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Bayswater is an area of west London in the City of Westminster. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The City of Westminster ( is a borough of London with city status. It is a built-up district located 3 miles (4. 8 km) west north-west of Charing Cross and borders the north of Hyde Park over Kensington Gardens. Charing Cross is located at the junction of the Strand, Whitehall and Cockspur Street in Central London, England. Hyde Park is one of the largest Parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner See also Kensington Gardens South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide, Australia Kensington Gardens, once the private gardens of Kensington

Bayswater is one of London's most cosmopolitan areas, with the significant diversity of the local population added to by having one of London's highest concentration of hotels. World citizen is a term with a variety of meanings often referring to a person who disapproves of traditional Geopolitical divisions derived from national Citizenship Notably, there is a significant Arab population towards Edgware Road, a large number of Americans, a substantial Greek community attracted by London's Greek Orthodox Cathedral, the area is also a centre of London's Brazilian community and a substantial local population. The araB gene Promoter is a bacterial promoter activated by e L-arabinose binding The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld

Architecturally, the biggest part of the area is made up of Georgian stucco terraces and garden squares, mostly, although not exclusively, divided up into flats. Stucco or render is a material made of an aggregate, a binder, and water The property ranges from very expensive apartments to small studio flats. There are also purpose built apartment blocks dating from the inter-war period as well as more recent developments, and a large Council Estate, the 800 flat Hallfield Estate, designed by Sir Denys Lasdun and now largely sold off. Public housing is a form of Housing tenure in which the property is owned by a Government authority which may be central or local Sir Denys Lasdun CH ( 8 September 1914 &ndash 11 January 2001) was an eminent English Architect of the 20th century There are some garden squares in the area.

Queensway and Westbourne Grove are busy High Streets, with a very large number of ethnic restaurants. Queensway is a bustling cosmopolitan street in the Bayswater district of West London. Westbourne Grove is a retail road running across Notting Hill, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. High Street, or the High Street, is a Metonym for the generic name (and frequently the official name of the primary Business street

It has a population density of 17,500 people per square kilometre. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of

History

The land now called Bayswater belonged to the Abbey of Westminster when the Domesday Book was compiled; the most considerable tenant under the abbot was Bainiardus, probably the same Norman associate of the Conqueror who gave his name to Baynard's Castle. The Domesday Book (ˈduːmzdeɪ bʊk also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester) was the record of the great survey The Normans were the people who gave their names to Normandy, a region in northern France. William I of England ( 1027 His reign which brought Norman culture to England had an enormous impact on the subsequent course of England in the Middle Ages Baynard's Castle in London was at various times a Castle, house and Palace. The descent of the land held by him cannot be clearly traced: but his name long remained attached to part of it; and, as late as the year 1653, a parliamentary grant of the Abbey or Chapter lands describes "the common field at Paddington" as being "near a place commonly called Baynard's Watering. " In 1720, the lands of the Dean and Chapter are described to be the occupation of Alexander Bond, of Bear's Watering, in the same parish of Paddington. Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting It may therefore fairly be concluded that this portion of ground, always remarkable for its springs of excellent water, once supplied water to Baynard, his household, or his cattle; that the memory of his name was preserved in the neighbourhood for six centuries; and that his watering-place now takes the abbreviated name Bayswater.

Famous residents

• Brett Anderson
• J. M. Barrie
• Winston Churchill
• Alexander Fleming
• Jonathan King
• Keira Knightley
• Guglielmo Marconi (the pioneer of wireless communication) lived at 71 Hereford Road between 1896 and 1897 with his mother upon arrival to England (marked by a Blue Plaque)
• Stella McCartney
• Sting occupied a basement flat at 28A Leinster Square in the late seventies during the formative years of The Police. Brett Lewis Anderson (born September 29, 1967) is an English Singer-songwriter, best-known as the former lead vocalist of Britpop Sir James Matthew Barrie 1st Baronet OM ( 9 May, 1860 &ndash 19 June, 1937) more commonly known as J Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 &ndash 11 March 1955 was a Scottish Biologist and Pharmacologist. Jonathan King (born Kenneth George King, 6 December 1944 London, England) is a British Singer, Songwriter, TV personality Keira Christina Knightley (ˌkɪərəˈnaɪtlɪ born March 26, 1985) is a Golden Globe – BAFTA - and Academy Award –nominated Marchese Guglielmo Marconi mar'koni (25 April 1874 – 20 July 1937 was an Italian inventor best known for his development of a Radiotelegraph system Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common In the United Kingdom, a blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person or event Stella Nina McCartney (born September 13 1971) is an English Fashion designer. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born October 2, 1951) better known by his Stage name Sting, is a three time Academy Award Trudie Styler, now his wife, lived in a basement flat two doors down. Trudie Styler (born 6 January, 1954 in Birmingham, England) is an actress and producer [1]
• Damon Albarn
• Mike Atherton
• Jeremy Clarkson
• Paul Simonon
• Mariella Frostrup

Various persons of international renown are frequently reported as buying property in the area, including Claudia Schiffer. Damon Albarn, ˈdɛɪmən ˈɔːɫbɑːn (b March 23 1968 in Leytonstone, London) is an English Singer-songwriter who gained fame as the lead Michael Andrew Atherton, OBE (born March 23, 1968, in Failsworth Lancashire, England) is a broadcaster journalist and retired Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960 is an English broadcaster Paul Gustave Simonon (born 15 December 1955 is an English musician best known as the Bass guitarist for Punk rock band The Clash. Mariella Frostrup (born 12 November, 1962 in Oslo, Norway) is a Journalist and Television presenter, well known on Claudia Schiffer (born August 25, 1970) is a German model and actress who reached the height of her popularity during the 1990s due to her close resemblance

Local politics

The area elects six councillors to Westminster City Council, currently all Conservative. Three are elected from the wards of Bayswater, where the Conservatives have a majority in excess of 250 votes over the Liberal Democrats. Three are also elected from Lancaster Gate, which is a safe Conservative ward, represented by leader of the Council Simon Milton. Sir Simon Milton, is a British Conservative politician and a senior figure in English local government

Education

For education in Bayswater see the main City of Westminster article. The City of Westminster ( is a borough of London with city status.

