Powis Square, London

[2] In 1968, the council bought the garden square[1] after a series of 'break-ins' by activists campaigning for social change towards the end of slum-era Notting Hill.

[4] The Tabernacle, a local community arts centre with a long association with the Notting Hill Carnival, is located there.

[6] 25 Powis Square was used for exterior scenes in Nicolas Roeg's 1970 film Performance, starring James Fox and Mick Jagger.

[9] Lemmy Kilmister made his debut as a bass player for Hawkwind at a free open air concert at a park on Powis Square in August 1971.

[10] Roy Stewart ran a basement gymnasium at 32A Powis Square, Kensington, west London which was opened in 1954.