Queensway, London
Part of | B411 |
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Namesake | Queen Victoria |
Maintained by | Transport for London |
Length | 0.4 mi (0.64 km) |
Location | London, United Kingdom |
Nearest tube station | |
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Queensway (formerly Queen's Road) is a shopping street in Bayswater, an area of west London. It is home to Whiteleys, many restaurants, cafés, pubs, souvenir shops and a few high-street retail chains. Queensway and Westbourne Grove are identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.[1] The street is numbered the B411 in the British road numbering scheme. Queensway is currently undergoing a major redevelopment on all sides, with a building on the top of the road being developed for £500m, Whiteleys for £1.2BN and a series of other redevelopments happening at the same time.
History
Bayswater and Lancaster Gate were first developed as residential suburbs of London in the early 19th century. Bayswater Road, for example, the road at the Bayswater southern end (Bayswater Road) was already a long-established route across the countryside, and a road roughly following the present Queensway can be seen on early maps running north from Bayswater Road across fields under the name of Black Lion Lane. It was subsequently renamed Queen's Road after 1837 in honour of Queen Victoria, who had been born at nearby Kensington Palace: a name, however, which somewhat lacked distinctiveness, for this reason the present name of Queensway was eventually substituted a century later.[2]
Near the northern end of the street was
The church of Our Lady Queen of Heaven, opposite Princess Court, was dedicated as a Roman Catholic church in 1954 by
In recent years, Queensway has become a centre for the entertainment and leisure industry in London. London's biggest ice rink, the Queen's Ice & Bowl in Queensway was recently renovated after investment and development by Robert Bourne (developer) and Bourne Capital. This has led the way for further developments in the area's entertainment and leisure industry. Queensway's retail industry is also booming with the famous Queensway Market showing significant growth in recent years.
Modern Development
It is reported that a Brunei family, in conjunction with
Transport links
See also
References
- ^ Mayor of London (February 2008). "London Plan (Consolidated with Alterations since 2004)" (PDF). Greater London Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2010.
- ^ "Paddington: Communications Pages 174-181 A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9, Hampstead, Paddington". British History Online. Victoria County History, 1989. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "About the Parish". Roman Catholic Parish of Queensway. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ Brunei family’s secret £500m swoop on Queensway by Suzie Neuwirth, City A.M., 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013. Archived 20 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- London Evening Standard, 16 September 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2013. Archived 18 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Hotels Near Paddington Station - Queens Park Hotel". www.queensparkhotel.com. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
- ^ Queens Road Station, Bayswater Walter Richard Sickert (1860 - 1942), The Courtauld Institute of Art website — artandarchitecture.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-12.