Nearest places

• Paddington
• Notting Hill
• St John's Wood
• Knightsbridge
• Maida Vale
• Little Venice
• Kilburn

Nearest tube stations

• Bayswater tube station
• Queensway tube station
• Royal Oak tube station
• Lancaster Gate station

Places of interest

• Whiteleys Shopping Centre
• Marble Arch
• Hyde Park
• Opus Dei UK headquarters

References in fiction

• In John le Carré's The Spy who Came in from the Cold, Liz is a member of the Bayswater South Branch of the Communist Party. Paddington is an area of the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Notting Hill is an area in West London, England close to the north-western corner of Hyde Park, and lying within the Royal Borough of Kensington and For the rock band please see St John's Wood (band For the Australian locality St Johns Wood see main article St John's Wood Queensland Knightsbridge is a road which gives its name to an exclusive district lying to the west of Central London. Maida Vale is a residential district in West London between St John's Wood and Kilburn. Bayswater tube station is a London Underground station in Travelcard Zone 1 on the Circle and District lines Queensway is a London Underground station just inside the boundary of the City of Westminster with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Royal Oak is a station on the Hammersmith and City Line, between Westbourne Park and Paddington stations and in Travelcard Zone 2. Lancaster Gate is a London Underground station located near Lancaster Gate on Bayswater Road in Bayswater ( City of Westminster) to Whiteleys was London 's first Department store, located in the Bayswater area of London, England. Marble Arch is a white Carrara Marble monument near Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park, at the western end of Oxford Street in Hyde Park is one of the largest Parks in central London, England and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner Opus Dei, formally known as The Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, is a part of the Roman Catholic Church that teaches the Catholic belief that everyone John le Carré is the Pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born October 19, 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963 by John le Carré is a Cold War spy novel famous for its intricate plot and its portrait of the West's espionage methods The Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB was the largest Communist party in the United Kingdom, though it never became a mass party like the Communist parties of
• In le Carré's Smiley's People, the retired Russian major lives in a dingy flat on Westbourne Grove. For the article by Neal Stephenson see Smiley's people (essay.
• Many of the characters in Samuel Selvon's novel The Lonely Londoners live in Bayswater. Samuel Selvon (1923&ndash1994 was a Trinidad -born writer Selvon was educated at Naparima College, San Fernando before moving to London, The Lonely Londoners is a 1956 novel by British Caribbean author Samuel Selvon.
• The Alfred Hitchcock film Frenzy was filmed in the area. Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 Frenzy is a 1972 thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and is the Penultimate feature film of his extensive career
• In Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, Lady Bracknell indicates that the perambulator (carrying Jack, as a baby) was found "standing by itself in a remote corner of Bayswater". Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 was an Irish Playwright, Novelist, poet and Author of The Importance of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde. It premiered on February 14, 1895 at the St
• In Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited, Charles Ryder's father lives in Bayswater. Arthur Evelyn St John Waugh (ˈiːvlɪn ˈwɔː (28 October 1903 &ndash 10 April 1966 was an English Writer, best known for such darkly humorous and Brideshead Revisited The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder is a Novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh, first published in 1945
• Whiteleys is frequently seen in film, e. Whiteleys was London 's first Department store, located in the Bayswater area of London, England. g. Love Actually, Closer, and was referred to in My Fair Lady as Eliza Dolittle is sent "to Whiteleys to be attired" in Pygmalion. Love Actually is a 2003 British Romantic comedy Film written and directed by Richard Curtis. Closer is a 2004 film written by Patrick Marber, based on his award-winning play of the same name. My Fair Lady is a musical Film adaptation of the Lerner and Loewe stage musical My Fair Lady, based in turn on the play Whiteleys was London 's first Department store, located in the Bayswater area of London, England. It also has recording studios on the top floor.
• Scenes in Alfie were filmed around Chepstow Road. Alfie is a 1966 British film starring Michael Caine. It is an adaptation by Bill Naughton of his own Novel and play
• The main character in Iris Murdoch's novel A Word Child, Hilary Burde, has a "flatlet" near Bayswater Tube Station. Dame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE ( 15 July 1919 &ndash 8 February 1999) was a Dublin -born writer and philosopher A Word Child is the 17th novel by Iris Murdoch. First published in 1975 by Chatto and Windus, A Word Child charts the trials and tribulations
• Scenes in The Black Windmill refer to, and were filmed around, the area. The Black Windmill is a British Spy thriller released in 1974.

See also

• In reference to the Bayswater river, refer to River Westbourne
• Aeroford - automobile manufactured in Bayswater
• Leinster Gardens - a false façade on this street hides a London Underground line from view