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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Samuel Mathewson

DARK SECRETS: The kensington london hotel review | Rare Historical Photos

Crackling fires, boutique bedrooms and fine-polished service in this Kensington town house hotel make a quintessentially British stay that ticked all our city break boxes

Location

This hotel is a short walk from South Kensington tube station on the leafy Queen’s Gate. The Kensington, housed in a row of townhouses built in the 1770s, is also within strolling distance of Chelsea for some shopping or neighbourhood pub-hopping and Hyde Park for early autumn rambles.

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