- West Kensington is an area of West London, England, 3.4 miles (5.5 km) west of Charing Cross.
- West Kensington, the London postal area of W14 is roughly defined as the area between Brook Green and Hammersmith Road to the west, Fulham to the south, Shepherd’s Bush to the north and Kensington to the east.
- It is best known as home to the Olympia Exhibition Centre and the Queen’s Club at Barons Court.
- West Kensington is primarily a residential area consisting mainly of Victorian terraced houses, many of which are subdivided into flats.
- There are excellent examples of Victorian architecture, with several houses and some entire streets listed – including the imposing mansion blocks of Fitzgeorge Avenue (off North End Road) and the mansion blocks around Avonmore Road including, Glyn Mansions (Built 1897), Avonmore Mansions and Avonmore Gardens (Built 1893) which is located next to the new Kensington Village development.
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