Tags: Race Track, Racecourse.

The Kensington Hippodrome was a racecourse built in Notting Hill London in 1837 by entrepreneur John Whyte. Whyte leased 140 acres (0.57 km2) of land from James Weller Ladbroke owner of the Ladbroke Estate and proceeded to enclose the slopes of Notting Hill and the meadows west of Westbourne Grove with a 7-foot (2.1 m) high wooden paling.

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location
England, London, Notting Hill
owner
John Whyte
latitude
51.508
longitude
0.212

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