Notting Hill and Portobello Road Market Walking Tour

Joolz takes you for a walk around Notting Hill and Portobello Road market in another London Walking Tour.
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The Churchill Arms, the record and music exchange. See also the the principle filming locations from the film Notting Hill with Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant. Also locations from Withnail and I.
The Portobello Spice Shop and museum of Brands and Advertising.
Trellick Tower and Alice’s Antiques from the film Paddington.
Finish with a drink at the Windsor Castle pub.
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[@jeeleal5084]

Who sang portobello road???

[@Nickle314]

Is there an E VIII postbox?

[@kallivino8346]

Give this Guy a Netflix Series! Brilliant!

[@RadekSzcz]

karen kaiser 👏👏👏

[@FD-vj6hd]

Doc Savage What’s with you?

[@surferpip]

Or a thing on mainstream TV

[@wallybong4928]

Mainstream media spoils gems like this constantly. Too many chefs in the kitchen, over-production and on and on. Much better (& less destructive) to support excellence directly rather than wish a Netflix deal on anything genuinely GOOD. Have you seen the toll a production deal takes on creativity? Homogenized it, polishes it, desensitizes it, Cans it, wraps it in cellophane and monetizes it beyond recognition or usefulness. Wouldn’t wish it on a bill collector.

[@elenaorrore93]

As an italian I had chills when Francesco started singing! You make me want to live in London so bad, I hope I will manage to move in the future

[@Tidybitz]

@Delawanna you've obviously not been to much of Britain then.

[@benyaminblatt8616]

I busked on The Portobello Road in 1978. My hair was midway down my back and i had been interning and studying under R.D.Laing in his North West London Communities. Your film proves we can't go home again. No one then would have guessed i turned out. Cheers!

[@ThomasConrad-f3p]

Compliments to the camerman---great artful shots of all the locations. Obviously a 'pro'---someone who has studied his craft! Very much appreciated--also the 'running' commentary, well researched and a wealth of info!!!

[@eiranoconnor9768]

The brands museum is on Lancaster Rd, the same road as the Grenfell Tower and the museum used to be The Terrence Higgins Trust. Princess Diana would visit often and there are many news reels of her visits as she would draw crowds.

[@dabreu]

Adorable video like all the ones you show us. I love your stories. It is pity that you don't know much about Brazilian singers and composers. If you knew two of our best composers, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil lived in Notting Hill for four years. Not for a good reason, though,. They were on exile. They could not return because they could be arrested. They had spent a couple of months in jail not knowing the reason and when they left they were inforned they had to leave Brazil. They chose a great place to be: London! And in Notting Hill. Caetano composed some good songs while there and one of them was recorded by Scott Walker. The one called Maria Bethania. But one of my favourite is Nine of Ten where he mentions Portobello Road. "walk down Portobello Road to the sound of reggae"...

[@popazz1]

It's not often I view videos 'recommended for you ' but, boy, am I so pleased I decided to view this one. Mobility issues and failing health prevents me from visiting the great Metropolis that is Londinium nowadays, but watching you, and Alex, taking us around two areas of the city I particularly enjoyed visiting in the mid 80's/ early 90's was a real treat. When I was visiting from my home in Bedford for a night on the razz then I'd go to Earls Court and Soho. But on non-boozy days I'd explore Notting Hill and Portobello. I'd invariably return home skint having bought some ludicrously expensive 'vintage' tat, lol. Happy days. Fantastic work, Joolz.

[@Joolzguides]

Thanks! Well I have many more films about London and other places. Do subscribe for all the latest. It costs nothing and won't get on your nerves. I haven't done Earls Court yet and I"m considering a Soho film!

[@TheEasyrhino63]

Great tour of Notting Hill I love the Mews Houses.

[@Joolzguides]

Yeah, they're amazing. I wish I lived there.

[@martharunstheworld]

Hawkwind, now you're impressing me!!! Great video, as always!

[@letiekllib]

Having spent 60 + days in London over the past decade we now obsess over Joolz's video's-Carry ON! billandlauri U.S.A.

[@iainfraser9401]

Great hawkwind mention!! 🤣just keeps getting better

[@MissMellyVee]

Oh my heart! I was there in Portobello Road about 14 months ago.....stayed in Ladbroke Street, and walked all the places you have shown today. What a feast for the eyes, I bought a tea pot & mugs in Alice's...I absolutely adored London, I must return soon...love your videos btw....you are a natural x

[@Joolzguides]

Thanks! I see you are a chef. I shall subscribe and learn some tips!

