Bayswater
District of London
England - United Kingdom

Kensington Gardens

Kensington Gardens, once the private gardens of Kensington Palace, is one of the Royal Parks of London, lying immediately to the west of Hyde Park. It is shared between the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, lying within western central London. The park covers an area of 111 hectares . The open spaces of Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park, Green Park and St.

Located at 51.5072, -0.180278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Royal Parks of London, Parks and open spaces in Westminster, Parks and open spaces in Kensington and Chelsea, Peter Pan

Kensington Palace

Kensington Palace is a royal residence set in Kensington Gardens, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, England. It has been a residence of the British Royal Family since the 17th century, and is the official London residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, while the Duke and Duchess of Kent reside at Wren House.

Located at 51.5053, -0.188333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Royal residences in London, Nicholas Hawksmoor buildings, Christopher Wren London buildings, Grade I listed buildings in London, Grade I listed palaces, Palaces in London, Houses in Kensington and Chelsea, Historic house museums in London, Museums in Kensington and Chelsea, Country houses in London

Bishop's Bridge

Bishop's Bridge, sometimes known as Paddington Bridge, is a road bridge in the Paddington district of London which carries Bishop's Bridge Road across the rail approaches to Paddington Station and across the adjacent Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal. A replacement of the original bridge, which was narrow, causing traffic congestion, and was not strong enough to carry buses, was built by HOCHTIEF and was re-opened to traffic at 4am on 14 June 2006.

Located at 51.5185, -0.179556 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Bridges of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Bridges and tunnels in London

Ossington Street

Ossington Street is a quiet one-way street in London, W2, leading from Moscow Road at its north end to the Bayswater Road / Notting Hill Gate at its south end. Ossington Street forms part of the border between the boroughs City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, with the east side of the street belonging to Westminster and the west side to Kensington. It is possible that the street was named after Viscount Ossington.

Located at 51.5109, -0.192583 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Streets in Kensington and Chelsea, Streets in Westminster

Queensway, London

Queensway (formerly Queen's Road) is a bustling cosmopolitan street in the Bayswater district of west London. It contains many restaurants (particularly Chinese, Arab and Mediterranean ones), pubs, letting agents, and high street stores. Near the northern end of the street is the multi-storey Whiteleys Shopping Centre, on the site of London's first department store, opened by William Whiteley in 1867. The store was awarded a Royal Warrant by Queen Victoria in 1896.

Located at 51.5131, -0.18763 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Streets in Westminster, Major centres of London

Bayswater Road

Bayswater Road is the main road running across the north of Hyde Park, London. To the east Bayswater Road becomes Oxford Street. It is where the fictional upper-middle class Forsyte family live in John Galsworthy's Forsyte Saga. Bayswater Road is mostly in the City of Westminster with a small part at the west being in Kensington and Chelsea.

Located at 51.5104, -0.185139 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Streets in Kensington and Chelsea, Streets in Westminster

Whiteleys

Whiteleys is a shopping centre in London, England. It was London's first department store, located in the Bayswater area. The store's main entrance was located on Queensway.

Located at 51.5146, -0.188444 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Lancaster Gate

Lancaster Gate is a mid-19th century development in the Bayswater district of west central London, immediately to the north of Kensington Gardens. It consists of two long terraces of houses overlooking the park, with a wide gap between them opening onto a square containing a church. Further terraces back onto the pair overlooking the park and loop around the square.

Located at 51.5116, -0.180139 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Streets in Westminster, Housing in London

Kensington Palace Gardens

Kensington Palace Gardens is a street in west central London which contains some of the most expensive property in the world. It was the location of the London Cage, the British government MI19 centre used during the Second World War and the Cold War. A tree-lined avenue half a mile long in the heart of embassy land, Kensington Palace Gardens is often cited as the "most exclusive address" in London, according to real estate agency Knight Frank.

Located at 51.5067, -0.190833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Streets in Kensington and Chelsea, Diplomatic districts

Elfin Oak

The Elfin Oak is a 900-year-old tree stump in Kensington Gardens in London, carved and painted to look as though elves, gnomes and small animals are living in its bark. The hollow log originally came from Richmond Park, and was moved to Kensington Gardens in 1928 as part of George Lansbury's scheme of public improvements in London. Over the next two years the illustrator Ivor Innes carved the figures of the "Little People" into it.

Located at 51.5087, -0.187936 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Individual oak trees, Grade II listed buildings in London, Parks and open spaces in Westminster, Parks and open spaces in Kensington and Chelsea

London Cage

The London Cage was a MI19 prisoner of war facility during and immediately after World War II that was subject to frequent allegations of torture. It was located on Kensington Palace Gardens in London.

Located at 51.5087, -0.1914 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain

The Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain is an Archdiocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church, part of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Its present head is His Eminence Archbishop Gregorios (Theocharous). Its jurisdiction covers those Orthodox Christians living in Great Britain, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, and Malta.

Located at 51.5131, -0.180278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Round Pond (London)

The Round Pond is an ornamental lake in Kensington Gardens, London, in front of Kensington Palace. The pond, which is approximately seven acres in extent, was created in 1730 by George II. Despite its name, it is not exactly circular, but is shaped like a rectangle with rounded corners, measuring approximately 200 m by 150 m. It is up to 5 m deep.

Located at 51.5058, -0.183333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Parks and open spaces in Kensington and Chelsea, Parks and open spaces in Westminster, Bodies of water of London

Brick House (London)

The Brick House is a private house in the Westbourne Grove area of west London that was nominated for the 2006 Stirling Prize for architecture. It was designed by the firm of architects Caruso St John and constructed by Harris Calnan Construction with service engineering by Mendick Waring and structural engineering by Price & Myers. The project inserted a new house, accessed through an archway into the end of a Victorian city-centre street. It was completed in May 2005.

