Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
London borough, Royal borough
Left to right Top: Chelsea Bridge Upper: Albert Bridge and Royal Hospital Chelsea Lower: Natural History Museum and Kensington Palace Bottom: Victoria and Albert Museum
Coat of arms
Kensington and Chelsea shown within Greater London
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	London
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Created	1 April 1965
Admin HQ	Holland Street
Government
• Type	London borough council
• Body	Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council
• London Assembly	James Small-Edwards (Labour) AM for West Central
• MPs	Felicity Buchan (Conservative) Greg Hands (Conservative)
Area
• Total	4.68 sq mi (12.13 km2)
• Rank	325th (of 326)
Population  (2022)
• Total	156,700
• Rank	123rd (of 326)
• Density	33,000/sq mi (13,000/km2)
Time zone	UTC (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcodes	NW, SW, W
Area code	020
ISO 3166 code	GB-KEC
ONS code	00AW
GSS code	E09000020
Police	Metropolitan Police
Website	www.rbkc.gov.uk

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is a London borough, west of central London. Notting Hill is in North Kensington.

The borough includes several districts in the west of London; before 1965 the two boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea were separately administered.