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The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (often abbreviated to RBKC) is a London borough in the west side of central London.
The borough is immediately to the west of the City of Westminster, which is at the heart of modern London, and itself contains a substantial number of city centre facilities such as major museums and universities (in "Albertopolis"), department stores like Harrods, and embassies. It also contains many of the most exclusive residential districts in London.
HistoryIt was created in 1965 from the former boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea. Kensington's Royal Borough status was inherited by the new borough. The new borough was originally to be called just 'Kensington' - the inclusion of Chelsea was locally supported.[1] Districts in Kensington and ChelseaThe borough includes the areas of:
Demographics
Kensington & Chelsea's affluence is demonstrated by the fact that it has the largest number of high-earners (over £60,000) of any local government district in the country — 16.6% [2]. It has the highest number of workers in the financial sector and the lowest number working in the retail sector. In December 2006, Sport England published a survey which revealed that residents of Kensington and Chelsea were the 4th most active in England in sports and other fitness activities. 27.9% of the population participate at least 3 times a week for 30 minutes.[3] PoliticsImage:London Train Station.jpg A Tube train departing from Earl's Court station in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London. Originally two separate metropolitan boroughs with their own town halls and administrations, it has today a single united local government authority, the Kensington & Chelsea London Borough Council, based in Kensington. One of its more notable (and controversial) Leaders was Nicholas Freeman, who was Leader from 1977 until 1989. The borough is divided between two constituencies represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom:
It is intended that the constituency be divided so that Kensington (retaining Sir Malcolm Rifkind) becomes independent of Chelsea while Chelsea joins Fulham. The Royal Borough has a number of notable Christian churches, including:
EducationWithin the council, the education department finances state-operated schools in the borough.[4] Some of them are: -St Thomas school. -Ashburnham Community School -Bousfield Primary School -Christ Church CofE Primary School -Colville Primary School -Fox Primary School -Holy Trinity CofE Primary School -Marlborough Primary School -Middle Row Primary School -Oratory RC Primary School -Our Lady of Victories RC Primary School -Oxford Gardens Primary School -Park Walk Primary School -Servite RC Primary School -St Barnabas and St Philip's CofE Primary School -St Charles RC Primary School -St Clements and St James CofE Primary School -St Cuthbert with St Matthias CofE Primary School -St Francis of Assisi RC Primary School -St Joseph RC Primary School -St Mary Abbots CofE Primary School -St Mary's RC Primary School -St Thomas CofE Primary School -Thomas Jones Primary School -Kensington and Chelsea Pupil Referral Unit -Ashbourne Independent Sixth Form College -Holland Park School -Sion-Manning RC School for Girls -St Thomas More RC Language College -The Cardinal Vaughan Memorial RC School -Chelsea Children's Hospital School -Chelsea Open Air Nursery School. References
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