Kensington Church Street
Kensington Church Street is a shopping street in Kensington, London, England, designated the A4204, and traditionally known for it art and antiques shops. Buildings at the southern end date back to the early 1700s. It is named after Kensington's original church of St Mary Abbots. The south part was formerly called Church Lane, and the north part, Silver Street. Until 1864 there was a toll gate at Campden Street.
The street runs north to south from Notting Hill Gate to Kensington High Street. There are several Grade II listed Georgian and Victorian buildings.
Time Out calls it "eccentrically posh".
In August 1975 Roger Goad, an explosives officer with the Metropolitan Police, was killed attempting to defuse a bomb placed by the IRA's Balcombe Street gang.
Notable residents include the composer Muzio Clementi who lived at no 128 from 1820 to 1823, and is commemorated with a blue plaque.
