Visitor attractions and information - Bayswater
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 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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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. (Photo: 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