Maida Vale

The name of the area is derived from a pub and an Italian battle during the Napoleonic Wars. The original pub called The Hero of Maida stood on Edgware Road near the Regent's Canal until it closed in 1992. In the early 19th century, its hanging board displayed the likeness of the Georgian era General Sir John Stuart, under which was the legend Sir John Stuart, the hero of Maida.{{cite book |chapter-url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22667 |first1=T.F.T. |last1=Baker |first2=Diane K. |last2=Bolton |first3=Patricia E.C. |last3=Croot |name-list-style=amp |editor-last=Elrington |editor-first=C.R. |editor-link=Christopher Elrington |date=1989 |title=A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 9, Hampstead, Paddington |chapter=Paddington: Maida Vale |location=London |publisher=Victoria County History |pages=212–217 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928005528/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22667 |archive-date=28 September 2007}}{{cite web |url=http://www.greene.co.uk/home/area-information/maida-vale/history |title=Maida Vale History |website=Greene & Co. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724001733/http://www.greene.co.uk/home/area-information/maida-vale/history |archive-date=24 July 2008}} General Sir John Stuart was made Count of Maida (a town in Calabria) by King Ferdinand IV of Naples and III of Sicily after the British victory at the Battle of Maida in 1806.{{cite book |first1=J. |last1=Ayto |first2=I. |last2=Crofton |name-list-style=amp |date=2005 |title=Brewer's Britain & Ireland |location=London |publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson}} As the expansion of London gathered pace, the name stuck as the farmland around the pub was used for urban development in the 1820s.{{cite magazine |url= https://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/how-maida-vale-turned-from-boudoir-village-to-one-of-londons-most-vibrant-neighbourhoods-225408|title=How Maida Vale turned from boudoir village to one of London's most vibrant neighbourhoods|magazine=Country Life|date=16 April 2021}}

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The area is bounded by Maida Avenue and the Regent's Canal to the south, Maida Vale (the road of the same name) to the north-east, Kilburn Park Road to the north-west, and Shirland Road and Blomfield Road to the south-west: an area of around {{convert|1|km2|sqmi|frac=2|abbr=off|spell=in}}. It makes up most of the W9 postal district.

The southern part of Maida Vale, at the junction of Paddington Basin with Regent's Canal with many houseboats, is known as Little Venice. Paddington Recreation Ground is also located in Maida Vale.

The area to the west of Maida Vale, is known as "Maida Hill". It is a recognised postal district bounded by the Avenues on the west, the Regent's Canal to the south, Maida Vale to the east and Kilburn Lane to the north. Parts of Maida Vale were also included in this.{{Cite web |url=http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/LND/postaldistricts.htm |title=List of Postal Districts |date=6 September 2011 |website=GENUKI |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501142423/http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/LND/postaldistricts.htm |archive-date=1 May 2009}} The use of the name "Maida Hill" declined, but increased again since the mid-2000s as the 414 bus route (from 2005 to 2021) gave its destination as Maida Hill,{{Cite web |url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk |title=Home |website=Transport for London |date=28 March 2007 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100104235448/http://www.tfl.gov.uk/ |archive-date=4 January 2010}}{{Cite web |url=https://busandtrainuser.com/2021/11/12/london-style-bus-cuts-continue/ |title="London-style" bus cuts continue |date=12 November 2021 |website=Bus and Train User.com}} and a new Maida Hill market was introduced on the square at the junction of Elgin Avenue and Harrow Road.{{Cite web |url=http://harrowroadpartnership.wordpress.com/category/whats-on/ |title=Maida Hill 2010: What's On |website=Harrow Road Local Area Renewal Partnership |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718100250/http://harrowroadpartnership.wordpress.com/category/whats-on/ |archive-date=18 July 2011}} Maida Hill is also known as "West Kilburn", with the two names being used interchangeably.Chambers - Russ Willey - London Gazetteer - p546 - ISBN 978 0550 10326 0

Just to the east of Maida Vale is St John's Wood, with Lord's Cricket Ground.

The area was previously owned by the Church, initially as part of St Margaret's, Westminster, then later by the Bishop of London after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.{{Cite book |title=Dial M For Maida Vale |last=Kevin |first=O'Sullivan |publisher=Westminster City Archives |year=2000 |isbn=978-1-900893084}}

In 1742, a lease for future development was signed by Sir John Frederick. His daughter later married Robert Thistlethwaite, a Hampshire landowner, whose Hampshire holdings including Widley and Wymering are commemorated in Maida Vale street names.

