Location

• Leinster Mews was one of the original mews (streets of stables for horses) serving the grand houses of Lancaster Gate
• Leinster Mews is a road within Bayswater, and falls within London’s W2 postcode area (W = West)
• The local authority is the City of Westminster. Westminster is the home of Britain’s Houses of Parliament and its government
  London’s China Town is in the W1 and WC2 postcode areas, so it’s very near and has good Chinese restaurants (WC = West Central)
• Hyde Park is 2 minutes’ walk away
• Buckingham Palace (the Queen’s home) is less than 2 miles away
• Kensington Gardens is also a very short walk away
• The shops, bars and restaurants of Queensway are very near
• Notting Hill is very near. It’s very famous (see the film!) and the most expensive place to live in London
• The West End (London’s entertainment centre, famous for theatres and clubs) is very near
• Lancaster Gate is the nearest London Underground railway station. Lancaster Gate station is on the Central Line. It’s 5 minutes’ walk away
• Other nearby stations include Queensway (on the Central Line) and Bayswater (on the Circle and District Lines). Both are ¼ mile away
• Oxford Street is 5 minutes’ walk away. Marble Arch, at the end of Oxford Street, is ¾ mile away
• Heathrow Airport is 25 minutes away by road
• Other airports serving London are London City Airport (South Central), Gatwick Airport (South East),and London Luton (North)