Elgin Crescent

On September 18, 1970, American musician Jimi Hendrix died in London at the age of 27. One of the 1960s' most influential guitarists, he was described by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music."For some days prior to his death, Hendrix had been in poor health, in part from fatigue caused by overwork, a chronic lack of sleep, and an assumed influenza-related illness. Insecurities about his personal relationships, as well as disillusionment with the music industry, had also contributed to his frustration. Although the details of his final hours and death are disputed, Hendrix spent much of his last day alive with Monika Dannemann. In the morning hours of September 18, Dannemann found Hendrix unresponsive in her apartment at the Samarkand Hotel, 22 Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill. She called for an ambulance at 11:18 a.m., and Hendrix was taken to St Mary Abbots Hospital, where an attempt was made to resuscitate him. He was pronounced dead at 12:45 p.m. The post-mortem examination concluded that Hendrix aspirated his own vomit and died of asphyxia while intoxicated with barbiturates. At the inquest, the coroner, finding no evidence of suicide, and lacking sufficient evidence of the circumstances, recorded an open verdict. Dannemann stated that Hendrix had taken nine of her prescribed Vesparax sleeping tablets, 18 times the recommended dosage. On October 1, 1970, Hendrix was interred at Greenwood Cemetery in Renton, Washington. In 1992, his former girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham, asked British authorities to reopen the investigation into Hendrix's death. A subsequent inquiry by Scotland Yard proved inconclusive, and, in 1993, they decided against proceeding with an investigation.

Blenheim Crescent is a street in the Ladbroke Estate area of the Notting Hill district of west London. It runs roughly west from a t-junction with Clarendon Road to east where it becomes Talbot Road at its junction with Portobello Road. There is also a junction with Kensington Park Road. The bookshop in the film Notting Hill is based on the real Travel Bookshop at 13 Blenheim Crescent, although this closed in 2011, and is now the Notting Hill Bookshop.In 1931, 10-year-old Vera Page left her home at 22 Blenheim Crescent and visited her aunt Minnie at no. 70, but never returned home. She was discovered murdered two days later, but the case was never solved. The stained-glass designer Edward Liddall Armitage worked at 43-45 Blenheim Crescent from 1930. In the late 1950s, 9 Blenheim Crescent was Totobag's Caribbean café, acting as a community centre and gambling den for London's black population. Visitors included Sarah Churchill, Colin MacInnes and Georgie Fame. In September 1958, there was fighting between white and black youth nearby and outside, leading to a police car ramming the door to effect entry. Later that month, the police raided an outbuilding where illegal gambling was taking place.In the late 1960s, the section between Portobello Road and Kensington Park Road was home to many businesse associated with London's hippy scene. No. 2 was the Dog Shop and later the Plastic Passion/Minus Zero record shop. No. 12 was Mike's Cafe, and guests included Tom Jones, Mick Jagger, Marsha Hunt, Marc Bolan, and the Clash.The editorial office of the literary magazine Bananas were at 2 Blenheim Crescent. It ran from 1975 to 1981, and until 1979, was edited by Emma Tennant.

The Elgin is a Grade II listed public house at 96 Ladbroke Grove, London.It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.It was built in the mid-19th century, and the architect is not known.The Elgin was a mod venue in the 1960s and a punk rock one in the 1970s. In May 1975 The 101ers were offered a weekly residency there which led to a nine-month stay.Notable regular patrons have included the serial killer John Christie and Joe Strummer of The Clash.

Arundel Gardens is a street and a communal garden square in Notting Hill, London, one of seven streets between Ladbroke Grove and Kensington Park Road of which five share in a communal garden between them. It was built in the 1860s, towards the later stages of the development of the Ladbroke Estate, until that decade part of the rural hinterland of London. Notable past residents of the street include psychologist Charles Samuel Myers, who coined the term shell shock, and the Nobel Prize-winning chemist Sir William Ramsay, discoverer of the noble gases.

The Ladbroke Estate was a substantial estate of land owned by the Ladbroke family in Notting Hill, London, England, in the early 19th century that was gradually developed and turned into housing during the middle years of the century, as London expanded. Characterized by terraces of stuccoed brick houses backing onto large private garden squares, much of the original building remains intact today, and now forms the heart of one of London's most expensive and fashionable neighbourhoods.

Notting Dale is a mainly residential enclave in the West London district of Notting Hill. It has variously been associated with Irish, Catholic and Gypsy populations. It forms an electoral ward of the local authority, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.The site was formerly agricultural land belonging to two farms, Notting Barns and Portobello, together covering 400 acres (160 hectares). The area then went through several industrial stages, such as pottery, before becoming overrun with pig farming and other "noxious" trades, all of whom were required to move out from their former inner city locations. This gave rise to area's nickname of "The Pigs and the Potteries". The area became known for appalling living conditions; in the mid-19th century, it fell into disuse and disrepair. By the late 19th century Notting Dale began to be developed for residential purposes, and also became known for its Irish Gypsy community. It is now home to a mix of public and private housing.

Lansdowne Crescent is a crescent in Notting Hill, Holland Park, London W11, England. It lies west off Ladbroke Grove (designated the B450). Lansdowne Crescent was developed in the early 1860's by the Wyatt family. It is named after Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, a former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary and Lord President of the Council.

The Electric Cinema is a cinema in Notting Hill, London. One of the oldest working film theatres in Britain, it became Britain's first black-owned cinema in 1993, and remained black-owned until it was sold in 2000.As of 2022, after a couple of changes of hands, the cinema is also known as the Electric Portobello, with a second screen at the old Television Centre at White City called the Electric White City.

Clarendon Road is a street in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in the Notting Hill district of West London. It runs roughly south to north from Holland Park Avenue. It is named after George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon, who was Lord Privy Seal when the road was built. The suffragists Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter Christabel Pankhurst lived at no. 50, where in 2006 an English Heritage blue plaque was erected. A later resident, Mark Arnold-Forster, journalist and author, lived there until his death in 1981. The author Arthur Machen (1863–1947) lived at no. 23, and in the 1880s wrote of his life here in his memoirs Far Off Things (1922) and Things Near and Far (1923). The Embassy of Tajikistan in London is at no. 110.In December 2022, Clarendon Road was reckoned to be the fifth most expensive street in England.

The Museum of Brands in London examines the history of consumer culture from Victorian times to the present day. The museum was set up as a registered charity in 2002, and is now located at 111-117 Lancaster Rd, Notting Hill, London W11 1QT.

The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual Caribbean festival event that has taken place in London since 1966 on the streets of the Notting Hill area of Kensington, each August over two days (the August bank holiday Monday and the preceding Sunday).It is led by members of the British Afro-Caribbean community, and attracts around two and a half million people annually, making it one of the world's largest street festivals, and a significant event in Black British culture. In 2006, the UK public voted it onto a list of icons of England.

Ladbroke Grove is a London Underground station on the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines, between Latimer Road and Westbourne Park stations, and in Travelcard Zone 2 set in The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.