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Maida Vale Warwick Avenue is a residential avenue in the Little Venice district of the West London area Maida Vale. Paddington Basin forms the southern boundary of this area. The long canal basin can be found north of the Paddington railway station. Speaking of railway stations, the local Maida Vale Warwick Avenue station served as inspiration for Duffy, a Welsh singer, actress, and songwriter. A 2008 single from the album Rockferry was named “Warwick Avenue”. The title refers to the tube station where the singer accidentally ended up after getting lost on the London Underground. The single became one of the best songs of 2008, according to Rolling Stone magazine.
Originally, the avenue was a track called the Green Lane. George Gutch named this W9 road after Jane Warwick. The woman had married into a landowning family in Maida Vale Warwick Avenue in 1778. Jane Warwick comes from Warwick Hall in Cumbria. John Morehead was her father in law. Morehead was the son in law of Robert Thistlethwaite. He was the one that leased the land. Maida Vale Warwick Avenue has one of the 13 Grade II listed Cabmen’s Shelters. It can be found near the tube station. Cabmen’s Shelter Fund was established in 1875. The shelters sell food for London’s cab drivers.
Maida Vale Warwick Avenue tube station opened in 1915. Warrington Crescent was supposed to be its name. This is one of the first tube stations in London that used escalators instead of elevators. In 1985, a fire broke destroying the ticket hall and the ticket machines. A couple of London bus routes serve this station. During the summer, one can take a water-bus towards London Zoo and Camden Lock. St Saviour Church in Maida Vale Warwick Avenue is close to the tube station entrance. The church dates from 1856. It was rebuilt in the 1970s.