When is The Notting Hill Carnival?

Why does the carnival happen in notting hill?

• Is notting hill a particulary ethnically diverse part of London compared to Brixton or Lambeth, I always assumed notting hill upper middle class white area of London or am I wrong

• Answer:

  Notting Hill is close to Westfield's shopping centre which is in White City/Shepard's Bush, which has to be one of the most ethnically diverse places in London! I feel like the meaning behind Notting Hill carnival has been lost, it is not about 'celebrating black people' nor 'forgetting English culture' it is about bring everyone together to celebrate our diverse society in a positive manner. The mixture of foods, clothing, music and people is so superb, in England we are known for our freedom of speech and equality which shows in this colorful carnival. People listen to the news and always are spoon fed the negative activities that happened at carnival, considering the event attracts approximately 1-2 million people over 2 days, the few disruptions are trivial in comparison to the million(s) who are enjoying themselves. Yes of course Caribbean culture dominates the carnival but when carnival was set up it was about bringing native English member and non native English members together and at the time the highest amount of migrants were from Caribbean Islands, lets not hat but appreciate what everyone has contributed to Britain regardless of race, sexuality, gender or religion.