Notting Hill has long been synonymous with celebrities so Rache thought it would be a nice birthday present for me to arrange for us to go on a celebrity tour of Notting Hill. The tour did not get off on the right foot as our tour guide was quite late and no one had let us know. On the plus side it ended up just being just random Russian guy, Rache and I on the tour so it was very intimate indeed. Lasting over two hours it was overwhelming the number of places that were pointed out to us covering celebrity homes, film locations, celeb hangouts and even spots where celebs had died! Unfortunately, no actual celeb spotted en route though our tour guide did have a flip chart of pictures to help us with association.

You can read the itinerary here for a full lowdown of where we went cause I actually can’t remember some of the places. Here are a couple that I remember.

Supposedly Jason Donovan’s place (also formerly Dire Straits ‘member Mark Knopfler’s residence) but to me it did look rather empty!

Denbigh Close where some scenes from the Italian job were shot

I think where Robbie Williams used to live:

Where many celebs stay when they’re in town

Where Jimi Hendrix died:

Elle’s former front door (though I’m sure you’re thinking that could be anywhere!) – Ladbroke Gardens

And just to show it was a lovely day, St Luke’s Mews, though I do also think it was the tragic site of Max Moseley’s son who died of an overdose:

For those into music, Sarm Studios is near All Saints’ Road. It was here that Take That’s 2008 album, the Circus, was produced.

And finally, this was THE door in the Notting Hill movie – only now the columns have been painted over in white!