Ladbroke Grove is a road in West London, and is also the name given to the immediate area surrounding the road. Running from Notting Hill in the south to Kensal Green in the north, it is located in North Kensington and straddles the W10 and W11 postal districts. Ladbroke Grove tube station is located on the road, at the point where it is crossed by the Westway. It is also the nearest tube station to Portobello Road Market. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... Kensal Green is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Brent. ... North Kensington is an area of west London lying north of Notting Hill Gate and south of Harrow Road. ... The London postal districts are divisions of the London post town in England and are primarily used for the direction of mail. ... Ladbroke Grove is a London Underground station on the Hammersmith and City Line, between Latimer Road and Westbourne Park stations, and in Travelcard Zone 2. ... For other uses of Westway, see Westway Westway, or The Westway is the main route from central London to the northwestern suburbs and beyond. ... Portobello Road Market on a Saturday in June Portobello Road Market is a street market in Portobello Road, in the Notting Hill area of West London, in the United Kingdom. ...

Ladbroke Grove is the main road on the route of the annual Notting Hill Carnival in August. Approximately 1 million people attend the Notting Hill Carnival each year The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual event which takes place in Notting Hill, London, England each August, over two days (Sunday and the following bank holiday). ...

The psychedelic rock band Hawkwind formed here in 1969, and eventually they bonded and worked with fantasy author Michael Moorcock who then was a resident (and who also lamented the tendency of the band members to show up at odd hours in search of food, alcohol or drugs). The Deviants (formerly the Social Deviants) and Pink Fairies were musical groups out of the Ladbroke Grove UK Underground Community, from which a number of bands would emerge, influenced by anarchistic singer/writer Mick Farren. Punk group The Clash also formed locally in 1976. The Roughler emerged in the 1980s and 1990s to chronicle the antics of the more Bohemian residents, including the legendary Portobello Pantos. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Michael John Moorcock (born December 18, 1939, in London, England) is a prolific English writer primarily of science fiction and fantasy who has also published a number of literary novels. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Roughler Magazine chronicled life in Ladbroke Grove in the 80s and 90s before the last Bohemians were forced out. ... The Christmas Pantomime colour lithograph bookcover, 1890 Pantomime (informally, panto) refers to a theatrical genre, traditionally found in Great Britain, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Ireland, which is usually performed around the Christmas and New Year holiday season. ...

Ladbroke Grove is mentioned in the 1970s pop hit "One Man Band" by Leo Sayer, and was home to the UK Underground movement. In the Pulp song "I Spy" from the album Different Class they sing the line "your Ladbroke Grove looks turn me on." Leo Sayer (born Gerard Hugh Sayer, 21 May 1948, in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex) is a performing artist whose singing career has spanned four decades. ... The UK underground was a countercultural movement in the United Kingdom linked to the underground culture in the United States and associated with the hippy phenomenon. ... Pulp are a rock band, formed in Sheffield, England in 1978, by then 15-year-old school-boy Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar). ... Different Class is a 1995 album by Pulp. ...

In 1999, 31 people died in the Ladbroke Grove rail crash. Cover of the Cullen report The Ladbroke Grove rail crash (also known as the Paddington train crash) was an English rail accident on October 5, 1999 in which thirty-one people died. ...

The road is also mentioned in the song "Slim Slow Slider" by Van Morrison, from the Astral Weeks album. George Ivan Morrison OBE (generally known as Van Morrison) (born August 31, 1945) is a singer-songwriter from Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... Astral Weeks is the title of a folk-rock and R & B album by (Northern Irish) musician Van Morrison released in November 1968 on the Warner Brothers Records label. ...

Celebrities currently living on this road include the socialite James Hudson and David Beckham's former personal assistant Rebecca Loos. James Hudson may be: James Hudson, politician. ... David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born May 2, 1975) is an English footballer born in Leytonstone, London. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

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• The Sound of Ladbroke Grove and a long way from Glam!