- Golborne Road
Golborne Road is a street in the Kensington and Chelsea borough of
London . The road is east ofNorth Kensington and west ofWestbourne Green .The nearest Underground stations are Westbourne Park and Ladbroke Grove.
Golborne Road is situated just north of and parallel to The Westway; it also intersects
Portobello Road .This area of
Notting Hill 's northern corner has changed dramatically over its history. The area was part of the Great Forest of Middlesex; in 1543 the land was seized by Henry VIII and by the eighteenth century Golborne was farmland.Golborne Road was named after
Dean Golbourne , at one time vicar of St. John's Church inPaddington . Until the middle of the nineteenth century it was no more than a country footpath crossing the fields ofPortobello Farm , but in 1870 the road was widened, shops were built and the road was extended over the railway.The Golborne Road area is known as "Little
Morocco " due to the number of Moroccan restaurants and shops sellingMaghreb ian products located along the road. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/wine/2002/10/05/efmoro05.xml&site=10]The road also has renown in the Portuguese community for the two Portuguese Pâtisseries at one end (Oporto and Lisboa).
Golborne Road hosts a street market every day except Sunday, specialising in produce with hot food and
bric-a-brac at the weekend. TheRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea began a process of consultation on the future of the market and associated amenities in 2005; the consultants' initial report is available [http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/streetimprovements/golborneroad/ here]References
External links
* [http://www.golbornelife.co.uk/ Golborne Life] , the community website for the Golborne Road area
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