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 Official logo of Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council logo
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  (mid-2016 est.)
• 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.