When the station opened in 1864 it was named Notting Hill and, after acquiring a handful of other names in the meantime, was renamed Ladbroke Grove in 1938. In an effort to highlight the station’s proximity to London’s biggest antiques market, traders are currently requesting another change of name, in favor of ‘Portobello Road’.

Punk band ‘The Clash’ formed in Ladbroke Grove in 1976.