Westbourne Gardens
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Westbourne Gardens, known as Westbourne Park until the late nineteenth century, are gardens on a triangular plot in Westbourne Green, Notting Hill, London, in the City of Westminster. The gardens are open to the public and maintained by the City of Westminster.[1]
The gardens are surrounded by terraces of Georgian townhouses also known as Westbourne Gardens which continue north to Westbourne Park Road, east to Porchester Road, south to Sunderland Terrace, and west to Durham Terrace.
History
Westbourne Gardens is one of eleven streets in the Westbourne area of Notting Hill named after the River Westbourne that once flowed through the area above ground but was culverted and enclosed in the nineteenth century.[2]
