Portobello Road is a street in the Notting Hill district of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London.
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11 Facts About Portobello Road
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Portobello Road was known prior to 1740 as Green's Lane – a winding country path leading from Kensington Gravel Pits, in what is Notting Hill Gate, up to Kensal Green in the north.
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In 1740, Portobello Farm was built in the area near what is Golborne Road.
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Portobello Road Farm was sold to an order of nuns after the railways came in 1864.
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The Friends of Portobello Road campaign seeks to preserve the street's unique dynamic, and campaigns against branded chain stores.
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Portobello Road is home to the Grade II* Electric Cinema, one of Britain's oldest cinemas.
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The film showed how Portobello Road is threatened by high-street stores changing the street's independent spirit.
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Alice's Antiques shop at the southern end of Portobello Road is famous as being the location of Gruber's Antiques in the Paddington Bear movies.
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B-side of British Singer-Songwriter Cat Stevens' 1966 single "I Love My Dog" is titled "Portobello Road" and discusses a walk through the famous street and market.
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Portobello Road is mentioned in the fourth episode of the British sitcom Bless Me Father.
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