Bayswater - Definition and Overview

Bayswater is a place in the City of Westminster, in London.

Nearest places:

• Paddington
• Notting Hill
• St John's Wood
• Knightsbridge
• Kilburn

Nearest tube stations:

• Bayswater tube station
• Queensway tube station
• Royal Oak tube station

• NOTE: In reference to the Bayswater river, refer to the River Westbourne for more information.

Famous Bayswater Residents (Past & Present)

• Winston Churchill
• J M Barrie
• Alexander Fleming

References in fiction

In John le Carré's the The Spy who Came in from the Cold, Liz is a member of the Bayswater South Branch of the Communist Party.

In Smiley's People, the retired Russian major lives in a dingy flat on Westbourne Grove.

Bayswater is also a working class suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Bayswater is a local government area and Perth suburb in Western Australia, Australia.