Bayswater Road, London, W2
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Bayswater Road, London, W2
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 3 Apr 2016
The Swan at No.66 Bayswater Road is the only pub overlooking Kensington Gardens. It is situated near the exit from the Italianate Gardens area of Kensington Gardens and Elms Mews can be found on its right. It was built in the early 1600s and history has it that prisoners in transit were allowed a final drink here before being taken to the hanging tree at Marble Arch. Also, that this is where the origin of the sayings 'one for the road’ (i.e. the prisoner’s final drink) and 'on the wagon’ (the form of transport used), stem from.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.511174
Longitude
-0.179076