Charles Dickens comments about Nottingdale :
"In a neighbourhood of one of the most beautiful parts of the metropolis...studded thickly with elegant villas and mansions lies a plague spot scarcely equalled for its insalubrity by any other in London."
Your Guide brings personal experience of the district. He attended school in Nottingdale during the Notting Hill Race riots. He is also a guide at museums in Kensington.
The Notting Hill Walk includes:
- Lansdowne Rd artists' studios
- the Piggeries and Potteries 'plague spot'
- the Notting Hill work house
- The first UK Victorian Workmen’s Hall
- Notting Hill's race course built to rival Epsom
- The Ladbroke Estate and its multi-millionaires' mansions
- suffragette leader Emily Pankhurst's house
- 1960s Rachmanism-intimidation and evictions
- The Notting Hill Race Riots
Comments by Walk Participants
"You were so knowledgeable which made it so interesting." PE
"I was very impressed with your preparation and knowledge. I thought it was an excellent walk"VB
"I really enjoyed your walking tour the other day, because I am quite interested in history and culture in this country." MK (Japan)
"I was very pleased with the walk. You set just the right tone and you were incredibly knowledgeable. ..your descriptions of how people lived brought me back in time." SC
