second hand, antiques and new designs, eat from the varied cuisines and soak up the atmosphere.
Westbourne Park Road
Westbourne Park RoadGreat area for wandering around the shops and bars.
Lovely neighbourhood, great area with Grand Union Canal as its central focus. You can get a canal boat to or from Camden and see a private view of London suburbs.
395 locals recommend
Little Venice
6 Warwick AveLovely neighbourhood, great area with Grand Union Canal as its central focus. You can get a canal boat to or from Camden and see a private view of London suburbs.
From Kensal Rise you can get the overground 20 minutes to Richmond with its high street and shops and secret side lanes and alley ways, discover the old town and Richmond Green, step back in time as you walk along the River towards Richmond Park, past pubs and lovely houses, walk through a field complete with cows and head to Petersham Nurseries - a wonderfully hidden gem of a place, where you can dine in the romantic undergrowth of the glasshouse or have coffee and cake by the old stables.
147 locals recommend
Richmond
53/54 George StFrom Kensal Rise you can get the overground 20 minutes to Richmond with its high street and shops and secret side lanes and alley ways, discover the old town and Richmond Green, step back in time as you walk along the River towards Richmond Park, past pubs and lovely houses, walk through a field complete with cows and head to Petersham Nurseries - a wonderfully hidden gem of a place, where you can dine in the romantic undergrowth of the glasshouse or have coffee and cake by the old stables.
Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament are stunning up close, you can get out at Westminster and see the sights, head along the river to Westminster Pier and jump on a boat (use an Oyster Card if you have one) that takes you down the River all the way to Greenwich.
1337 locals recommend
Big Ben
Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament are stunning up close, you can get out at Westminster and see the sights, head along the river to Westminster Pier and jump on a boat (use an Oyster Card if you have one) that takes you down the River all the way to Greenwich.
Arts & Culture
Gate Cinema, The Coronet Cinema - two of the best in London for comfort and nostalgia. Jamie Olivier's shop where you can try out his recipes, lots of shops.
151 locals recommend
Notting Hill Gate
Notting Hill GateGate Cinema, The Coronet Cinema - two of the best in London for comfort and nostalgia. Jamie Olivier's shop where you can try out his recipes, lots of shops.
A treasure of a place, in an amongst the streets of Soho, free entry before 12pm and only £3 thereafter. Always something worthwhile to see here.
46 locals recommend
Photographers' Gallery
16-18 Ramillies StA treasure of a place, in an amongst the streets of Soho, free entry before 12pm and only £3 thereafter. Always something worthwhile to see here.
As well as the amazing art you can go to the bar at the top and sip a drink looking across at St Pauls!
2008 locals recommend
Tate Modern
BanksideAs well as the amazing art you can go to the bar at the top and sip a drink looking across at St Pauls!
The iconic museum in South Kensington is easy to get to, a 52 bus will take you all the way to The Royal Albert Hall where you can walk down the pedestrianised road to either the Natural History, the Victoria and Albert or the Science Museum - or all three!
1954 locals recommend
Natural History Museum
Cromwell RoadThe iconic museum in South Kensington is easy to get to, a 52 bus will take you all the way to The Royal Albert Hall where you can walk down the pedestrianised road to either the Natural History, the Victoria and Albert or the Science Museum - or all three!
Jump on the overground from Kensal Green to Euston and walk to the British Museum, amazing building with amazing artefacts!
1546 locals recommend
British Museum
Great Russell StreetJump on the overground from Kensal Green to Euston and walk to the British Museum, amazing building with amazing artefacts!
Shopping
Great market, great food, situated in a very old part of London, full of character and history
696 locals recommend
Old Spitalfields Market
16 Commercial StGreat market, great food, situated in a very old part of London, full of character and history
East End market with great designers and hidden gems. Wander around and find places to eat and drink along the way.
