Elgin Avenue

The area was built as part of the rapid expansion of London in the first half of the nineteenth century.

It was laid out as part of a plan for the area by the architect George Gutch in 1827, who envisaged a series of long avenues.

In 1915 the new Maida Vale tube station was opened as part of an extension of the Bakerloo Line north from Paddington.

[3] It was originally proposed to name the station Elgin Avenue, but Maida Vale was ultimately chosen to reflect the wider area.

[5] Artist and political activist Peter Kennard was born on Elgin Avenue in Maida Vale.