[@MissMellyVee]

Oh you are wonderful thanks for subscribing hon, I am not a chef, I am just a home cook. I adore all your videos...you are one of the best and most entertaining on youtube! :)

[@patlussenden4536]

After today’s hectic work day the cure is a pint and a new tour video.

[@Joolzguides]

Thanks Pat. It's wonderful that you enjoy them so much.

[@cosimavonliebenau8317]

My old stomping grounds! Thank you for this very pleasurable tour.

[@jshicke]

Portobello road, Portobello road Street where the riches of ages are stowed. Anything and everything a chap can unload Is sold off the barrow in Portobello road. I was looking for a copy of, "The Spells of Astaroth" in the hopes of learning the words for casting "Substitutiary Locomotion".

[@atilashefik5127]

Just amazing love watching

[@drdeak]

As a lad from Bethnal Green of long ago now living in New York, I really enjoy your brill video tours but I never heard you sing Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner. I loved the episode on Bethnal Green and hoped you would have gone in my old street. Florida Street. Cheers ol China, Dr.David Deak 78 years young.

[@mahara307]

Wonderful, so many memories and such a fantastic explanation of its history. A big fat thank you from Spain.

[@atbailey]

Those of us who greatly enjoy your work, Joolz, salute you for braving the ridiculous heat for our pleasure & education.

[@Joolzguides]

Thank you. Outrageous that I should remove my jacket.

[@jameslock9275]

There is a Windsor castle in Maidenhead and we all say the same thing about being able to see it from there but to see 30miles away from there would be good going lol

[@shahjhanhaider1169]

Beautiful

[@DoubleDeckerAnton]

Another splendid production my dear fellow! 🎩😊📹👌

[@Joolzguides]

Thank you my friend!

[@TheVincechapman]

lived in westbourne park and spent my childhood round portebello so am totally enthused by this vid and was actually there on the day of filming reece efhans blue door scene brings back warm memories, thanks you dapper gent

[@davidgray3321]

Well done old boy, another interesting film, when my family briefly lived in London in the 60’s I don’t think my parents would have been caught dead in knotting hill , how things change.

[@ChrisSaddlerSam]

13:33 "Nice & peaceful!!!" ...where's that?!? Lovely little street!

[@peteleminkt1392]

Welcome back so nice to see another Vlog, I did miss you last time I was in London, but I’ll be back April/May next year.

[@Joolzguides]

Thanks. Well I guess I'll see you then unless I make it big in Hollywood!

[@trevorbaker2225]

An example of a tautology, "a private garden just for the residents".

[@glennhenrich992]

Dear Jules, we are new fans of Jules Guides. love your informative, wonderful, fascinatingly trivia filled London walks and talks. We are both musicians and enjoy your English music hall bits! Also, would like to hear some more about literary residents of Primrose Hill; Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Al Alvarez, et al. In your next Primrose episode!

[@demimurphy288]

Absolutely love notting hill, would love to live there one day! Thank you for your videos joolz.

[@koont666]

Brilliant I grew up round here Im still involved in carnival and I loved the magical mystery tours ,also used to blah picture sleeves from Vernon yard .

[@Joolzguides]

Do you remember Planet Alice?

[@koont666]

Fun London Guides - Julian McDonnell Films yep by honest John's up past the flyover ,I went on 3tours great Yarmouth ,a train one and a Butlins somewhere always remember the Hendrix band that sounded just like him ,I spose they where the original raves.

[@quantumeseboy]

Good memories...

[@PeepsMcNutley]

We walked up & down Portobello Road when we visited London in March! It would’ve been so much better if the market had been going, but it was still amazing. Thank you for always showing the quirky bits!

[@Joolzguides]

The market is nice but I rarely buy anything there myself. I just like the buzz.

[@aperson2730]

Very informative. Subscribed.

[@marcalexwatts]

Somehow your Clapham Tour came up on my feed so I watched it as I've just moved from there and now you've a tour on the Portobello Road where I've just moved, I'm thinking of moving to Kensal Rise or Queens Park if your looking for another area.

[@WingedHeron]

gosh I order spices from the Spice Shop to be sent to Austria. Once it was so hard to get celery seeds - cool to see the shop

[@markstafford6357]

Windsor Castle a great pub !!!