Located at 51.516, -0.189 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Buildings and structures completed in 2005, Houses in Kensington and Chelsea

London Museum

The London Museum was inaugurated on 21 March 1912 by King George V with Queen Mary and Princess Mary and Prince George at Kensington Palace. It opened for public visitation on 8 April, admitting more than 13.000 visitors during the day. Two years later the collections were removed to Lancaster House and remained there until shortly after World War II. Later they returned to Kensington Palace. The first keeper of the museum was Sir Guy Francis Laking.

Located at 51.5052, -0.188 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Leinster Gardens

Leinster Gardens is a street in Bayswater, London. It has two false façades at numbers 23 & 24, constructed at the time of the original steam engine-hauled underground railway that had a short section exposed to the surface. Locomotives were fitted with condensers to reduce fumes, but "venting off" was still needed in open-air sections to relieve the condensers and keep the tunnels free from smoke. In this upmarket area, the railway company hid this unsightly practice from residents.

Located at 51.5126, -0.183611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Westminster, London infrastructure, Streets in Westminster, London Underground infrastructure

Swan Inn

The Swan Inn (formerly thought to have been called the Saracen's Head) ia s pub on the Bayswater Road, London, dating back several centuries. Today a popular tourist haunt at the edge of Hyde Park, run by Fuller's Brewery, it was in former times a resting point for stage coaches proceeding toward London. The highwayman Claude Duval is reputed to have stopped here for his last drink on the way to his hanging at Tyburn in 1670.

Located at 51.5116, -0.176944 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Public houses in London

Great Western Railway War Memorial

The Great Western Railway War Memorial is a monument in London, United Kingdom, to the employees of the Great Western Railway who died during the First World War, and it is situated halfway along platform 1 at London Paddington station. The stonework was designed by the architect Thomas S. Tait and the bronze figure by the sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger, and the memorial unveiled on Armistice Day in 1922 by Viscount Churchill.

Located at 51.5171, -0.178172 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Military memorials in London, World War I memorials in the United Kingdom, Great Western Railway, Sculptures by Charles Sargeant Jagger, British military memorials and cemeteries, Bronze sculptures in the United Kingdom, 1922 sculptures

St Sophia's Cathedral, London

Saint Sophia Cathedral is a Greek Orthodox church on Moscow Road in the Bayswater area of London. It was consecrated as the Church of the Holy Wisdom (Sophia) of God (St Sophia in the vernacular) on 5 February 1882 by Antonios, Archbishop of Corfu, as a focus for the prosperous Greek community that had settled in London, particularly around Paddington, Bayswater and Notting Hill.

Located at 51.5125, -0.191472 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Churches in Westminster, Greek Orthodox cathedrals in London, Religious buildings completed in 1882, 19th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings, Neo-Byzantine architecture in the United Kingdom

New West End Synagogue

The New West End Synagogue, located in St. Petersburgh Place, Bayswater, London, is one of the oldest synagogues in the United Kingdom still in active use. It is one of two synagogues which have been awarded Grade I listed status by the British government, and has been described by English Heritage as "the architectural high-water mark of Anglo-Jewish architecture". It is the UK's most popular venue for synagogue weddings and can accommodate approximately 800 people.

Located at 51.5111, -0.190417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Playground

The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Playground is a memorial to Diana, Princess of Wales in Kensington Gardens, in The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. It was erected after her death at a cost of £1.7 million on the site of the existing Peter Pan children's playground which had been founded in the time of JM Barrie's (author of Peter Pan) but it is larger and more elaborate than the original. The design, by Land Use Consultants, was inspired by Peter Pan.

Located at 51.5092, -0.188333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Craven Hill Gardens

Craven Hill Gardens is a garden square bordering the Paddington and Bayswater areas within the City of Westminster, London. It largely consists of Victorian era properties now either hotels or residences, but is notable for the presence of The Hempel Hotel, an upmarket hotel, and Kenneth Frampton's Corringham, an architecturally interesting residential block.

Located at 51.5128, -0.182222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Squares in Westminster, Streets in Westminster

Hallfield Estate

The Hallfield Estate is one of several modernist housing projects in London designed in the immediate post-war period by the Tecton architecture practice, led by Berthold Lubetkin. Following the dissolution of Tecton, the project was realised by Denys Lasdun and Lindsay Drake in the 1950s. Construction took place in two phases during 1951-55 and 1955-58. The estate is at grid reference TQ260812, south of the Bishops Bridge Road in Bayswater.

Located at 51.5157, -0.185417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Residential buildings completed in 1958, Modernist architecture in the United Kingdom, Housing estates in London, Denys Lasdun buildings, Berthold Lubetkin buildings, Buildings and structures in Westminster

Hempel Hotel

The Hempel Hotel was a luxury 5-star hotel in London, England. It was located at 31-35 Craven Hill Gardens to the north of Hyde Park off Bayswater Road. It was a small boutique hotel with Zen inspiration, designed by noted designer Anouska Hempel. The design of each of the 40 rooms and 10 apartments centered around minimalistic art and the color white. It also featured a "Zen Garden".

Located at 51.513, -0.18225 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Royal Garden Hotel

Royal Garden Hotel is a 5 red star hotel in London, England. It is located in the heart of Kensington, on Kensington High Street, overlooking Kensington Palace and gardens. The palace, Hyde Park and the Royal Albert Hall can all be seen from the hotel.

Located at 51.5027, -0.18803 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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