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 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	295th (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	146,154
• Rank	152nd (of 296)
• Density	31,000/sq mi (12,000/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 (often known by its acronym as RBKC) is an Inner London borough with royal status. It is the smallest borough in London and the second smallest district in England; it is one of the most densely populated administrative regions in the United Kingdom. It includes affluent areas such as Notting Hill, Kensington, South Kensington, Chelsea, and Knightsbridge.

The borough is immediately west of the City of Westminster and east of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It contains major museums and universities in Albertopolis, department stores such as Harrods, Peter Jones and Harvey Nichols, and embassies in Belgravia, Knightsbridge and Kensington Gardens. The borough is home to the Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's largest, and contains many of the most expensive residential properties in the world, as well as Kensington Palace, a British royal residence.

The local authority is Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council. Its motto, adapted from the opening words of Psalm 133, is Quam bonum in unum habitare, which translates roughly as 'How good it is to dwell in unity'.^[1]