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A personal guide to Notting Hill

The places I'd send my best friend to, and exactly why

The story

Not a directory. Not a blog. A personal guide.

It started with friends asking me the same questions over and over. Where should we eat in Notting Hill? Where can I get a really good ice cream? Do you know a place for beach bags that aren't boring? What about a dress that's actually different? Where's good for coffee near Portobello? And I'd always end up writing these long WhatsApp messages, go here for this, don't miss that little shop on Ledbury Road, trust me on the roast chicken at this place. Eventually someone said, you should just make a website. So here we are.

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If there's somewhere in Notting Hill you think I'd love, whether that's dinner, a new shop, or just a place you think deserves to be on this list, I'd genuinely love to hear about it.

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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 9 October 2026

NottingChic ("we", "us", "our") operates the NottingChic website and personal guide to Notting Hill.

1Information We Collect

We collect minimal information to provide and improve our service:

  • Usage data: pages visited, where you came from, device type, browser and country, counted by Vercel Web Analytics without cookies and without identifying you.
  • Contact information: if you email us or send a postcard from the Contact page, we receive your message and, if you give them, your name and email address.
  • Questions to Ask NottingChic: what you type in the chat is sent to Anthropic, the company behind the Claude AI model, to write the answer. We don't store your questions on our servers. Your conversation is kept only in your own browser and is cleared after two hours without use.
  • Daily limits: to stop the chat and the postcards being overused, we count how many you send each day. We never store your IP address, only a scrambled code made from it that can't be turned back into the address, and it's deleted after two days.
  • Cookies: we don't use cookies (see section 6).

2How We Use Your Information

  • To operate, maintain, and improve the website
  • To respond to enquiries and provide support
  • To analyse usage patterns and optimise content
  • To answer your questions in Ask NottingChic

3Third-Party Services

We use the following services. Each one receives only what it needs to do its job:

  • Vercel: hosts the website and counts visits without cookies. Like any web host, it receives your IP address when you visit.
  • Anthropic: writes the answers in Ask NottingChic. It receives the questions you type and the conversation so far.
  • Upstash: stores the daily counts for the chat and the postcards, using the scrambled code, never your IP address.
  • Resend: delivers your postcard to us by email, with your name and email address if you added them.
  • OpenFreeMap: map tiles, made from OpenStreetMap data (OpenStreetMap's own tiles are used if OpenFreeMap is unavailable). Your browser requests them directly, which shares your IP address with them.
  • Google Fonts: typography delivery. Your browser requests the fonts directly, which shares your IP address with Google.
  • unpkg: delivers the map's software when you open the map. Your browser requests it directly, which shares your IP address with them.

Each service operates under its own privacy policy. We do not sell or share personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.

4Data Retention

We keep postcards and emails for up to 12 months. Daily chat and postcard counts are deleted after two days. Analytics data is aggregated and doesn't identify you. You may request deletion of your data at any time.

5Your Rights (UK GDPR)

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate data
  • Request deletion of your data
  • Object to or restrict processing
  • Data portability
  • Withdraw consent at any time

6Cookies

We don't use cookies. Your browser keeps a few small items in its own storage, only on your device: your light or dark theme, your Ask NottingChic conversation (cleared after two hours without use) and how many questions you've asked today. You can clear them at any time in your browser settings.

7Children's Privacy

Our service is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

8Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

9Contact Us

If you have questions about this privacy policy or wish to exercise your data rights, please contact us at:

chic@nottingchic.com