In 1816, an Act of Parliament allowed the trustees of Sir John Frederick's estate and the Bishop of London to begin developing the area. This began in the 1820s with development along Edgware Road. The area was first named on maps as Maida Vale in 1827. John Gutch, surveyor to the Bishop of London, produced a plan for the area in 1827, which roughly corresponds to current road alignments.

By 1868, a stretch of Edgware Road near the area had been officially named Maida Vale. In 1960, the ownership of the area's freehold passed from the Bishop of London to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, whose function was to administer the church's assets.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Maida Vale was a significant Sephardic Jewish district, to the extent that an 1878 magazine report reported that it was commonly called "New Jerusalem". The 1896 Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, a Grade II listed building and headquarters of the British Sephardi community, is on Lauderdale Road. The actor Alec Guinness was born on this road. The first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, lived within sight of this synagogue on Warrington Crescent.{{Cite web |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.001002006005/chooseLetter/B |title=B - London Blue Plaques |website=English Heritage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330031714/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.001002006005/chooseLetter/B |archive-date=2010-03-30}} The pioneer of modern computing, Alan Turing, was born at what is now the Colonnade Hotel in Warrington Crescent.

Maida Vale tube station was opened on 6 June 1915 on the Bakerloo line. Warwick Avenue tube station on the same line had been opened a few months earlier.

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Maida Vale is home to some of BBC network radio's recording and broadcast studios. The building on Delaware Road is one of the BBC's earliest premises, pre-dating Broadcasting House, and was the centre of the BBC radio news service during World War II. The building houses seven music and radio drama studios. Most famously it was home to John Peel's BBC Radio 1 Peel Sessions and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

In 2018 the BBC announced plans to close the Maida Vale studios and relocate its functions to East London.{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jun/05/bbc-to-close-maida-vale-studios-and-move-live-music-base-to-east-london |title=BBC to close Maida Vale studios and move live music base to east London |first=Jim |last=Waterson |date=5 June 2018 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=31 May 2019 |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

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Little Venice is a comparatively recent name for parts of Maida Vale and Paddington in the City of Westminster. It consists of the area surrounding the Little Venice basin and its canals. It is known for its Regency style white stucco buildings and its canals and moored boats. The name Little Venice is applied to Maida Avenue, Warwick Crescent and Blomfield Road, and the streets in the south of Maida Vale overlooking Browning's Pool, including the section of Randolph Avenue south of Warrington Crescent.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mike-stevens.co.uk/metrocuts/paddington/brownings1.htm |title=Browning's Pool |website=Mike-Stevens.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070817194800/http://www.mike-stevens.co.uk/metrocuts/paddington/brownings1.htm |archive-date=17 August 2007}}

According to one story, the poet Robert Browning, who lived in the area from 1862 to 1887, coined the name.{{Cite web |url=http://www.littlevenice-mf.com/ |title=Home |website=Little Venice Music Festival |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930083446/http://www.littlevenice-mf.com/ |archive-date=30 September 2007}} However, this was disputed by Lord Kinross in 1966{{Cite web |url=http://www.londoncanals.co.uk/lvenice/images/kinross.jpg |title=Letter to The Daily Telegraph, 1966 |website=London Canals |access-date=27 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202080435/http://www.londoncanals.co.uk/lvenice/images/kinross.jpg |archive-date=2 February 2017}} and by London Canals.{{Cite web |url=http://www.londoncanals.co.uk/lvenice/lv00.html |title=The history of the place name known as 'Little Venice' |website=London Canals |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309110611/http://www.londoncanals.co.uk/lvenice/lv00.html |archive-date=9 March 2012}} Both assert that Lord Byron (1788–1824) humorously coined the name, which now applies more loosely to a longer reach of the canal system. Browning's Pool is named after the poet. It forms the junction of Regent's Canal and the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal.