[@prepperjonpnw6482]

Here I am in late June 2021 rewatching all of Joolz videos for the 5th time around! lol 👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Hey don’t judge me lol. There are lots of worse things I could be doing instead of driving up the view count on Joolz videos lol I encourage everyone to share his videos with as many people as you can. Lets see if we can get his subscribers up to a million before the lockdowns are completely done. WOOHOO!!! Come on people! We can do it! He does so much to bring us joy, entertainment, and most of all as close to being in London as possible without booking a flight or train and actually going there lol 🇬🇧👍🇬🇧🚙🛵✈️🚅🍺🍺🍻 🇬🇧 Cheers everyone! 🎩👑🎭🤹🏻‍♂️🏰

[@junkolibertines2146]

awwwwwww ❤️❤️❤️ Please take me to London!!!!

[@evaalt-revie1656]

Another great video. One just want to go on a tour with Joolz, after watching his tours on youtube.

[@Joolzguides]

Cheers. I just like walking and talking I guess

[@griffin2263]

loved the video one of the best vloggers on youtube .....now I have to watch notting hill !!

[@Joolzguides]

Thanks! That's very kind. I love that film.

[@jenko9509]

Just found your channel , hooked and subscribed :-)

[@Joolzguides]

Thanks Stephen

[@bengosling4606]

Another great video Jules, stay cool with a few cold pints 🍻🍻

[@Joolzguides]

Thanks. Yes, that's generally a good idea!

[@johnDukemaster]

The "gate" in streets name can also be the old norse word for street, "Gata". Plenty of those in York, by the way. But it has to be a really old street to be connected to the Vikings!

[@johnbarnes888]

Really enjoyed this one Joolz. I loved the Notting Hill film so quite fancy getting a photo outside the door. Some of those gated communities look a bit pricey 💷

[@Joolzguides]

Yeah, I won't be moving in anytime soon!

[@erin8133]

Love these videos! I always learn so much!

[@Joolzguides]

Great! I'm glad I could be of help!

[@kat1701]

You said you used to be a punk, I’m curious if you happen to know where the current punk scene/crowd tend to congregate? I’m coming back to visit in November and would love to see a local show and a few record shops.

[@2133Jay]

ach! ye didnee mention the Rough Trade shop. shocking but true

[@decimustv4257]

Joolz, do you remember when you made this video or have your old videos become a blur?

[@sarahstrong7174]

"Occupied by potters". Well I could be wrong but it looks to me like it was a mews, so occupied by horses & grooms/coachmen probably?

[@carolynabbott888]

That's just what I was thinking Sarah.

[@brianconnaughton7077]

Hello Joolz do you know about Little Venice, Camden Lock, King’s Cross and Paddington Basin

[@GuiMazzocato]

Your state of undress looks like royalty compared to MY state of undress. But then, I'm Brazilian. Great videos!

[@Stefan_Van_pellicom]

I enjoyed this video a lot ! We visited that area last year, but had we seen this video, it would have been a very different experience ... I subscribed, and we’ll visit again, more knowledgeable.

[@Joolzguides]

Thanks Stefan. Yes, I have many other videos too!

[@michaelwhite8031]

Velly intoresting !!!!

[@Joolzguides]

And I didn't even say it all....there was too much!

[@Quarton]

So much fun - and it was not strenuous at all to do this guided tour! Thank you! . . . When I ever get to Alice's I'll have to make a point of not going inside ~ I know where I'm not welcome! LOL! (Just kidding!) I'd make a point of going in and perusing & abusing EVERYTHING! Yes, I'm that "Ugly American" tourist - sent back to be a nuisance, by my Yorkshire ancestors (5x great-grandparents, who came to the U.S. sometime about 1820). To be honest, I love your videos, and I share, share, share them with all of my friends! (Please, keep up the great work you do!)

[@ferkinskin]

Pendel hill means Hill hill hill.Just thought I'd throw that in there

[@twister98]

I went here 2 months ago to see all the Notting hill movie locations

[@Joolzguides]

Yes, it seems a popular thing to do!

[@langjones3846]

Hill hill wouldn't be all that unusual. We have a river River - in other words, the river Avon.

[@stonedtommy6363]

Another fantastic presentation! Great work, cant wait for the next video. How do i go about getting a thumbnail and heart by my name?

[@Joolzguides]

I don't really know. I'm not very technical but KZbin tells me I have to hit the heart thing occasionally! I don't know what effect it has. Perhaps someone can tell me. Thanks for watching!!!! I'm glad you liked it!

[@CeeVee714]

Where can I buy rare but affordable whisky, cognac, etc. in London. How many liters am I allowed to bring home to another country in Europe?

[@stevensonDonnie]

Can you put a link in for the music you play?

