VicLondon-Notting Hill

Notting Hill, the West End

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District Traits

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Attached to this latter area of Kensington is Notting Hill, a new development that took off in the middle to late part of the century. The neighbourhood is stuck between Kensal Green (technically also part of the Royal Borough) and Bayswater, and in this listing includes the smaller sub-communities of Kensal New Town and Westbourne Green.

Only a few decades ago, this was an underdeveloped region that was home to working class and poorer middle class that laboured in the nearby markets, breweries, and farms. Now, the character has changed, and is solidly middle-class and artistic. Houses that once went for under £100 are now selling for two to four times that. The street markets still abound, and there are plenty of working class still living in Notting Hill. Mostly, they live in Kensal New Town and Westbourne Green, where the racket from the Great Western Railway keeps the cost of housing down.

Awakened Locales

• Camden House: Sanctum (Acknowledged) • Cyfamod. A pleasant and comfortable home, Cyfamod's sanctum is usually the first point of call for visiting mages from the Consilium Draco Niveus in Wales.