South Maida Vale, a prime residential area,{{cite web |url=http://www.foxtons.co.uk/living-in/little-venice/ |title=Little Venice area guide |website=Foxtons |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107172505/http://www.foxtons.co.uk/living-in/little-venice/ |archive-date=7 January 2015}} also has a reputation for shops and restaurants and for the Canal Cafe Theatre, the Puppet Theatre Barge, the Waterside Café and the Warwick Castle pub. A waterbus service operates from Little Venice eastwards round Regent's Park, calling at London Zoo and on towards Camden Town. The Inland Waterways Association has hosted since 1983 a Canalway Cavalcade in Little Venice.{{cite web |url=https://www.waterways.org.uk/events_festivals/canalway_cavalcade_2015/iwa_canalway_cavalcade_2015 |title=Canalway Cavalcade: 2nd–4th May 2015 |website=Inland Waterways Association |access-date=5 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105065912/https://www.waterways.org.uk/events_festivals/canalway_cavalcade_2015/iwa_canalway_cavalcade_2015 |archive-date=5 November 2014}}

File:Carlton Tavern - geograph.org.uk - 483947.jpg (1921) is an example of 1920s architecture. The pub was demolished in 2015 but subsequently rebuilt following a community campaign and planning appeals.]]

Maida Vale is noted for wide tree-lined avenues, large communal gardens and red-brick mansion blocks from the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. The first mansion blocks were completed in 1897, with the arrival of the identically designed Lauderdale Mansions South, Lauderdale Mansions West and Lauderdale Mansions East in Lauderdale Road. Others followed in neighbouring streets: Elgin Mansions (Elgin Avenue) and Leith Mansions (Grantully Road) in 1900, Ashworth Mansions (Elgin Avenue and Grantully Road) and Castellain Mansions (Castellain Road) in 1902, Elgin Court (Elgin Avenue) and Carlton Mansions (Randolph Avenue) in 1902, Delaware Mansions (Delaware Road) and Biddulph Mansions (Elgin Avenue and Biddulph Road) in 1907 and Randolph Court in 1910.Minutes of Paddington Borough Council meeting of 5 October 1909 (page 646 for 1909), "Notices for Erection of New Buildings [in 1910]" includes No. 2,135: "A new block of flats.. on the west side of Portsdown Road [renamed Randolph Avenue in 1939] to be the third building from Carlton Vale and on the site between No. 223 Portsdown Road and Carlton Mansions."

Among the buildings of architectural interest is the Carlton Tavern, a pub on Carlton Vale. Built in 1920–1921 for Charrington Brewery, it is thought to be the work of the architect Frank J. Potter and is noted for its 1920s interiors and faience tiled exterior. The building was being considered by Historic England for Grade II listing when it was unexpectedly demolished in March 2015 by the property developer CLTX Ltd to make way for a block of flats.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/11525262/Bulldozers-level-historic-pub-the-day-before-it-is-due-to-be-listed.html |title=Bulldozers level historic pub after being denied planning permission |date=9 April 2015 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=17 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416073456/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/11525262/Bulldozers-level-historic-pub-the-day-before-it-is-due-to-be-listed.html |archive-date=16 April 2015}} The pub was subsequently rebuilt and re-opened following a community campaign and planning appeals.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/mar/21/rising-from-the-rubble-london-pub-rebuilt-brick-by-brick-after-bulldozing |title=Rising from the rubble |first=James |last=Tapper |date=21 March 2021 |newspaper=The Observer}}

Maida Vale has a namesake electoral ward and in the 2022 local election returned three Labour councillors for Westminster City Council. The 2011 census counted a population of 10,210 in the ward. Ethnicity-wise, 62.4% of the population were White (38% British, 3% Irish, 22% Other), 11.7% were Asian, and 7.1% were Black. Maida Vale also had a large Arab community, who formed 9.2% of the population, and by far the most spoken foreign language was Arabic. Of the 4,480 households, the number of homes owned or privately rented were about even, with socially rented a bit less but still significant. Properties are predominantly in the flats/maisonettes/apartments category (over 90 percent of the households). The median age was 33. Being in the inner city, the majority of residents do not own a car or van.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/maida-vale-e05000640 |title=Maida Vale - UK Census Data 2011 |author=Good Stuff IT Services |website=UK Census Data |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921130351/http://www.ukcensusdata.com/maida-vale-e05000640 |archive-date=21 September 2016}}

Local places of worship include St Saviour's Church, Warwick Avenue, a building constructed in 1972–1976 in a "modern" style. The latter building was referred to by some local residents as "the God Box".{{Cite web |url=http://www.parishoflittlevenice.com/st_saviour_index.php |title=St Saviour Warwick Avenue |website=The Parish of Little Venice |language=en |access-date=9 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704041800/http://www.parishoflittlevenice.com/st_saviour_index.php |archive-date=2018-07-04}} St Luke's Church on Fernhead Road was built in 1877, but destroyed in an air raid in 1940 and subsequently rebuilt.National Archives https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/d5baba0c-c9b9-44a0-b221-340597bde153 The church featured in Graham Greene's 1955 novella Loser Takes All.Penguin Books https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/355467/loser-takes-all-by-greene-graham/9780099286226National Archives https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/d5baba0c-c9b9-44a0-b221-340597bde153 It is an active church.https://stlukeswestkilburn.org/

Lauderdale Road Synagogue, a Sephardic Jewish place of worship, is in Maida Vale.

