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Meet new people in Kensington and Chelsea
Kensington and Chelsea packs a lot into a small borough: three of London's biggest museums, the King's Road, Portobello Road and some of the city's prettiest parks. It's also home to lots of students, people new to London and people here for work.
PingMee helps you meet them. Post a status saying what you're up for (a museum on a Sunday, a walk in Holland Park, the market on Portobello Road), see who's around right now, and send them a ping. If they ping back, a private chat opens for the two of you. It's for new friends, relationships and networking, and it's free.
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How PingMee works in Kensington and Chelsea
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Post a status
Say what you're up for: "Walk round Holland Park this afternoon?"
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See who's nearby
People around you, within the distance you choose.
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Send a ping
If they ping back, a private chat opens for the two of you.
Neighbourhoods in Kensington and Chelsea
Kensington
A busy high street with a design museum at one end and quiet garden squares just behind it.
Kensington High Street · Design Museum · Kensington Square
South Kensington
The museum quarter, full of students from the colleges nearby, and all three big museums are free to walk into.
Natural History Museum · Victoria and Albert Museum · Science Museum · Exhibition Road
Chelsea
The King's Road, a gallery square and gardens down to the river: good for a long afternoon walk.
King's Road · Saatchi Gallery · Duke of York Square · Chelsea Physic Garden
Notting Hill
Coloured houses, one of the world's best-known street markets and an old cinema on Portobello Road. Home of Notting Hill Carnival every August.
Portobello Road Market · Electric Cinema · Notting Hill Gate
Holland Park
A park with woods, a Japanese garden and peacocks, with an artist's house turned museum on its edge.
Holland Park · Kyoto Garden · Leighton House
Earl's Court
Lots of flat shares and people new to London, with one of the city's most peaceful cemeteries for a walk.
Brompton Cemetery · Earl's Court Road · Nevern Square
North Kensington and Ladbroke Grove
The borough's most local corner: a market street, a big sports centre under the Westway and a strong community feel.
Golborne Road · Westway Sports Centre · Portobello Road (north end)
Good places to meet people in Kensington and Chelsea
Holland Park
The South Kensington museums
Portobello Road Market
King's Road and Duke of York Square
Brompton Cemetery
Chelsea Embankment
Regular things on
Portobello Road Market
Museum late openings
Climbing and sport at the Westway
Your privacy, by design
- Nobody sees your exact location: only an approximate distance.
- Nothing private opens up until you both accept each other.
- You choose whether you appear to people nearby, and you can block or report anyone.
More in our privacy policy.
Questions about meeting people in Kensington and Chelsea
Where can I meet new people in Kensington and Chelsea?
Holland Park, the South Kensington museums, Portobello Road and the King's Road all work well: public, busy and free. On PingMee you can post a status like 'Natural History Museum on Sunday?' and see who nearby is up for it.
Which parts of the borough does PingMee cover?
All of it: Kensington, South Kensington, Chelsea, Notting Hill, Holland Park, Earl's Court, North Kensington and Ladbroke Grove. PingMee shows people within the distance you choose, so you can stay hyper-local or widen it.
Can people on PingMee see exactly where I am?
No. Nobody sees your exact location. PingMee only ever shows an approximate distance, and nothing private opens up until you both accept each other.
Is PingMee a dating app?
No. PingMee is for meeting people nearby, whatever you're looking for: new friends, a relationship or networking. You choose what you're open to.
Is PingMee free?
Yes. PingMee is free on iPhone and Android, with no subscription.
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