IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Queensway, LONDON, W2 6LS
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Queensway, W2 6LS by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Image Listing (253 Images Found)
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Distance
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Whiteleys, 151 Queensway W2
At the junction with Porchester Gardens W2
Image: © Robin Sones
Taken: 9 Jun 2009
0.01 miles
2
Queensway, Bayswater
Seen from the junction with Porchester Gardens. Whiteleys, best described as a shopping centre, is on the left.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 18 Sep 2008
0.01 miles
4
Whiteley's, Bayswater
Whiteley's is a Bayswater institution, occupying a prominent location on Queensway. It is in fact London's oldest department store, predating the better known Oxford Street establishments, and the opulence of the building (the present store opened in 1911) is an indication of how wealthy an area Bayswater once was. The store declined, however, with the area and was eventually closed in 1981 - to be reopened in 1989 as a shopping centre with a collection of well-known high street names occupying separate shops within its walls. At the time this looked to be the likely fate of many traditional department stores which were beginning to seem old fashioned and fusty, but in the event that did not happen. Nevertheless, Whiteley's appears to thrive in its new incarnation.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 18 Sep 2008
0.02 miles
5
Queensway, London W2
A view south along Queensway past The Redan pub http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3137506 on the right.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 13 May 2012
0.02 miles
7
Whiteley's, Bayswater
The main frontage of Whiteleys is on Queensway, although this plaque is fixed to the side of the building on Porchester Gardens.
Image: © Stephen McKay
Taken: 18 Sep 2008
0.03 miles
8
A rooflight in Whiteleys shopping centre
Image: © Rod Allday
Taken: 29 Nov 2015
0.04 miles
9
Whiteleys Shopping Centre
This impressive facade is all that's left of what was London's first department store.
From a single shop in the 1860s the store rapidly expanded until a huge fire in 1887 destroyed the old premises.
The new store, with this frontage, was built in 1911.
It closed in 1981 and most of the building was demolished and reconstructed, opening again in 1989 as a multiple store shopping centre. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteleys
The founder, William Whiteley, arrived in London from Yorkshire with £10. He built up a retail business supplying more or less everything to the expanding market of Victorian London. He became a millionaire in the process, only to be murdered in 1907, shot by an illegitimate son, so sadly, he wouldn't have seen this building.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whiteley
Image: © Des Blenkinsopp
Taken: 14 Jun 2013
0.04 miles
10
Whitele's Store
Grade II listed. http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101227450-whiteleys-store-lancaster-gate-ward
Image: © N Chadwick
Taken: 1 May 2017
0.04 miles