International Culture

The national cultural institutes and diaspora cultural centres that keep a public door in London, with the libraries, galleries, film programmes and language classes they run, and the international festivals that return to the same ground each year. Much of what they put on is free.

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Czech Centre London

The Czech state's cultural centre on embassy row, and the people behind the Made in Prague film festival.

Film programmeExhibitionsLanguage coursesConcerts

One of a network of Czech Centres the state runs in about two dozen cities, this one on Kensington Palace Gardens - the private road of embassies behind Kensington Palace - in the Czech embassy's own building, a Brutalist block of the 1970s that is among the more surprising things on the street.

It shows Czech art and design, teaches Czech, and puts on concerts and talks, but the thing it is best known for is Made in Prague, the festival of Czech film it has run in London each November since the 1990s, screening at cinemas around the city rather than here.

Where
30 Kensington Palace Gardens, W8 4QY
Country
Czech Republic
Nearest station
Notting Hill Gate · 2 min walk

Hours

MondayClosed
Tuesday10:00 – 17:00
Wednesday10:00 – 17:00
Thursday10:00 – 17:00
Friday10:00 – 17:00
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed

Hours from the page that lists them, checked 17 September 2026.

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