• Edward Ardizzone (1900–1979), artist and illustrator, at 130 Elgin Avenue.{{Cite web |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/ardizzone-edward-1900-1979 |title=Ardizzone, Edward (1900–1979) |website=English Heritage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808025452/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/ardizzone-edward-1900-1979 |archive-date=8 August 2012}}
• Roger Bannister (1929–2018), English athlete and neurologist, trained to break the 4-minute mile at the track in Paddington Rec while a medical student at St Mary's hospital.
• David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973), first prime minister of Israel, at 75 Warrington Crescent.{{Cite web |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/ben-gurion-david-1886-1973 |title=Ben-Gurion, David (1886–1973) |website=English Heritage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315002538/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/ben-gurion-david-1886-1973 |archive-date=15 March 2017}}
• Lennox Berkeley (1900–1989), composer, lived at 8 Warwick Avenue.{{Cite web |url=https://www.westminster.gov.uk/sites/default/files/green_plaque_full_list.pdf |title=Westminster Green Plaques |publisher=Westminster City Council |access-date=3 April 2021}}
• Ambrose Fleming (1849–1945), English electrical engineer and physicist, at 9 Clifton Gardens.{{Cite web |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/fleming-sir-ambrose-1849-1945 |title=Fleming, Sir Ambrose (1849–1945) |website=English Heritage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223051303/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/fleming-sir-ambrose-1849-1945 |archive-date=23 December 2014}}
• Alec Guinness (1914–2000), English actor, born at 155 Lauderdale Mansions.{{Cite web |url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/sir-alec-guinness-w9 |title=Sir Alec Guinness – W9 |website=London Remembers |access-date=14 August 2019 |language=en}}
• Henry Hall (1898–1989), British dance band leader, at 8 Randolph Mews in 1959–1981.{{Cite web |url=http://www.notableabodes.com/person-abode-details/13248/henry-hall-band-leader_8-randolph-mews-maida-vale-london |title=Henry Hall: 8 Randolph Mews, Maida Vale, London |website=Notable Abodes.com |access-date=14 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814013915/http://www.notableabodes.com/person-abode-details/13248/henry-hall-band-leader_8-randolph-mews-maida-vale-london |archive-date=2019-08-14}}
• Andreas Kalvos (1792–1869), Greek poet and patriot, at 182 Sutherland Avenue.{{cite web |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/kalvos-andreas-1792-1869 |title=Kalvos, Andreas (1792–1869) |website=English Heritage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223052613/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/kalvos-andreas-1792-1869 |archive-date=23 December 2014}}
• Lupino Lane (1892–1959), theatre and film star, at 32 Maida Vale.{{cite web |url=http://www.themusichallguild.com/news.php |title=Blue plaque for Lupino Lane |date=15 June 2014 |publisher=Music Hall Guild |access-date=9 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729232115/http://www.themusichallguild.com/news.php |archive-date=29 July 2017}}
• Arthur Lowe (1915–1982), English actor, famed for his role as Captain George Mainwaring in the television show Dad's Army, at 2 Maida Hill West in 1969–1982.{{Cite web |url=http://www.londoncanals.co.uk/lvenice/lv03.html |title=A tour around Little Venice, W2 |website=London Canals, The City's Waterways |access-date=21 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019011909/http://www.londoncanals.co.uk/lvenice/lv03.html |archive-date=19 October 2015}}
• Tony Meehan (1943–2005), founder member of the guitar group The Shadows, lived at 34 Lauderdale Mansions on Lauderdale Road in 1977–2005.{{Cite web |url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/tony-meehan |title=Tony Meehan |website=London Remembers |access-date=14 August 2019 |language=en}}
• Alan Turing (1912–1954), code-breaker and pioneer of computer science, at 2 Warrington Crescent.{{Cite web |url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/turing-alan-1912-1954 |title=Turing, Alan (1912–1954) |website=English Heritage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223045049/http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/turing-alan-1912-1954 |archive-date=23 December 2014}}

