Bayswater is one of London’s most cosmopolitan areas with the significant diversity of the local population added to by having one of London’s biggest concentration of hotels. The names derives from Bayard’s Watering, a place where the Westbourne stream crossed Bayswater Road. The name is possibly based on the Bayard Family who once lived in the are. The area is now well known for Samuel Pepys Cockerell stucco houses in crescents and squares. Notably, there is a significant Arab population towards Edgware Road, a large number of Americans, a substantial Greek community attracted by London’s Greek Orthodox Cathedral, the area is also a centre of London’s Brazilian community and a substantial local population.
