Golborne Road

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Golborne Road is a street in the Kensington and Chelsea borough of London. The road is east of North Kensington and west of Westbourne 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 in Paddington. Until the middle of the nineteenth century it was no more than a country footpath crossing the fields of Portobello 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 selling Maghrebian products located along the road. ^[1]

Golborne Road hosts a street market every day except Sunday, specialising in produce with hot food and bric-a-brac at the weekend. The Royal 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 here