See also People from Maida Vale

• Hardy Amies (1909–2003), fashion designer, dressmaker to Queen Elizabeth II.{{cite web |url=http://www.theversatilegent.com/a-story-about-hardy-amies-and-saville-row/ |title=A story about Hardy Amies |first=Tom |last=Hosking |date=30 August 2013 |website=The Versatile Gent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711182029/http://www.theversatilegent.com/a-story-about-hardy-amies-and-saville-row/ |archive-date=11 July 2015}}
• George Arliss (1868–1946), actor, at 1 Clifton Villas.{{Cite encyclopedia |entry=Arliss, George, (10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) |encyclopedia=Who's Who & Who Was Who |language=en |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u221962 |title=Arliss, George, (10 April 1868–5 Feb. 1946) |date=2007}}
• Marc Bolan (b. 1947) lived at 31 Clarendon Gardens in the late 1960's{{cite news |author=Mick Brown |date=31 August 2002 |title=Behind the Glitter |newspaper=The Telegraph |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4728611/Behind-the-glitter.html |url-access=subscription}}
• Abdel-Majed Abdel Bary (b. 1991), suspected Islamist militant.{{cite web |url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/24795929/rapper-identified-as-james-foleys-executioner/ |title=Rapper identified as James Foley's executioner |date=25 August 2014 |publisher=Yahoo! News Australia |access-date=9 May 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910201750/https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/24795929/rapper-identified-as-james-foleys-executioner/ |archive-date=10 September 2014}}
• Björk (b. 1965), Icelandic singer, resident in the 1990s and early 2000s.{{Cite book |last=Mackay |first=Emily |date=2017 |title=Björk's Homogenic (33 1/3) |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |page=12 |isbn=978-1-5013-2274-7}}
• Joanna Mary Boyce (1831–1861), portrait painter, born in Maida Vale.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/gri_33125001306287/page/704/mode/2up?q=Boyce |last=Bryan |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Bryan (art historian) |editor1-last=Graves |editor1-first=Robert Edmund |editor1-link=Robert Edmund Graves |editor2-last=Armstrong |editor2-first=Sir Walter |editor2-link=Walter Armstrong (art historian) |name-list-style=amp |date=1899 |title=Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Volume II |edition=New Revised & Enlarged |location=London |publisher=G. Bell |page=704 |access-date=17 April 2015}}
• Vera Brittain (1893–1970), writer, at 111 Wymering Mansions, Wymering Road.{{Cite web |url=http://openplaques.org/people/638 |title=Vera Brittain (1893–1970) |website=Open Plaques.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613203642/http://openplaques.org/people/638 |archive-date=13 June 2016}}
• Helen Clare (1916–2018), singer, was living at 88 Maida Vale in 1939.Ancestry.com. 1939 England and Wales Register [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, US: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018.
• Ernest Clark (1912–1994), actor, born and raised in Maida Vale.{{Cite web |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f17a10f |title=Ernest Clark |publisher=BFI |access-date=10 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630175357/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f17a10f |archive-date=30 June 2015}}
• Charles Coborn (1852–1945), music hall entertainer, lived at 27 Elgin Mansions.{{Cite encyclopedia |entry=Coborn, Charles, (Colin Whitton McCallum), (4 August 1852 – 23 November 1945), member of Variety profession and star comedian since 1879 |encyclopedia=Who's Who & Who Was Who |language=en |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u223903 |title=Coborn, Charles, (Colin Whitton McCallum), (4 Aug. 1852–23 Nov. 1945), member of Variety profession and star comedian since 1879 |date=2007}}
• Jarvis Cocker (b. 1963) of Pulp was living in the area in 1997.{{Cite web |url=http://www.acrylicafternoons.com/mojo06.html |title=Jarvis Cocker Interview |first=Ian |last=Harrison |date=December 2006 |website=Acrylic Afternoons.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905101837/http://www.acrylicafternoons.com/mojo06.html |archive-date=5 September 2009}}
• Joan Collins (b. 1933) grew up in Maida Vale.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
• Delia Derbyshire (1937–2001), in Clifton Road during her time with the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rl2ky |title=Sculptress of Sound: The Lost Works of Delia Derbyshire |date=27 March 2010 |publisher=BBC Radio 4}}
• Elizabeth Emanuel (b. 1953), fashion designer, lives in the area.{{Cite encyclopedia |entry=Emanuel, Elizabeth Florence, (born 5 July 1953), fashion designer |encyclopedia=Who's Who & Who Was Who |year=2007 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u14972 |title=Emanuel, Elizabeth Florence, (Born 5 July 1953), fashion designer}}