[@iMadrid11]

The current owners decided to repaint the Blue Door 🚪 back. I remember the former resident of the house was so annoyed at tourist taking pictures in front of the blue door, that he decided painted the door black.

[@vilstef6988]

This made me think of Mark Knopfler.

[@markdfly]

What is the music from on here please? I love it

[@mjh5437]

Use the Shazam app to identify it.

[@JStubblefield79391]

Can anyone make out what they're saying at 6:44-6:48 and 9:32-9:41?

[@thomcowley7332]

"hnott" seems to mean "to shear" in old english, then notting hill could be something like a bald hill I suppose ?

[@RoseValentius]

Portobello Road, Portobello Road Street where the riches of ages are stowed. Anything and everything a chap can unload Is sold off the barrow in Portobello road. You'll find what you want in the Portobello road. Rare alabaster? Genuine plaster! A filigreed samovar owned by the czars. A pen used by Shelley? A new Boticelli? The snipper that clipped old King Edward's cigars? Waterford Crystals? Napoleon's pistols? Society heirlooms with genuine gems! Rembrandts! El Greco's! Toulouse-Letrec'os! Painted last week on the banks of the Thames! Portobello Road, Portobello Road! Street where the riches of ages are stowed Anything and everything a chap can unload Is sold off the barrow in Portobello Road. You'll meet all your chums in the Portobello Road There's pure inspiration in every creation. No cheap imitations, not here in me store. With garments as such as was owned by a Duchess. Just once at some royal occasion of yore. In Portobello Road, Portobello Road The fancies and fineries of ages are showed. A lady will always feel dressed a la mode In frillies she finds in the Portobello road. "Burke's Peerage;" "The Bride Book;" "The Fishmonger's Guidebook;" A Victorian novel, "The Unwanted Son;" "The History of Potting", "The Yearbook of Yachting, " The leather bound "Life of Attila the Hun." Portobello Road, Portobello Road Street where the riches of ages are stowed Artifacts to glorify our regal abode Are hidden in the flotsam in Portobello Road Tokens and treasures, yesterday's pleasures Cheap imitations of heirlooms of old Dented and tarnished, scarred and unvarnished In old Portobello they're bought and they're sold You'll feel like a king here in the Portobello Road Portobello Road, Portobello Road Street where the riches of ages are stowed Artifacts to glorify our regal abode Are hidden in the flotsam in Portobello Road. You'll find what you want in the Portobello Road.

[@quantumeseboy]

Curries!! !!

[@Yourmoneywontsaveyou]

Always enjoyable, Jules!

[@Joolzguides]

Thanks

[@Zhancat]

Tautological - yes, I'm that guy

[@nicensleazy1892]

Joolz, you should of called in to see Mick Jones ( ex Clash) for a coffee :-)

[@mjh5437]

He doesn`t live here anymore,he moved up to Queens Park.

[@willkittwk]

Spice shop straight outta Harry Potter.

[@hifijohn]

two examples of tautologies la Brea tar pit le Brea means the tar MLB team LA angels LA is Spanish for the angels.

[@lizcarroll8180]

Yup, I concur you should have a Netflix series about London, history, culture and myths. You are awesome!

[@BielichDai]

I agree. I'm an American and this guy sucks me in and makes me feel nostalgic for British history/culture which isn't even mine

[@lynnewilliams3859]

You walked passed the lovely Electric Cinema without a mention.

[@4sstg]

I adore your walks. I had only three days in London in 2000. I fell hopelessly in love with the city. Was never able to return, and now I'm too old and too poor to travel. Your videos are much appreciated by me. Thankyou.

[@Petra44YT]

It's so fascinating that you found a postbox from the Victorian age that is still usable! So I googled for how long postboxes have been the colour they are in Germany (bright yellow). They came in various shades of black, blue and other colours during the Imperial Era, then, they change to red in 1934, and that colour was discontinued in 1945. They were a dull yellow before my time, then a very bright yellow when I was a child, and now, a not quite as bright yellow. (I hope they stay the way they are now!)

[@nataliemay415]

Portobello Road makes me want to watch the movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks again, and sing the song. I can absolutely see where he got the inspiration/ lyrics from with all those lovely market stalls.

[@MrDaiseymay]

After 60 years, I still haven't seen that film. Disney's follow-up to Mary Poppins wasn't it?

