Bayswater Road


Bayswater Road is the main road running along the northern edge of Hyde Park in London. Originally part of the A40 road, it is now designated part of the A402 road.

Route

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.

History

The road is part of the Via Trinobantia, an old Roman Road, later becoming a turnpike road. It had become known as Bayswater Road by the 1860s. The Swan Inn and Black Lion are both on Bayswater Road and were both established in the 18th century. In 1861, George Francis Train experimented with a horse tramway system on Bayswater Road.

Cultural references

lived at No. 100 Bayswater Road from 1902 to 1909, where he wrote Peter Pan. The street is where the fictional upper-middle class Forsyte family live in John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga.
The Bayswater Road Art Show takes place every Sunday. It is the largest regular open-air art exhibition in the world.

Notable sites

and Queensway stations are located on Bayswater Road. Bayswater tube station is located near Queensway station and is on the District and Central Lines.
London bus routes 94 and 148 run along the whole length of Bayswater Road. Bus route 274 starts at Lancaster Gate station in the road and serves the eastern part, while bus route 70 serves the western end.