• Mohammed Emwazi (1988–2015), alleged executioner for Islamic State known as "Jihadi John", attended St Mary Magdalene Church of England Primary School in Maida Vale.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/26/cold-sadistic-and-merciless-mohammed-emwazis-journey-to-jihad |title=Pictured – Mohammed Emwazi before he became Isis killer |first1=Randeep |last1=Ramesh |first2=Ian |last2=Cobain |first3=Martin |last3=Chulov |name-list-style=amp |date=27 February 2015 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=9 May 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225010803/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/26/cold-sadistic-and-merciless-mohammed-emwazis-journey-to-jihad |archive-date=25 February 2017}}
• Terence Fisher (1904–1980), film director, born in Maida Vale.
• Michael Flatley (b. 1958), dancer and creator of Riverdance etc., owned a house in Park Place Villas, near the Regent's Canal, until 2004.{{Cite web |url=http://bokorelo.blogspot.com/2010/05/little-venice-london-walk.html |title=Little Venice, London Walk |last=Moss |first=Lisa |date=12 May 2010 |website=Bokorelo |access-date=11 July 2018}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/woman/celeb-news/lord-of-the-dance-decides-to-sell-his-little-venice-25906794.html |title=Lord of the Dance decides to sell his Little Venice |first=Ralph |last=Riegel |date=19 July 2004 |work=Irish Independent |access-date=11 July 2018 |language=en}}
• Edward Fox (b. 1937), film actor, has lived in Maida Avenue, by the Regent's Canal, from the 1970s to the present-day.{{Cite web |url=http://www.walks.com/our-walks/little-venice |title=Little Venice – the pursuit of pleasure |website=London Walks.com |language=en |access-date=9 July 2018}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4730422/The-old-master.html |title=The old master |last=Massingberd |first=Hugh |date=1 July 2004 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=9 July 2018 |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web |url=http://marymags.org.uk/tag/edward-fox/ |title=Edward Fox Archives |website=St Mary Magdalene's |language=en-US |access-date=9 July 2018}}
• Alan Freeman (1927–2006), broadcaster.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1535436/Alan-Freeman.html |title=Alan Freeman |date=29 November 2006 |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=1 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012095430/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1535436/Alan-Freeman.html |archive-date=12 October 2017}}
• Noel Gallagher (b. 1967), singer, songwriter and guitarist.{{Cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/noel-gallagher-we-don-t-want-kids-growing-up-in-london-so-we-re-off-to-the-country-a4211086.html |title=Noel Gallagher 'leaving London' over fears for children's safety |last1=France |first1=Anthony |last2=Rosseinsky |first2=Katie |date=12 August 2019 |newspaper=Evening Standard |access-date=14 August 2019 |location=London |language=en}}
• Sir Edward German (1862–1936), composer, lived at 5 Biddulph Road from 1921 until his death in 1936.{{cite book |last=Rees |first=Brian |date=1986 |title=A Musical Peacemaker; The Life and Work of Sir Edward German |location=Abbotsbrook, UK |publisher=The Kensal Press |isbn=978-0-946041-49-7}}
• Victor Gollancz (1893–1967), publisher and humanitarian, born at 256 Elgin Avenue, Maida Vale.{{cite book |title=Victor Gollancz: A Biography |last=Dudley Edwards |first=Ruth |author-link=Ruth Dudley Edwards |date=1987 |location=London |publisher=V. Gollancz}}
• Eva Green (b. 1980), actress.{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/eva-green-speaks-for-the-first-time-about-surviving-in-sexist-industry-a3961121.html |title=Eva Green on surviving in a sexist industry |first=Craig |last=McLean |date=13 October 2018 |newspaper=Evening Standard |access-date=13 October 2018}}
• Leslie Green (1875–1908), architect, was born in Maida Vale.{{Cite web |url=http://www.londonreconnections.com/2010/the-man-who-painted-london-red/ |title=The Man Who Painted London Red |first=John |last=Bull |date=1 January 2010 |website=London Reconnections.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822054246/http://www.londonreconnections.com/2010/the-man-who-painted-london-red/ |archive-date=22 August 2017}}
• Clifford Grey (1887–1941), musical theatre composer, at 38 Sandringham Court.{{Cite encyclopedia |entry=Grey, Clifford, (5 January 1887 – 25 September 1941), author |encyclopedia=Who's Who & Who Was Who |language=en |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u226178 |title=Grey, Clifford, (5 Jan. 1887–25 Sept. 1941), author |date=2007}}
