Lansdowne Crescent is a crescent

Crescent (architecture)

A crescent is an architectural structure where a number of houses, normally terraced houses, are laid out in an arc to form of a crescent shape. A famous historic crescent is the Royal Crescent in Bath, England.-See also:* Lansdown Crescent, Bath...

 in Notting Hill

Notting Hill

Notting Hill is an area in London, England, close to the north-western corner of Kensington Gardens, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea...

, Holland Park

Holland Park

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, London

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 W11, England

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. It lies west off Ladbroke Grove

Ladbroke Grove

Ladbroke Grove is a road in west London, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is also sometimes the name given informally to the immediate area surrounding the road. Running from Notting Hill in the south to Kensal Green in the north, it is located in North Kensington and straddles...

 (designated the B450).

St John's Notting Hill

St John's Notting Hill, a 19th century church that is the parish church of Notting Hill, is located here. The church hosts the annual Notting Hill Mayfest.

People

The leading rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

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 died at the Samarkand Hotel, 22 Lansdowne Crescent, early on September 18, 1970. He had spent the latter part of the previous evening at a party, was picked up by his girlfriend Monika Dannemann

Monika Dannemann

Monika Dannemann was a German figure skater and painter, mainly known as the last girlfriend of US rock guitarist/singer Jimi Hendrix and later the wife of german guitarist Uli Jon Roth.-Figure skating:...

, and driven to her flat at the Samarkand Hotel. According to the estimated time of death, from autopsy data and statements by friends about the evening of September 17, he died within a few hours after midnight, though no precise estimate was made at the original inquest.