Bayswater attractions

Bayswater

Bayswater is about 4 miles from Charing Cross, Westminster, generally accepted as the place for measuring the distance to and from London. Bayswater is in the west of London in the City of Westminster. It borders the north of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. (Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum. For details see attractions below). If you are flying to/from London, Heathrow airport is about 10 miles from Bayswater. Your nearest mainline rail link to Bayswater is Paddington station. Bayswater is about 3 miles from Victoria Coach station. If you intend to travel on the London Tube/Underground, please use the

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	RAILWAY / TUBE STATIONS around Bayswater :-
	Bayswater Station, Queensway, London, W2 4QH. Circle / District line. Paddington Station, Praed Street, LONDON, W2 1RH. Circle / District / Hammersmith & City / Bakerloo line. RAILWAY STATION:- Paddington, Praed Street, London, Greater London, W2 1HQ.

**Visitor attractions and information - Bayswater**

	Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, Westminster, London, W2. tradition of oratory. People gather together every Sunday to listen to others standing on their soapbox, giving speeches about anything and everything. Bayswater sits alongside Hyde Park.

	QUEENS Iceskating & Bowling, 17 Queensway, London W2 4QP. Tel: 020 7229 0172. With both a licensed bar and a Costa Café available to Queensway bowling and ice-skating customers, this London sight is also a fantastic place to socialise for both children and adults with a live DJ set at the weekend to liven things up. Please note: the bar is only available to members, bowlers or ice-rink customers. Queensway ice-skating and bowling is located close to both Queensway and Bayswater Underground stations. In Bayswater. Gain free entry to QUEENS Ice & Bowl – and dozens of other London Attractions - with the London Pass.

	Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, London W2 3XA. Tel: 020 7402 6075. Recorded information 020 7298 1515. Modern and contemporary art. Open daily. Admission free. Nearest Underground Stations: Knightsbridge, Lancaster Gate & South Kensington. www.serpentinegallery.org. About 800 yards from Bayswater.

	QUEENS is London’s ONLY Ice Rink and Ten Pin Bowling, 17 Queensway, Bayswater, London, W2 4QP. Tel: 020 7229 0172. Tube: Queensway Station (Central Line) and a short walk from Bayswater Station (Circle & District Line). About 400 yards from Bayswater.

	Wellington Arch, Hyde Park Corner, W1. Also known as Constitution Arch and Green Park Arch, this famous landmark dominates Hyde Park Corner. Saved from ruin and returned to its former glory by English Heritage. About 1 mile from Bayswater.

	Grand Union Canal. The Grand Union Canal main line covers the 137 miles from London and Birmingham. Branches take it to places such as Slough, Leicester, Wendover, Aylesbury and Northampton. One end of the Canal is at Brentford on the River Thames, the other end at Bordesley Junction in the centre of Birmingham. At Bordesley it divides to join up with other canals. Passes 1 mile north of Bayswater.

	Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London W2. Tel: 020 7886 6528. Visit the birthplace of penicillin at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington where you can see a reconstruction of Alexander Fleming’s laboratory as it was when he made his world-changing discovery in 1928. Gain free entry to the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum –and dozens of other London Attractions - with the London Pass.
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London attractions north and north west of the Thames