• Philip Guedalla (1889–1944), writer, politician and barrister, born in Maida Vale.{{Cite encyclopedia |author=Lord Elton |author-link=Godfrey Elton, 1st Baron Elton |author2=Mark Pottle |entry=Philip Guedalla |encyclopedia=Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2004}}
• Lieutenant Leonard Keysor VC (1885–1951), Australian soldier, born in Maida Vale.{{Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography |last=McCarthy |first=Dudley |title=Keysor, Leonard Maurice (1885–1951) |volume=9 |date=1983 |pages=582–583 |url=http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090584b.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412072059/http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090584b.htm |archive-date=12 April 2011}}
• Irene Handl (1901–1987), character actress, born in Maida Vale.{{cite web |url=https://www.greene.co.uk/maida-vale-mansions/leith-mansions |title=Leith Mansions |website=Greene & Co. |access-date=31 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804122934/https://www.greene.co.uk/maida-vale-mansions/leith-mansions |archive-date=4 August 2016}}
• John Inman (1935–2007), actor, lived in a mews house in Little Venice for 30 years.{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1490146.ece |title=Obituary: John Inman |date=9 March 2007 |newspaper=The Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313002627/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1490146.ece |archive-date=13 March 2007}}
• Walter Kolarz (1912–1962), communist scholar, in Maida Vale from 1940 until his death.Obituary, The Times, 23 July 1962.
• Philip Lawrence (1947–1995), head teacher at St George's Catholic School in Maida Vale at the time of his murder in December 1995.
• Eddie Linden (b. 1935), poet and founder of Aquarius magazine, which he edited from his home in Maida Vale.{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/happy-80th-birthday-eddie-linden-poet-pacifist-and-catholic-atheist-1.2211208 |title=Happy 80th birthday, Eddie Linden, poet, pacifist and Catholic atheist |last1=Cooney |first1=John |date=13 May 2015 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=19 March 2019}}
• James MacColl (1908–1971), Labour MP for Widnes, at 21 Randolph Road.
• John Masefield (1878–1967), novelist, playwright and Poet Laureate from 1930, at 30 Maida Avenue.
• Jimmy McCulloch (1953–1979) of the rock band Wings died at his flat there.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W8R4LS2LYxYC&dq=%22Jimmy+McCulloch%22+died+OR+death+OR+dead&pg=PT258 |last=Carlin |first=Peter Ames |author-link=Peter Ames Carlin |date=2009 |title=Paul McCartney: A Life |publisher=Touchstone Books |page=248 |isbn=978-1-4165-6209-2}}
• Ben Miller (b. 1966), comedian and actor.{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/my-perfect-weekend/6248057/My-Perfect-Weekend-Ben-Miller.html |title=My Perfect Weekend: Ben Miller |date=2 October 2009 |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=13 September 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019011908/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/my-perfect-weekend/6248057/My-Perfect-Weekend-Ben-Miller.html |archive-date=19 October 2015}}
• Nancy Mitford (1904–1973), author, at 13 Blomfield Road in the 1930s.{{cite book |title=St John's Wood and Maida Vale Past |first=Richard |last=Tames |date=1998 |location=London |publisher=Historical Publications}}
• James Payn (1830–1898), novelist and journal editor, died at his home, 43 Warrington Crescent, on 25 March 1898.{{cite ODNB |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21640 |last=Atkinson |first=Damian |date=23 September 2004 |title=Payn, James (1830–1898) |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/21640 |access-date=14 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019011909/http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21640 |archive-date=19 October 2015 |url-access=subscription}}
• Esmé Percy (1887–1957), actor, at 30 Warrington Crescent.{{Cite encyclopedia |entry=Percy, (Saville) Esmé, (8 August 1887 – 16 June 1957), actor |encyclopedia=Who's Who & Who Was Who |year=2007 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U241728 |isbn=978-0-19-954089-1 |title=Percy, (Saville) Esmé, (8 Aug. 1887–16 June 1957), Actor}}
• Lou Preager (1906–1978), British dance band leader, at 198 Wymering Mansions, Wymering Road in the 1930s.London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832–1965, London Metropolitan Archives
• Raphael Ravenscroft, (b.1954) Saxophonist who played the solo on Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" lived at 27A Bristol Gardens 2011–2014 {{cite news |date=21 October 2014 |title=Baker Street saxophone player Raphael Ravenscroft dies |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-29700432}}
