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The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, an Inner London borough, has responsibility for some of the parks and open spaces within its boundaries. Most of them are relatively small: many are the typical London square, built to service the houses around that square. Two of the larger open spaces are both of the "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries: at Brompton and Kensal Green. Some of the other open spaces in the Borough are: Arms of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is a London borough in the west side of central London, created in 1965 from the former boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea. ... The administrative area of Greater London contains 32 London Boroughs, of which 12 (plus the City of London) make up Inner London and 20 Outer London. ... The Magnificent Seven are seven cemeteries used by the citizens of nineteenth century London. ... Brompton Cemetery is a cemetery located in Earls Court, a part of the Borough of Kensington & Chelsea in west London, England. ... Kensal Green Cemetery, located in Kensal Green, London, England, was incorporated in 1832, and is the oldest of the Magnificent Seven cemeteries still in operation. ...
The canal at Braunston The Grand Union Canal is a canal in England and part of the British canal system. ... Holland Park is a district and a public park in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in west central London in England. ... (Ecology is sometimes used incorrectly as a synonym for the natural environment. ... Figure Court of Royal Hospital Chelsea The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a retirement home and nursing home for British soldiers who are unfit for further duty due to injury or old age, located in the Chelsea region of central London. ... The Chelsea Flower Show is a garden show held each year for four days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society, Chelsea, London, England. ... The Chelsea Physic Garden (physic in the former sense of the science of healing), established by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London, is one of the oldest botanical gardens in Europe (second oldest in Britain), and its rock garden is the oldest English garden devoted to alpine plants. ...
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (often abbreviated RBKC) is a London borough in the west side of central London, created in 1965 from the former boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea.
Kensington's Royal Borough status was inherited by the new borough.
Kensington & Chelsea's affluence is demonstrated by the fact that it has the largest number of high-earners (over £60,000) of any administrative region in the country — 16.6% [2].
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