The two Ks are the
most fashionable, and therefore most expensive districts of
London. Kensington, from Fulham Road, north, includes a lot of
good restaurants (see our food and drink section), as well as the
museum district (Natural History, Science, Victoria and Albert) -
both are best reached from South Kensington Tube. Kensington High
Street is a shopping area, but with little originality. There are
some spectacular houses on either side of the High Street, which
stretch north to Holland Park and south towards Fulham. Also here
is the Royal Albert Hall, the Albert memorial and Kensington
Palace.
Knightsbridge is famous for Harrods - which we only visit for the
Food Hall which is classier than anything else in the store by a
long stretch (see our shopping section). People with both taste
money to spend head for 'Harvey Nicks' next door. Apart from the
Brompton Oratory and the Orthodox Cathedral there's little else
here, though Walton Street, which joins the two Ks is a very
pleasant ramble.