Westbourne Grove

And so he did not stop the cab a second time and allowed himself to be taken without further protest to Fenchurch Street Station, on the platform of which they found the Mrs. Parkinson waiting for them.

Miss Bella Parkinson, the elder of the two, who was employed in a large toy and fancy goods establishment in the neighborhood of Westbourne Grove, was tall and slim with pale eyes and auburn hair.

She had some claims to good looks, in spite of a slightly pasty complexion and a large and decidedly unamiable mouth.

Her sister Ada was the more pleasing in appearance and manner, a brunette with large brown eyes, an impertinent little nose, and a brilliant healthy color.

And when I finally got back on the Westway and saw the signs going, you know, the West End, the City, and I was driving along the Westway 'cause there were no speed cameras then.

You'd hit eighty on the Westway, and I'd pull off for the sort of turning for West-- what was it? Westbourne Grove.

And I felt, you know, I felt myself come alive.

Okay? Now, part of this is me getting older, but part of it is things like the Internet.

The finest and most intelligible map of the whole course of the Westbourne, superimposed over the Victorian street plan, is found in an early article by J.G. Waller, published in the Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, Volume 6, 1882.

Waller's map shows that the stream never ran further west than the easternmost extremity of Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, an east-west road ending at Queensway, where the course lay.

Westbourne Grove is, as its name suggests, west of the Bourne.

So I hope you've enjoyed our look at one of London's lost rivers, and there are many other ones to look at.

If you'd like to make contact with us or suggest any other places you'd like us to feature in future podcasts, you can let me know through our website, londonvisited.co.uk, or our social media.

Take over more streets, you say?

Well, they're literally blocking streets off and making a one-way system around Westbourne Grove.

So it's like, you know.

No, no, what do they expect? But it was beautiful.

Brilliant.

She was calling me up saying, Andrew, I've been to Planet Organic in Westbourne Grove.

Where do you want me to go next? Oh,

nice.

Okay, what is your favorite coffee shop? Grainger & Co in Notting Hill.

It's on Westbourne Grove.

It's Australian.

Or otherwise, my friend Sishil's company, Hagen.

When I feel like a walk, it's an easy walk over the hill to High Street Kensington, the museums, and on to Hyde Park in Central London.

Or I can walk in the other direction and head over to ritzy Notting Hill and Westbourne Grove.

Notting Hill Gate tube is an easy trip down to London Paddington for connections with the Elizabeth Line to Heathrow Airport transfers.

I love crossing oceans But I get mixed emotions With each exotic rendezvous 'Cause I'm wanderlust inclined But you're always on my mind And I need to know I'm going places with you