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 name was changed then to avoid confusion with the new Notting Hill Gate station. Ladbroke Grove is the area's main thoroughfare. Estate agents now call the super-rich area to the south Notting Hill when referring to Notting Hill Gate and Holland Park. North Kensington was once well known for its slum housing. However, North Kensington retains high levels of poverty and unemployment and a high-proportion of social housing for rent. Waves of immigration to the area have occurred for at least a century, including, but certainly not limited to, people of Irish, Jewish, Caribbean, Spanish, and Moroccan extraction. This constant