Kensington Chauffeur Hire

Kensington lies west of the park that carries its name, arranged around Kensington High Street with Holland Park to the north-west and the palace and gardens to the east. Kensington Church Street climbs towards Notting Hill Gate lined with antique dealers. Behind the main roads, Phillimore Gardens, Campden Hill and the streets off Holland Park Avenue are as quiet as anywhere in inner London. Passengers are a mix of long-standing residents, diplomatic staff, and families staying near the museums for a week.

Kensington High Street moves quickly and stopping is restricted along most of it, so the set-down points that work are the side streets — Argyll Road, Phillimore Gardens, Hornton Street — and the hotel entrances with their own forecourt. Kensington Church Street runs one way for a long stretch, which means a wrong turn costs several minutes rather than seconds. Kensington Palace Gardens is a private road with security at both ends and access by arrangement only. The district lies outside the congestion charge zone.

People travel in Kensington for the antique and art dealers on Church Street, the shops along the high street, and Holland Park itself, which is the reason a good many local journeys exist at all. The concert halls and museums at the Albert Hall end of the borough are a five-minute drive. There is also a steady rhythm of school runs, embassy appointments and dinners over in Notting Hill, all of which suit an hourly arrangement rather than a series of one-way transfers.

Heathrow is one of the shorter runs from anywhere central: typically 35 to 60 minutes via the Cromwell Road and the M4. Gatwick is usually 65 to 100 minutes. London City sits at the far end of the city and takes 50 to 75 minutes at most times of day. For Windsor, Ascot or the Thames Valley the M4 is close enough that a Kensington start is a genuine advantage on a race day morning.