Bayswater Road is the main road running across the north of
Hyde Park, LondonHyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner.The park is divided in two by the Serpentine...
. To the east Bayswater Road becomes
Oxford StreetOxford Street is a major thoroughfare in London, England in the City of Westminster. With over 300 shops, it is Europe's busiest shopping street, as well as the most dense. The street derives its name from being part of the old London—Oxford Road which began at Newgate, City of London...
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Marble ArchMarble Arch is a white Carrara-marble monument at the junction of Oxford Street, Park Lane, and Edgware Road, almost directly opposite Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park in London, England. The arch is on a large traffic island, which also includes a very small park, in the midst of swirling traffic...
). It is where the fictional upper middle class Forsyte family live in the
BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "BBC", is the longest established and largest broadcaster in the world...
series the Forsyte Saga. It is mostly in the
City of WestminsterThe City of Westminster is a borough of London with city status. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
with a small part at the west being partly in
Kensington and ChelseaThe Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is a London borough in the west side of central London....
.
- Tyburn Convent
- Lancaster Gate Tube Station
Lancaster Gate is a London Underground station located near Lancaster Gate on Bayswater Road in Bayswater , to the north of Kensington Gardens. It is between Queensway and Marble Arch on the Central Line...
- St George's Fields
St George's Fields are a former burial ground of St George's, Hanover Square, lying between Connaught Street and Bayswater Road de-consecrated and sold off by the Church Commissioners in the 1970s to be built upon by a housing trust....
- Royal Lancaster Hotel
- Marble Arch
Marble Arch is a white Carrara-marble monument at the junction of Oxford Street, Park Lane, and Edgware Road, almost directly opposite Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park in London, England. The arch is on a large traffic island, which also includes a very small park, in the midst of swirling traffic...
- Bayswater Road Sunday Art Exhibition.
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Bayswater Road is the main road running across the north of
Hyde Park, LondonHyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner.The park is divided in two by the Serpentine...
. To the east Bayswater Road becomes
Oxford StreetOxford Street is a major thoroughfare in London, England in the City of Westminster. With over 300 shops, it is Europe's busiest shopping street, as well as the most dense. The street derives its name from being part of the old London—Oxford Road which began at Newgate, City of London...
(at
Marble ArchMarble Arch is a white Carrara-marble monument at the junction of Oxford Street, Park Lane, and Edgware Road, almost directly opposite Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park in London, England. The arch is on a large traffic island, which also includes a very small park, in the midst of swirling traffic...
). It is where the fictional upper middle class Forsyte family live in the
BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation, usually referred to by its abbreviation as the "BBC", is the longest established and largest broadcaster in the world...
series the Forsyte Saga. It is mostly in the
City of WestminsterThe City of Westminster is a borough of London with city status. It is located west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, and forms part of Inner London and the bulk of London's central area....
with a small part at the west being partly in
Kensington and ChelseaThe Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is a London borough in the west side of central London....
.
Notable Places on Bayswater Road
- Tyburn Convent
- Lancaster Gate Tube Station
Lancaster Gate is a London Underground station located near Lancaster Gate on Bayswater Road in Bayswater , to the north of Kensington Gardens. It is between Queensway and Marble Arch on the Central Line...
- St George's Fields
St George's Fields are a former burial ground of St George's, Hanover Square, lying between Connaught Street and Bayswater Road de-consecrated and sold off by the Church Commissioners in the 1970s to be built upon by a housing trust....
- Royal Lancaster Hotel
- Marble Arch
Marble Arch is a white Carrara-marble monument at the junction of Oxford Street, Park Lane, and Edgware Road, almost directly opposite Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park in London, England. The arch is on a large traffic island, which also includes a very small park, in the midst of swirling traffic...
- Bayswater Road Sunday Art Exhibition. over 250 artists exhibit original art on the Royal Park Railings between Lancaster Gate and Queensway Tube stations every Sunday rain or shine. A free London tourist attraction.
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