Maida Vale

To the north of Paddington is Maida Vale, a very residential suburb, where Victorian mansion blocks fill wide, tree-lined streets. The Warrington is a vast pub (and one time bordello) that has a Thai restaurant upstairs, and outside seating for those balmy summer nights. Another good spot offering a choice of bars and restaurants is Clifton Road.

Maida Vale is home to a BBC Recording and Broadcast Studio, used primarily by BBC Radio 1. The studio was where John Peel's Peel Sessions were produced, a regular slot in which a current popular band would play a set exclusively for the show.Little Venice, as the name suggests is canal-based.

The Regents Canal was built in 1820 to link London’s docks with Birmingham. However it was quickly superseded by the railways, and so has been spared to scars of heavy industry. In fact the stretch of canal running between Little Venice and Camden takes in some of north London’s best spots.