The Hippodrome to Portobello: Notting Hill's Secret Circuit

The stops

1. 01
   Hippodrome Place

   Hippodrome Place preserves the name of the short-lived Hippodrome racecourse that operated on this site from 1837 to 1841.

2. 02
   Ladbroke Square Gardens

   Ladbroke Square Gardens is a large private communal garden enclosed within the elliptical street pattern of the Ladbroke Estate, and it occupies territory that formed the infield of the 1837–41 Hippodrome racecourse.

3. 03
   Notting Hill Gate Underground Station

   Notting Hill Gate station opened in 1868 on the Metropolitan Railway and was rebuilt in 1959–60 to serve the Central and Circle lines on a combined sub-surface concourse.

4. 04
   Pembridge Mews

   Pembridge Mews is a cobbled Victorian mews off Pembridge Road, originally built to house the horses and carriages of the affluent households on the surrounding streets.

5. 05
   Elgin Crescent

   Elgin Crescent is one of the finest examples of the mid-Victorian speculative development that characterised Notting Hill from the 1840s onwards.

6. 06
   Pinehurst Court

   Pinehurst Court is a portered Victorian mansion block at 1-9 Colville Gardens, just off Colville Terrace and near the Portobello Market in Notting Hill, London, England.

7. 07
   Portobello Market

   Portobello Market is the commercial heart of the walk. What began as a local street market became a famous destination for antiques, clothes, fruit and vegetables, second-hand goods, and urban theatre.

8. 08
   Former Home of Richard Curtis

   ,The iconic blue door in the film Notting Hill marks the entrance to the flat of Hugh Grant's character, William Thacker.

9. 09
   The Tabernacle, Powis Square

   The Tabernacle is a Grade II listed former Congregationalist church built in 1887 in Moorish Gothic style, with a distinctive terracotta facade featuring horseshoe arches and polychrome brickwork.

10. 10
    All Saints Road

    All Saints Road acquired a reputation in the 1970s and 1980s as the epicentre of London's street cannabis trade, dominated by dealers from the Caribbean community, and was known colloquially as 'the Front Line'.

11. 11
    Westbourne Park Underground Station

    Westbourne Park station opened in 1864 on the Hammersmith & City line, one of the earliest sections of the London Underground.

The narration at every stop is in the app — this is the map of where it takes you, with a line on each stop.