Maida Vale

Maida Vale

Maida Vale is a road in north-west London, and a district surrounding it. The road starts in Kilburn, near Kilburn High Road tube station as a continuation of Kilburn High Road. It goes south-east, past Maida Vale tube station, through the district known as Maida Vale. To the east is St John's Wood and Lord's Cricket Ground. When it meets St. John's Wood Road, Maida Vale becomes the Edgware Road.

The district is named after the Battle of Maida, 1806. The area is mostly residential, consisting of many large Edwardian Mansion Houses. It encompasses the Paddington basin, a junction of three canals with many houseboats. This area is also known as Little Venice.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Maida Vale was a predominately Jewish district, and the area contains the 1896 Spanish & Portugese Synagogue (a Grade 2 listed building)