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- October 20, 2026
Make Friends in Notting Hill, from the farmers’ market to Portobello Road
One Notting Hill household in two is someone living solo, and a farmers’ market trades every Saturday just south of Notting Hill Gate.
13,900+
residents of Pembridge and Colville, the two wards covering Notting Hill (Census 2021)
50%
of Notting Hill households contain one person only, versus 29% London-wide (Census 2021, ONS)
34%
of Notting Hill homes are socially rented, above London’s 23% (ONS 2021)
Notting Hill Saturdays start on Edge Street
To make friends in Notting Hill, try a Saturday routine: the farmers’ market at Fox Primary School on Edge Street runs every week from 10am to 2pm, rain or shine, and the full Portobello Road market is busiest on Fridays and Saturdays. The Electric Cinema, open since 1911, is good for a second plan. Gofrendly is the place to look for Notting Hill women up for either plan.
Notting Hill, a few answers
Where and when is Notting Hill’s farmers’ market?
The Notting Hill farmers’ market, run by London Farmers’ Markets, sets up at Fox Primary School on Edge Street on Saturdays, 10am to 2pm, whatever the weather. Being just south of Notting Hill Gate, it works well as a weekly meeting point for anyone in Notting Hill.
Which days does Portobello Road market trade?
Stalls line Portobello Road every day but Sunday, 10am to 4pm, and the full market runs on Fridays and Saturdays. Vehicles are kept off the trading stretch during market hours, so Notting Hill shoppers can wander the length of the road on foot.
Is Notting Hill Gate Library open?
Notting Hill Gate Library on Pembridge Square is shut for building works, with no date set for reopening. Meanwhile, Notting Hill readers can use North Kensington Library on Ladbroke Grove, which opens every day but one and stays open late, to 8pm, three evenings a week.
Can Notting Hill women find friends online?
Gofrendly is a women-only friendship app where Notting Hill women can browse who is nearby and make the first move. Arranging to meet at the Saturday farmers’ market means a ready-made topic for both of you and a natural point to say goodbye.
Notting Hill, half single households and room for new friendships
Notting Hill ranks near the top in London for people living alone: half of all households in Pembridge and Colville are one person. Social and private renting are both common, and fewer children live here than in most of London. When this many households are single, it often pays to be the one who suggests a regular plan, even if it is only a coffee after the market.
A busy market street can still feel lonely if you go home to an empty flat. The Saturday farmers’ market brings the same stallholders back every week, Portobello Road is car-free while the market trades, and Avondale Park has formal gardens and tennis. Notting Hill Gate Library is closed for building works, so North Kensington Library on Ladbroke Grove is the nearest one open, with late evenings three days a week. The Electric Cinema has been showing films on Portobello Road since 1911. Places to start:
1
The Saturday farmers’ market on Edge Street.
2
Portobello Road market on Fridays and Saturdays.
3
The Electric Cinema on Portobello Road.
4
North Kensington Library on Ladbroke Grove.
5
Avondale Park and its gardens.
LOCAL TIP
Buy from the same stall at the Edge Street market each Saturday and the conversation will grow week by week.
How to
Notting Hill friendships, started locally
1
Make the Saturday farmers’ market on Edge Street a weekly fixture.
2
Browse Portobello Road on a Friday, when the full market trades and the road is car-free.
3
Book two seats at the Electric Cinema and invite someone you have just met.
4
Ask a Notting Hill woman from the Gofrendly app to join you in Avondale Park.
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The team behind the Notting Hill guide
Gofrendly founders Claudia Gård and Ulrika Lilja and our editors put this Notting Hill guide together, thinking of the many women here who live alone and hope to find friends close by.
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