Baylis Road

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The Old Vic Theatre from the north-east end of Baylis Road.
The Old Vic Theatre from the north-east end of Baylis Road.
Lambeth North tube station at the south end of Baylis Road.
Lambeth North tube station at the south end of Baylis Road.
Lilian Baylis (1874–1937), theatrical producer, who managed the Old Vic.
Lilian Baylis (1874–1937), theatrical producer, who managed the Old Vic.

Baylis Road is a thoroughfare in Lambeth, London SE1, England running between Westminster Bridge Road to the south-west and Waterloo Road to the north-east.

The Old Vic Theatre is located at the north-east junction. Waterloo Station is to the north. To the north Baylis Road continues as The Cut.

Lambeth North tube station is located at the southern end on the junction with Westminster Bridge Road. To the south the road continues as Kennington Road (the A23).

Waterloo Gallery, established in 1997 and close to the South Bank arts area of London, is at 14 Baylis Road. The Waterloo Action Centre is also located here.

The Duke of Sussex public house is at 23 Baylis Road. Historically, this served beer from the now defunct Truman Hanbury Buxton & Co Ltd brewery in London.

The road is named after Lilian Baylis (1874–1937), a theatrical producer and manager, who managed the Old Vic Theatre. Previously, the road was called Oakley Street, since when the route of the road has been moved at its northern end to merge with Lower Marsh.

The road was home to Campbell Buildings, a Victorian estate which in the late 1970s and early 1980s was home to one of London's larger squats for the punk community. Australian author Bob Short wrote of his time in Baylis Rd in his book Trash Can, and a long discussion by erstwhile squatters from Campbell Buildings can be found at http://www.killyourpetpuppy.co.uk/news/?p=370. The estate was finally demolished in the mid-1980s.

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