11-643: Porchester Terrace is a street in the Bayswater area of London. Located in the City of Westminster , it runs between Porchester Gardens in the north and the Bayswater Road to the south close to Kensington Gardens . Adjacent streets Leinster Gardens and Queensborough Terrace run directly parallel to it, as does Queensway a little to the west. At the northern end is the Hallfield Estate . It
22-583: A watering place for horses, or the watering place that belonged to the Bayard family. Historically, Bayswater was located to the west of London on the road from Tyburn towards Uxbridge . It was a hamlet in the seventeenth century close to the Kensington Gravel Pits . By the end of the eighteenth century Bayswater remained a small settlement, although the gradual expansion of London westward into Mayfair and Paddington brought it closer to
33-589: Is a residential street, built originally in the 1820s during the Regency era , although it was expanded during the Victorian era with many of the houses still in the stucco -fronted design common to the area. Newer houses are also scattered along the street. Notable historic residents include the painter John Linnell the photographer Camille Silvy , the writer Jane Loudon and her botanist husband John Claudius Loudon . The novelist Wilkie Collins also lived in
44-565: Is also one of London's most cosmopolitan areas: a diverse local population is augmented by a high concentration of hotels. In addition to the English, there are many other nationalities. Notable ethnic groups include Greeks , French , Americans , Brazilians , Italians , Irish , Arabs , Malaysians , and Albanians . The name Bayswater is derived from the 1380 placename "Bayards Watering Place", which in Middle English meant either
55-754: The Allied sovereigns' visit to England as part of the victory celebrations following the Napoleonic Wars . An adjacent street was named Petersburgh Place . During the nineteenth century Moscow Road became a centre of the Greek diaspora in London. In 1879 the Greek Orthodox Saint Sophia was opened as a church on the road, and in 1922 became a cathedral. The residential Ossington Street runs off it. Several pubs are today located along
66-565: The Conservative Party , with Bayswater being fully represented by Labour, and Lancaster Gate being split between the two parties. Lancaster Gate can be considered as a marginal ward . The stations within the district are Bayswater and Queensway . Other nearby stations include Paddington ( Bakerloo, Circle and District lines and Circle and Hammersmith & City lines ), Royal Oak (in Westbourne) and Lancaster Gate (to
77-415: The east). Moscow Road Moscow Road is a street in the Bayswater area of London. Located in the City of Westminster , it runs eastwards from Queensway to Pembridge Square . It was developed by the painter, publisher, and property pioneer Edward Orme in 1814–15, as part of the rapid expansion of the city in the Regency era . It was named in commemoration of Tsar Alexander 's participation in
88-482: The following decades the remaining open spaces were built on and it became an urban area of affluent residential streets and garden squares . The Bayswater area elects a total of six councillors to Westminster City Council : three from the eponymous Bayswater ward, and three from Lancaster Gate ward. Following the 2022 Westminster City Council elections , five members belong to the Labour Party , and one to
99-464: The outskirts of the city. During the Regency era new suburbs were rapidly constructed to cope with the growing population of the city. An important early developer in Bayswater was Edward Orme who constructed Moscow Road and St. Petersburgh Place , which he named in honour of Alexander I of Russia . Both Bayswater and Tyburnia to the east developed independently of each other. Gradually over
110-470: The street. 51°30′46″N 0°11′04″W / 51.51275°N 0.18443°W / 51.51275; -0.18443 Bayswater Bayswater is an area in the City of Westminster in West London . It is a built-up district with a population density of 17,500 per square kilometre, and is located between Kensington Gardens to the south, Paddington to the north-east, and Notting Hill to
121-510: The west. Much of Bayswater was built in the 1800s, and consists of streets and garden squares lined with Victorian stucco terraces ; some of which have been subdivided into flats. Other key developments include the Grade II listed 650-flat Hallfield Estate , designed by Sir Denys Lasdun , and Queensway and Westbourne Grove , its busiest high streets, with a mix of independent, boutique and chain retailers and restaurants. Bayswater
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