[@bullet2daheadx]

@@MrDaiseymay great film

[@GRIBBO-77]

Hi mate. Great channel! I worked in a couple of those properties you've featured today. Behind the "Blue door" is actually a courtyard, leading to a modern, glass fronted house built behind the gardens of the other properties. Also worked in the Spice shop, the Castle pub and the Cupcake shop at the top end. Thanks and loving going through your videos

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[@thecrow3875]

One of the things I like about your films is that they end with a drink. I fancy one now.

[@wendalboy]

I walked past u outside the ritz just after the fly past...... was too star struck to say hi

[@Joolzguides]

Oh, you should have said hello. I was talking to another guy who does tours. Well, next time!

[@SB-kz7bq]

I'm french,i am improving my english at the moment,so your vidéo is very helpful for me,merci beaucoup!

[@maximhollandnederlandthene7640]

Get some new British friends on Facebook for chat. To find at popular British site and post this message.

[@fasthracing]

Hardly no English left in London

[@raverdeath100]

absolute crap.

[@kingofracism]

@@raverdeath100 he's not wrong, and it's becoming more true by the day.

[@hatikl6924]

My total respect to you for your ability to remember so much fascinating facts and present it so well.

[@TheFiown]

1973 a lot of Portobello Ladbroke Grove was squats and a a dump ! We didn't actually know any who would want to live there, many houses were almost in ruin or multiple bedsits ! But the market was fab, no food shops all Junk !

[@AkhiDeia]

It's amazing to think that I used to work closely to this area and I used to be there almost all the time and never knew about all this historic content.

[@paulescue4478]

I discovered your channel quite by accident but being an anglophile I've come to treasure your tours. I hope someday to holiday in London. If I get the chance I'll definitely have you give me the tour.

[@adonaiyah2196]

Why can't you be happy with your own culture and must you idolise something else

[@VictoriaPichel]

*dabs tears* oh deary me... if your videos, so far, had managed to make me utterly nostalgic for London, this one in particular touched my heart. Notting Hill Gate was where I stayed in London, back in 2015. 14 Pembridge Square was my hotel. Only that it was october/november and it looked very different in cold autumn (I actually preferred it. Heat and sun are my enemies :P). Thank you very much for this. It helped me to realise how much I missed of the area! I didn't walk around that much... I need to go back (I also would need lots of money). Absolutely loved it. Have a great week! xx

[@Joolzguides]

Thanks! Yes, for some reason this film has resonated with a lot of people. I don't know why. Perhaps I'm just more relaxed or I let the locations do the talking. Could also be the music!

[@waynekozak1462]

You should have asked Victoria if she is a Vampire, since light and heat are her enemy

[@nerfnerfification]

Not sure about the rest of the Egyptian hieros BUT the end of the last line says ink w3b nw3b = I am the pure of the pure.

[@sisirkattempudi7155]

Haha! I like how unapologetic you are in criticizing brutalist and modern architecture.

[@stfitness]

Absolutely cracking Jools. I’ve walked the Portabello Rd many times. Also used the Retro menswear and records shops - still have some vouchers somewhere. Withnail & I is one of my favourite films - as is the Italian Job - and I knew neither of those facts.

[@Joolzguides]

Imagine if you actually lived in the pub where he called them a ponce!

[@thecomprador]

London antique dealers generally dislike filming as lots of their stock "fell off the back of a lorry".

[@MissPresley69]

OMG, I USED TO LIVE AROUND THE CORNER AT KENSINGTON GARDENS IN 1988 - 1990 AS AN AU PAIR FROM SWITZERLAND. I BOUGHT SO MANY FANTASTIC UNIQUE RECORDS IN THAT SHOP! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO!!! ❤️

[@chrisst8922]

Was it Kensington Gardens or Kensington Park Gardens? Everything's got bloody Kensington in it.

[@g-r-a-e-m-e-]

Yes I remember that record shop so well ...

[@MissPresley69]

@@chrisst8922 😂True, that's probably why I can't remember. 😅

[@MissPresley69]

@@g-r-a-e-m-e- Me too. Good days😊❤️👍

[@icaliver]

Ah Portobello Road, streets where the riches of ages are stowed. I wish I see it in person. Great videos.

[@jiggersotoole7823]

It would be a lot more interesting if you stayed behind the camera, so we could actually look at the place

[@tanyamckenzie7482]

I was working near The Churchill Arms pub couple of winters ago. The pub was decorated with over 100 Christmas trees.

[@marcalexwatts]

That peaceful walk you took down the mews is where Peaches Geldofs Mum died.

[@beavisbonce]

You suddenly make it a small world I love it!

[@vilstef6988]

Brutalist architecture indeed-ugly AF!