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North Kensington can be classified as a low-class residential area as defined by the Hoyt Sector Model of urban land use to the extent that the housing extends in a linear fashion along transport route ways formally of industrial significance. These main routes are, in historical order, the Harrow Park, the Grand Union Canal, the Great Western Railway, all pre-1900. In the early 20th century, the Metropolitan Railway was added and in the second half of the 20th century the flyover (the West Way) being the main road from London to Oxford and Central Wales. Therefore this area has many of the housing and environmental problems of an inner city area, although it is also an area near enough to the city centre to be considered a zone of transition and with a strong potential for gentrification. This is a case of settlement being linked to industry and transport,...

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