The Kensington Society news blog

At the Kensington Society AGM on 16 June, Sir Simon Jenkins called for modern high-density low-rise town planning based on streets instead of large tower blocks, and urged everyone to be more nimby, in order to preserve London's most beautiful borough. Read his full speech!

The Kensington Society 2023-2024 annual has just been distributed to all members. As always, it is full of interesting articles about art, history and planning. Those who haven't received it, can download it or read it online here.

All the Kensington Society annual reports since 1953 can now be found on our archive page as pdf files. They contain lots of interesting reading and show that the society was very active from the very start, campaigning and informing about everything from the enormous redevelopment of Notting Hill Gate to the council's switch from gas street lights to electric ones.

After having been closed since January 2018, refurbishment has begun of the listed Kensington Roof Gardens, atop the former Derry & Toms department store on Kensington High Street. But access for the general public will be very limited, as its three gardens and buildings once again will become a private members’ club.