Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(David J Bush) wrote:

On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 00:51 +0100 (BST), (Colin
Rosenstiel) wrote:

...
While the walk to the hotel will involve going up or down
Portchester Gardens, it looks only slightly further to the hotel
via the Northern end of Queensborough Terrace as via the
Bayswater Road end.

Different maps on the Net seem to disagree on this point.

http://www.capricornhotels.co.uk/byron-detmap.html points to the
South half of Q.T.

whereas http://www.hotels-of-london.co.uk/ca...yron/index.htm
puts the Byron in the North half.

What a QUANDRY! Maybe I'll just stand at the corner of "Inv. P."
(Inverness Place?) and Inverness Terrace with my hands on my head
and a dumbfounded expression on my face. Not all that unusual for
me...

I think I'd prefer to trust the map with the hand-added pointer
(the one further North) on the assumption that the people who put
it there likely had a clearer idea than the software that put the
other arrow there did.

But they say the hotel is 250 yards from Kensington Gardens, whereas
their arrowed location is 350 yards from the Gardens. The truth is
between the two arrows.

I've checked the address (36-38 Queensborough Terrace) with the City of
Westminster site and Google Earth, and it's actually slightly quicker to
turn left (north) out of Bayswater station and walk via Porchester
Gardens than to go via the Bayswater Road. (Roughly 550 yards against
600 yards.)
--
Richard J.
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