Bayswater Road
For the street in Sydney, Australia, see Bayswater Road (Sydney).
Coordinates: 51°30′37.5″N 0°11′6.5″W / 51.510417°N 0.185139°W
Bayswater Road
Bayswater Road is the main road running along the northern edge of Hyde Park in London.
In the east, Bayswater Road originates from the Marble Arch junction, and at its western end it continues into Notting Hill Gate. It is mostly within the City of Westminster but a small portion of the road's western end lies in Kensington and Chelsea.
It is where the fictional upper-middle class Forsyte family live in John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga.
Like Oxford Street to the east, Bayswater Road follows the course of the old Roman road linking London with Silchester.
Notable sites
- Tyburn Convent
- St George's Fields
- Royal Lancaster Hotel
- Bayswater Road Sunday Art Exhibition, at which over 250 artists exhibit original art on the Royal Park Railings between Lancaster Gate and Queensway tube stations every Sunday.
- The Embassy of the Czech Republic is located at the junction with Kensington Palace Gardens
- The High Commission of Guyana located opposite the Embassy of Russia
Transport
Lancaster Gate tube station and Queensway tube station (both on the Central line) are both located on Bayswater Road.
External links
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