Notting Hill by dvideira
Notting Hill is a place full of charm and is currently one of London's most fashionable areas. It's quite hard to believe that it was described and considered as a non-go area only 40 years ago.Notting Hill became home to a large number of Afro-Caribbean immigrants, causing some racial tension in the past. Britain's first race riots occurred in August 1958. However, the next year the Notting Hill Carnival emerged as a unofficial reply to the riots; by 1965 it took to the streets and has grown ever since. Its presence in the last weekend of August sees around one million people joining the party, backing up the claim that it is the world's biggest street festival outside Rio.Aside from carnival weekend, Notting Hill is a rather quiet area for most of the year. The exception to this is Saturdays when Portobello Market is jam-packed with visitors hunting through the antiques market.
In the pic, you see the pub The Earl of Lonsdale ( brewerie Samuel Smith's )
Address: 277-281 Westbourne Grove, London, W11 2QA