• Ruth Rendell (1930–2015), Baroness Rendell of Babergh, the English crime novelist, lived in the area.{{Cite news |url=http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/mar/01/ruth-rendell-life-in-writing |title=Ruth Rendell: a life in writing |first=Alison |last=Flood |date=1 March 2013 |newspaper=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824113901/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/mar/01/ruth-rendell-life-in-writing |archive-date=24 August 2013}}
• Daisy Ridley (b. 1992), actress.{{cite news |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/star-wars-vii-daisy-ridley-3481110 |title=Star Wars' new star Daisy Ridley: Dad praises extraordinary daughter after she lands Episode VII leading role |first1=Halina |last1=Watts |first2=Rod |last2=McPhee |name-list-style=amp |date=1 May 2014 |newspaper=Daily Mirror |access-date=4 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501070308/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/star-wars-vii-daisy-ridley-3481110 |archive-date=1 May 2014}}
• Mstislav Rostropovich (1927–2007), cellist, at 18 Randolph Crescent.{{Cite news |last=Church |first=Michael |date=1 November 2004 |title=Maestro who wants to change the world |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/mstislav-rostropovich-maestro-who-wants-to-change-the-world-18203.html |work=The Independent}}
• Julia Smith (1927–1997), television producer, was born at 174 Sutherland Avenue.{{Cite ODNB |title=Smith, Julia Cuthbert (1927–1997), television producer |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-66431 |access-date=2024-10-30 |date=2004 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/66431}}
• Enrica Soma (1929–1969), Italian-American socialite and ballerina, one-time wife of John Huston and mother of Anjelica Huston, moved there with her children in 1962 after separating from her husband.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DdoeAAAAQBAJ&q=a+story+lately+told |last1=Huston |first1=Anjelica |title=A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London, and New York |date=2013|location=New York City |publisher=Scribner |isbn=978-1-4516-5629-9 |pages=118, 131 |access-date=4 March 2015}}
• Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (b. 1964), peer, author and younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, has a residence in Maida Vale.
• Joe Strummer (1952–2002) of punk rock band the Clash lived there.{{Cite book |last=Salewicz |first=Chris |title=Redemption Song: The Ballad of Joe Strummer |year=2006 |publisher=Macmillan |location=New York |isbn=978-0-571-21178-4 |oclc=76794852 |url=https://archive.org/details/redemptionsongba00sale |url-access=registration}}
• Kate Stewart (b. 1995), singer-songwriter.{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.wonderlandmagazine.com/2018/11/27/new-noise-kate-stewart-in-the-beginning/ |title=New Noise: Kate Stewart |first=Francesco |last=Loy Bell |date=27 November 2018 |magazine=Wonderland |access-date=11 August 2019}}
• Sir John Tenniel (1820–1914), artist and cartoonist, at 10 Portsdown Road (subsequently renamed Randolph Avenue), Maida Hill in 1854–1909.{{cite ODNB |last=Curtis |first=L. Perry jun. |date=23 September 2004 |title=Tenniel, Sir John (1820–1914) |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/36458}}
• John Lawrence Toole (1830–1906), comic actor, lived in Maida Vale.{{cite ODNB |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36536 |last=Read |first=Michael |date=23 September 2004 |title=Toole, John Lawrence (1830–1906) |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/36536 |access-date=17 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924154205/http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36536 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-access=subscription}}
• Alexander Walker (1930–2003), Evening Standard film critic, at 1 Marlborough, 38–40 Maida Vale.{{Cite encyclopedia |entry=Walker, Alexander, (22 March 1930 – 15 July 2003), Film Critic, London Evening Standard, since 1960 |encyclopedia=Who's Who & Who Was Who |year=2007 |language=en |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u38534 |title=Walker, Alexander, (22 March 1930 – 15 July 2003), Film Critic, London Evening Standard, since 1960}}
• Bradley Wiggins (b. 1980), cyclist.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2007/jul/07/fairytalebeginningforaboy |title=Fairytale beginning for a boy from Maida Vale |date=7 July 2007 |website=The Guardian |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112074256/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2007/jul/07/fairytalebeginningforaboy |archive-date=12 November 2017}}

• Konni Zilliacus (1894–1967), Labour MP for Manchester Gorton and author.

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