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Landscape character Holland Park Secondary School the area is
relatively flat at around 2m AOD which
The Royal Borough of Kensington and
continues down to West Brompton and east
Chelsea (RBKC) is a heavily built central to Chelsea Bridge.
London borough. However, it has 32 parks in
addition to garden parks and community The Grand Union Canal runs along the north
gardens. RBKC also contains important following the land contour. The River Thames
national and local infrastructure for transport, forms the southern boundary. There are two
emergency services and education. ‘lost rivers’, the Westbourne River and Local SuDS requirements
Counters Creek. These rivers have been
The highest point in is situated at Holland
culverted and turned into sewers. Surface
Park Secondary School (40m AOD) which runoff is removed by the Thames Water
falls away to the west and south reasonably
combined sewer system, which is up to
steeply with a gentler gradient towards capacity and could surcharge during rainfall
Notting Hill to the north and Kensington
events potentially flooding basements. That
Gardens to the east. From North Kensington is why the provision of SuDS is very
heading south and skirting to the west of
important in RBKC.
Land use in RBKC
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