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The roots of the Notting Hill Carnival that took shape in the mid-1960s had two separate but connected strands. A "Caribbean Carnival" was held on 30 January 1959 [7] in St Pancras Town Hall as a response to the problematic state of race relations at the time; the UK's first widespread racial attacks, the Notting Hill race riots in which 108 people were charged, [8] had occurred the previous year.
Notting Hill Carnival 2023 spans the August bank holiday weekend from Saturday 26 to Monday 28 August and most of the celebrations are free for anyone to attend. Saturday 26 August
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan has appealed for witnesses to the fatal stabbing of a 21-year-old rapper at Notting Hill Carnival to come forward, and voiced support for the event despite the violence.
The park is the traditional starting point for the Notting Hill Carnival. [2] [3] The Pleasance contains a notable walled garden in the Arts and Crafts style, designed for Horniman by C.F.A. Voysey and Madeline Agar. [1] [3] [4] Voysey's walls and shelters are Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England. [5] [4]
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Notting Hill is a district of West London, England, [1] in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Notting Hill is known for being a cosmopolitan and multicultural neighbourhood, hosting the annual Notting Hill Carnival and the Portobello Road Market. [2] From around 1870, Notting Hill had an association with artists. [3]
Three people were stabbed during the first day of the Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s biggest street festival, with a 32-year-old woman suffering “life-threatening” injuries, London’s ...