Bayswater Visitor Briefing
What To Expect For Those Contemplating Staying In Bayswater
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| Princes Square (Typical Row Of Budget Hotels) |
Bayswater hotels are heavily biased towards the budget sector of the market. There are some notable exceptions like the Hilton Hyde Park and Thistle Kensington Gardens, but most are small independent hotels housed in long terraces of houses, often with 5 or 6 floors and a basement. Princes Square pictured right is typical.
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| Getting To Bayswater |
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| Things To Do Bayswater |
The heart of Bayswater is Queensway, a long one way road going north from Queensway Underground Station at its southern extremity, opposite Kensington Gardens. Bayswater Underground is just a minutes walk up Queensway from here.
Queensway
The whole length of Queensway is full of restaurants, pubs and outlets to meet all the needs of most travelers. All the fast food chains are here, KFC, Burger King, Pizza Hut, McDonalds etc. together with obligatory coffee shops, Starbucks and Costa Coffee included.
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There is one of the widest ranges of independent restaurants in London covering most cuisine's of the world. At the northern end of Queensway is Whiteleys Shopping Centre, a historic building that has been gutted and turned into a multi level shopping mall.
Within Whiteleys, shops and restaurants are slightly more upmarket than the outlets all around. On the top floor is a multiplex cinema plus some higher class restaurants including a very swish sushi restaurant.
Also within Whiteleys is an easyCafe Internet facility, there are many other Internet options in the district but this is the most 'mainstream', part of a chain.
Also along Queensway is several small supermarkets including a Spar and Tesco Metro that can provide most of those emergency odds and ends you need. A much larger supermarket, Waitrose is at the top end of Bayswater. There are also some oriental supermarkets at either end of Queensway.
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| Whiteleys Shopping Centre |
The Post Office and a Boots pharmacist are also situated opposite Whiteleys Shopping Centre.
Strung along Queensway and all around in the side streets are numerous old fashioned pubs that serve traditional pub grub and often full English breakfasts in the morning.
If you want something lighter for breakfast there is a wide range of alternatives for all budgets.
Other practical facilities include a wide range of launderettes, you don't have to wander more than a hundred yards or two before you will come across an option. Most are coin operated.
In terms of entertainment we cover that on our Bayswater Things To Do page, but options include a cinema, ice skating rink or even Turkish baths.
Public Transport Bayswater
For most, the London Underground is the way into an out of Bayswater. Although they look far apart on the Underground map, Queensway and Bayswater are only about 150 yards apart. Trains run very frequently from about 05:30 to midnight and you can get to most of the sights within Central London within 20 minutes.
If you are a night owl, there are night buses that connect Bayswater with the centre through the night. The 94 bus is perhaps the most useful running along the Bayswater Road on the border of Kensington Gardens past Queensway Underground Station along Oxford Street and down to Piccadilly Circus in the heart of the West End, London's theatre and entertainment district.
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| Big Bus Hop on Hop Off Tour Bus Bayswater Road |
A very popular option for visitors to get orientated with London is to use the hop on, hop off tour buses. There are two major operators, the Original London Tour and the Big Bus.
For those staying in Bayswater, the Big Bus has a definite advantage as one of their main routes goes along the Bayswater Road where it stops at 4 locations in Bayswater. The competing Original London Tour offers a very limited service for those staying in Bayswater.
Safety and Side Streets
The area where the hotels are in Bayswater are safe within the normal common-sense precautions applicable the world over.
Although Queensway is the hub of Bayswater, you will find cafes, launderettes pubs etc. scattered all around the district.
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