825 locals recommend
Brick Lane Sunday Market
Brick LaneEast End market with great designers and hidden gems. Wander around and find places to eat and drink along the way.
Take a canal trip, wander round the market - special and individual part of London.
1028 locals recommend
Camden Market
54-56 Camden Lock PlTake a canal trip, wander round the market - special and individual part of London.
A bus ride away, Knightsbridge and Harrods and well worth the visit, truly iconic!
1522 locals recommend
Harrods
87-135 Brompton RdA bus ride away, Knightsbridge and Harrods and well worth the visit, truly iconic!
15 minute walk, 5 minute bus ride to the area of Portobello, Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill. Great market with everything from antiques to cheap goods.
51 locals recommend
Portabello Market
15 minute walk, 5 minute bus ride to the area of Portobello, Ladbroke Grove and Notting Hill. Great market with everything from antiques to cheap goods.
Iconic Oxford Street, get the 6 bus from Kensal Rise and jump off after Edgware Road at Marble Arch. Sneak a peak at the comings and goings outside the Savoy Hotel, continue down Oxford Street, past Selfridges to Oxford Circus, Bond Street and Regents Street. Shopping, red buses people everywhere!
1427 locals recommend
Oxford Street
Oxford StreetIconic Oxford Street, get the 6 bus from Kensal Rise and jump off after Edgware Road at Marble Arch. Sneak a peak at the comings and goings outside the Savoy Hotel, continue down Oxford Street, past Selfridges to Oxford Circus, Bond Street and Regents Street. Shopping, red buses people everywhere!
Westfield London
1081 Ariel WayShopping Galore!
Everything Else
Queens Park Farmers' Market
Salusbury RoadDelicious!
The Khas Tandoori
59 Chamberlayne RdOur favourite Indian restaurant.
Lexi Cinema
194b Chamberlayne RdLocal cinema whose proceeds go to charity.
Paddington Station
Praed StreetTen minutes on the tube from Kensal Green
Drinks & Nightlife
The Shop NW10
75 Chamberlayne RdFor something different.
Glamorous Restaurant and bar with music at the weekends.
243 locals recommend
Paradise by way of Kensal Green
19 Kilburn LnGlamorous Restaurant and bar with music at the weekends.
Parks & Nature
Lovely wild open space with great views of London, local cafes and dog sight seeing.
1215 locals recommend
Hampstead Heath
Lovely wild open space with great views of London, local cafes and dog sight seeing.
A special park, with amazing plants, information, projects, kids area and treetop walk, nice cafes in and around the park, although we take a picnic and find a hidden spot, you need to pay to get in but it is worth the peace and relative calm. There are small palaces in the grounds which are open at different times of the year, but just wandering around them is quite magical.
637 locals recommend
Royal Botanic Gardens Car Park
A special park, with amazing plants, information, projects, kids area and treetop walk, nice cafes in and around the park, although we take a picnic and find a hidden spot, you need to pay to get in but it is worth the peace and relative calm. There are small palaces in the grounds which are open at different times of the year, but just wandering around them is quite magical.
Interactive Fountain that winds its way around and you paddle in it! Kids and adults adore it, great place to go to with a picnic on a sunny day.
65 locals recommend
Princess Diana Memorial Fountain
West Carriage DriveInteractive Fountain that winds its way around and you paddle in it! Kids and adults adore it, great place to go to with a picnic on a sunny day.
Large park that is a bus ride away and touches Hyde Park on one side, Kensington High Street on another and Queensway/Notting Hill Gate on the the other.
664 locals recommend
Kensington Gardens
Large park that is a bus ride away and touches Hyde Park on one side, Kensington High Street on another and Queensway/Notting Hill Gate on the the other.
Spacious green area to exhale in, with cafe, kids play area and mini farm, less than 10 minutes from the house.
117 locals recommend
Queen's Park Station
Spacious green area to exhale in, with cafe, kids play area and mini farm, less than 10 minutes from the house.