Kensington, Connecticut

About Kensington

Kensington, CT is a small unincorporated community located in central Connecticut.

Kensington holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 6 square miles.

📰 Kensington News Today

• Franklin Nicholas Masselle Obituary Feb 3, 2026 ericksonhansenberlin.com · Feb 3
• Kensington volunteer fire captain seeks life-saving kidney donation NBC Connecticut · Jul 27
• Zenon Sasinski Obituary (2026) - Kensington, CT - Duksa Family Funeral Homes at Newington Memorial Legacy obituary · Aug 10
• CT preservationists look to save a Civil War-era stone house with farmland Hartford Courant · Apr 7
• Husband-And-Wife Team Opens New Event Venues In Berlin Patch · Jun 9

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Kensington Unique

• One of 6 places in the US named Kensington — but the Connecticut one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Part of the fabric of Connecticut — one of 215 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Easy reach of New Britain (4 mi) — commute to the city, live where it's calm.

📍 Neighborhoods in Kensington

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Kensington

• Bill's Farmington Ave Pizza — pizza
• Cafe Busy Bean — coffee shop (café)
• Casa Mia at the Hawthorne — italian
• Cromwell Diner — diner
• East Tokyo Restaurant — japanese
• Fancy Sushi — sushi
• Happy Garden — chinese
• Kensington Pizza — pizza
• Rebel Dog Coffee Co. — coffee shop (café)
• Sadie's Sunrise Café — breakfast (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park · Museum
• Berlin Historical Society · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Kensington

• Alice Fern Bruce Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bicentennial Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Blue Hills Conservation Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Carriage Drive Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
• City of New Britain Public Watershed Lands · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Community Grounds & Centurelli Field reviews ★
• Deming Park reviews ★
• Dennehy Field reviews ★
• Evergreen Hill reviews ★
• France Street Open Space · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Griswold Park reviews ★
• Hungerford Park · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Kensington

• Berlin High School
• Catherine M. McGee Middle School
• Emma Hart Willard School
• Mary E. Griswold School
• Richard D. Hubbard School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Kensington

🏘️ Nearby Communities