As reported previously, this year's Notting Hill Carnival - just over three weeks away - will have earlier start and finish times than usual, to try and avoid the street trouble that marred the end of last year's event. The Carnival parade will now start at the rather eye-wateringly early time of 9am to…
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The Evening Standard last week had a article on the effects the recession is expected to have on numbers of tourist visitors to the city this year. The paper states that visits to the UK were down by 8% in the year ending May 2009, whilst actual visitor numbers dropped by half a million last…
Part of Visit London's "Only in London" campaign, which provides a list of 171 unique London experiences for visitors (the full list can be seen at the Only in London page), has a number that are based in Notting Hill! The area can be proud - although, in fairness, I do believe that tourists and…
Last Friday's edition of the Evening Standard featured on article on an planned much-needed upgrade for Notting Hill Gate. Whilst most of Notting Hill is a varied mix of pretty little streets, beautiful buildings, interesting areas and unusual shops, and is rather vibrant as a whole, Notting Hill Gate is one long, rather ugly drag…