SEBRA
SEBRA is a strong voice for residents in a most attractive part of London, which is architecturally a match for anything in Kensington and Chelsea. The area is shown on our map(click here to see it) and has some wonderful streets and squares.
Over the last 40 years our group of dedicated volunteers has played a significant role in the continuing improvement of Baywater.
If it were not for SEBRA, our two great through roads, Gloucester and Westbourne Terraces, would be like the A4 Talgarth Road in West Kensington - major highways carrying hundred of lorries and coaches every hour, day and night betwen the elevated A40 and Central London.
The area would be full of cheap hotels, and our carefully conserved village character would be a distant memory. And don’t think the threat has gone away - we are always opposing ill-conceived ideas which might be foisted on us if we are not careful.
Bayswater is a cosmopolitan area. Around Queensway just about any language can be heard, and there is hardly an ethnic cuisine which is not represented.
Communications are superb with buses into the West End and the Central, District and Circle Underground lines connecting it with the City. The Heathrow Express runs from of Paddington and takes just fifteen minutes. Work is soon to begin on the construction of London's biggest transport project, Crossrail, a new railway tunnel between Paddington and Whitechapel, to enable suburban trains to travel from Heathrow and Maidenhead to Canary Wharf, Shenfield & Abbey Wood, with stops in the West End.
Bayswater is unique - it retains a village character, but is also a bustling and thrving shopping and leisure area, with pubs, restaurants and bars to suit every taste and pocket. So if you want to see the area protected and cared for, join SEBRA and help its work to continue.

Bayswater Area Forums
Bayswater Area Forums are held every few months, giving people who live, work or learn in the Bayswater area the opportunity to raise issues with local Councillors and Council officers, to learn about schemes and current initiatives, and to offer feedback.
Date of next Bayswater Area Forum meeting now fixed for Thursday 10 June 2010 from 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm at Porchester Hall 45 Porchester Road W2 5HS
These are open events for everyone who would like to get involved in their local community so if you would like more information please contact the Area Forums team at:areaforums@westminster.gov.uk