The Metropolitan Borough of Kensington was a metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1888 to 1965. It was amalgamated with the Metropolitan Borough of Chelsea, which it bordered, to form the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

It bordered Chelsea, Fulham, Hammersmith, Paddington, and the City of London.

It included Kensington, South Kensington, Earls Court, Notting Hill, Brompton and part of Kensal Green.