{"id":620,"date":"2011-03-07T22:30:34","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T22:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kensington-chelsea.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2013-09-27T10:56:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T10:56:24","slug":"snow-in-kensington-2010","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kensington-chelsea.com\/index.php\/photos\/snow-in-kensington-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow in Kensington 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latter part of 2010 has seen some surprisingly cold weather in London and the rest of the UK &#8211; and we weren&#8217;t even properly into winter yet! There has been some very severe conditions in Scotland and other northern parts of the country, and even London has seen freezing temperatures and some snowfall over the last few weeks, which is rather rare for the capital. (Though this has been more of an occurence in the last few winters &#8211; see my\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kensington-chelsea.com\/photos\/snow_in_london.htm\">Snow in London<\/a> photos from 2009!)<\/p>\n<p>Just before 12.30pm on Friday 17th December 2010, Kensington experienced some rather heavy snowfall for about half an hour. My intrepid photographer (thank you to him!) went out to the Kensington High Street area and to Kensington Gardens to take some quick snaps &#8211; see the photos below.<\/p>\n<h2>Snow in Kensington Photo Album<\/h2>\n<p>(Click on any photo for a larger version, or to begin a click-through slideshow.)<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"A Kensington street - quite a bit of snow!\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"Snow in Kensington\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_1.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"A Kensington street\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" alt=\"Snow in Kensington\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_2.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"176\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"Not much snow action on Kensington High Street though - too much activity to make it settle...\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_3.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_3.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"...no wait! Here's a very little bit...\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_4.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_4.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"Though really it's most a lot of traffic - like usual!\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_5.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_5.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"This is St Mary Abbots Gardens on Kensington Church Walk, just off Kensington High Street \" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_6.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_6.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"177\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"St Mary Abbots Gardens\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_7.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_7.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"If there's snow, make a snowball! With added foliage for decoration.\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_8.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_8.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"A penguin desperately trying to get out into the snow! Of course not - a penguin in a window display\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_9.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_9.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"Entering Kensington Gardens\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_10.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_10.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"The snow seems to have censored this sign a little bit\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_11.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_11.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"Snow, blue skies, grass - dramatic!\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_12.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_12.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"Kensington Gardens practically deserted\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_13.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_13.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"Kensington Palace\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_14.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_14.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"Blue skies looking north in Kensington Gardens (this is just to the right of the Palace\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_15.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_15.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"Looking down the Broadwalk, towards Kensington High Street\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_16.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_16.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"A snowy path leading towards the Round Pond\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_17.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_17.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"The Round Pond\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_18.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_18.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"Is it just me, or do even the birds look cold?\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_19.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_19.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"Snowy paths in Kensington Gardens\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_20.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_20.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a title=\"A brighter picture to warm you up - the Christmas decorations in Kensington Arcade (where High Street Kensington Underground station is\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_21.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_21.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"Christmas decorations of Kensington Arcade\" href=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_22.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[snow_2010]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/images\/snow_2010_thumb_22.jpg\" width=\"143\" height=\"200\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latter part of 2010 has seen some surprisingly cold weather in London and the rest of the UK &#8211; and we weren&#8217;t even properly into winter yet! There has been some very severe conditions in Scotland and other northern parts of the country, and even London has seen freezing temperatures and some snowfall over the last few weeks, which &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kensington-chelsea.com\/index.php\/photos\/snow-in-kensington-2010\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":571,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-620","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Snow in Kensington 2010 - The Guide to Kensington &amp; Chelsea<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A photo album of snow in Kensington during the winter of 2010, with snowy and Christmassy scenes of the streets, shops and parks in the area.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kensington-chelsea.com\/index.php\/photos\/snow-in-kensington-2010\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Snow in Kensington 2010 - The Guide to Kensington &amp; 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