Notting Hill the event contributes around £93 million to the London and UK economy. Notting Hill provides the setting for novels by G.K. Chesterton ("The Napoleon of Notting Hill"), Colin MacInnes ("Absolute Beginners"), Michael Moorcock (the Jerry Cornelius quartet), R. C. Sherriff ("The Hopkins Manuscript"), and Alan Hollinghurst ("The Line of Beauty"). Dan Waddel's "The Blood Detective" is a murder novel set in the past and present - featuring Notting Dale. The area's newer, wealthy residents are satirised in Rachel Johnson's novel "Notting Hell" (2006) set in grand houses surrounding a fictional communal garden. The area is also the setting of the
Notting Hill and the high road was widened and straightened in the 1960s, involving the demolition of many buildings, the linking of two separate tube stations and the construction of two tower blocks. Portobello Road runs almost the entire length of Notting Hill from north to south. It runs parallel to Ladbroke Grove. It contains Portobello Road Market, one of London's best known markets, containing an antique section and second-hand, fruit and veg and clothing stalls. The road was originally a lane leading to Portobello Farm in the north of Notting Hill. Westbourne Grove is a retail road running across Notting Hill