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Kensington is an inner city area of Liverpool. It is an area primarily of housing situated east of the city centre, bordered by Edge Hill, Everton and Fairfield. It is statistically one of the poorest areas of Liverpool and is considered one of the most deprived districts in the United Kingdom. It is known locally as "Kenny".

Contents 1 Etymology 2 Description 3 Regeneration 4 Transport 5 Trivia 6 Famous people

Unlike Kensington in London, this has a different origin: the name is from the Old English personal name Cyneræd + -inga "people of" + tun "farm", suggesting "farm of Cyneraed's people". The name was recorded as Ceneresintune in 1139.

The area is made up largely of victorian terraces, and the majority are council owned. A number of local shops such as newsagents exist along Kensington, the area's main road. It has a high crime rate and average incomes are well below the national average. Residents of the area have a 50% chance of dying below the average UK life expectancy.

There are few nightlife attractions in Kensington, thought the area does boast a number of true Liverpool pubs.

In recent years due to an influx of money from the 'The Kensington Regeneration' programme, things are starting to improve with run down houses being renewed and street monitors being put in place to keep a good social order. You can get more information and videos about the area at the website www.kensingtonvision.org [1]. This project produced the site, gave away free broadband connections and piloted connection to broadband via freeview set top boxes. A video made by the Kensington Community Media Group can found on Youtube.com (search youtube for "conversations on culture")

• There are regular buses (numbers 8, 9, 10 and variants thereof) providing services to the city centre, as well as to Huyton and St Helens.
• The Merseytram System (Line 2) was due to run through Kensington but this has now been cancelled after funding from the British Government was denied.

• The area was described in the song Streets of Kenny on the HMS Fable album by Liverpudlian band Shack. The song's main theme centres around the availability of heroin and cannabis in the area.

• Millionaire John Elliott spent 10 days in the district living in a council flat under state benefits as part of the Channel 4 programme The Secret Millionaire (episode broadcast 6 December 2006). He assisted a family living in a council house as well as paying several thousand pounds to a local asylum centre. Strictly, the road he lived on throughout his stay, Balmoral Road, is in the Fairfield district.

• Atomic Kitten member Natasha Hamilton grew up in Kensington.
• Shack's frontman Mick Head was born and raised here.
• Tranmere Rovers full back Christopher Hart.
• Daniel Craig as small child lived here for a short time.
• The McGann brothers grew up in Kensington.

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