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Open · since 1868

Why is it called Bayswater?

DistrictCircle

Where the name comes from

From the 1380 place name "Bayards Watering Place", which in Middle English meant either a watering place for horses or the watering place belonging to the Bayard family.

Where it is

Baker StreetBayswaterEdgware RoadEdgware RoadHigh Street KensingtonHolland ParkHyde Park CornerKensington (Olympia)KnightsbridgeLadbroke GroveLancaster GateLatimer RoadMarble ArchMaryleboneNotting Hill GatePaddingtonPaddingtonQueenswayRoyal OakShepherd's BushWarwick AvenueWestbourne ParkWood LaneUxbridge RoadWestbourne ParkWood Lane

See Bayswater on the interactive map, 1863 to today

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At a glance

Opened
1868
Status
Open
Lines
District, Circle
Fare zone
1
Local authority
City of Westminster
Earlier names
Bayswater: 1868–1923; Bayswater (Queen's Road) & Westbourne Grove: 1923–1933; Bayswater (Queen's Road): 1933–1946; Bayswater (Queensway): 1946, suffix gradually dropped

Sources

Station list and dates: Wikipedia’s lists of London Underground stations, citing Douglas Rose and Cyril Harris. Line routes Powered by TfL Open Data.

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