The Kensington Society is an amenity society for all of Kensington, created in 1953. We have close to 700 members and some 40 affiliated societies. For more information, see the About page.
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Thomas Blomberg2025-06-24 02:59:072025-06-24 03:10:34Simon Jenkins at the AGM: “It’s our duty to be nimbys”
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Thomas Blomberg2025-05-21 16:54:172025-05-25 15:05:58The Kensington Society 2024-2025 annual is now available
New Newcombe House okayed by both the council and Sadiq Kahn
Just three days before the local elections, Sadiq Kahn's office accepted the KRBC approval of the new scheme for the Newcombe House site by Notting Hill Gate. This should mean that work will begin this summer, with the aim to be finished by early 2027. This is what it will look like from the top of Uxbridge Street.
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The Newcombe House plan now totally revised
At meetings in March, the new owner of the Newcombe House complex in Notting Hill Gate presented a totally revised plan, compared to the one shown in October. No more shopping mall on the ground floor, but a large GPO surgery over four floors and covered colonnades on two sides for rainy days.
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Don’t miss our 2025 AGM!
The Kensington Society AGM 2025
The Kensington Society's 71st Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 16 June 2025 in Kensington Town Hall's Great Hall. The guest speaker will be Sir Simon Jenkins, the journalist and writer who is a long time Kensington resident.
Date: Monday 16 June 2025
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Date: Monday 16 June 2025
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Page layout revised 27/05/2025