Portobello Road is a street in the Notting Hill

Notting Hill

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 district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

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 in west London

London

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, England

England

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. It runs almost the length of Notting Hill from south to north, roughly parallel with Ladbroke Grove. On Saturdays it is home to Portobello Road Market, one of London's notable street markets, known for its second-hand clothes and antiques

Antiques

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. Every August since 1996 the Portobello Film Festival

Portobello Film Festival

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 has been held in locations around Portobello Road.
Portobello Road was known prior to 1740 as Green's Lane - a winding country path leading from Kensington Gravel Pits, in what is now Notting Hill Gate, up to Kensal Green

Kensal Green

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 in the north.
In 1740, Portobello Farm was built in the area near what is now Golborne Road.