Pubs with Rooms / Notting Hill, Bayswater and Little Venice
The Waterway
The Waterway accommodation in Notting Hill, Bayswater and Little Venice — 3 rooms
54 Formosa Street, W9 2JU
Notting Hill, Bayswater and Little VenicePhoto: Sanshiro KUBOTA, CC BY 2.0
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Rooms at The Waterway
- Rooms
- 3
- Nearest station
- Warwick Avenue — About 6 minutes' walk
Book a stay at The Waterway
- Booking route
- Bookable direct or via major booking sites
Checked October 2026. Pubs change hands, hours change, policies change — always confirm anything that matters, especially the dog policy and kitchen days, directly with the pub before you book. Run this pub? Confirm or correct these details.
A bit of history
A modern-looking canal-side pub on Formosa Street, a road laid out from the 1850s on the Bishop of London's Paddington estate. Pubology lists it as the Paddington Stop until it was renamed the Waterway in 2002. We have not found a construction date for the building.
Source: Pubology listing (pubology.co.uk/pubs/12740); Historic England listings for Formosa Street
Stories & legends
- Disputed: The pub sits in the district that gave Little Venice its name, and that name is itself argued over. It is often credited to Robert Browning, who lived at Warwick Crescent from 1862 to 1887, but Lord Kinross argued in 1966 that Lord Byron had earlier joked about the place being like Venice. Nobody has pinned down who said it first. Source: Wikipedia, Little Venice (citing the Browning and Byron attributions)
Dog policy
Not yet researched- In the bedroom
- Not confirmed
- At dinner in the restaurant
- Not confirmed
- In the bar
- Not confirmed
- Walks from the door
- Not confirmed
- Charge
- Not confirmed
- Max dogs per room
- Not confirmed
Source: Dog policy not stated on the pub's own site.
Food
From published sources- Character
- Gastropub
- Menu style
- À la carte
- Booking model
- Not confirmed — ask when you book the room
Kitchen days not confirmed yet — worth ringing ahead before you book.
Source: Pub's own site describes a restaurant and bar with a menu 'year-round' and a canal-side terrace; no detail on dishes found. — checked October 2026
Other pubs with rooms near Notting Hill, Bayswater and Little Venice
Straight-line distances, so allow longer by road.
- The Hayden
Notting Hill, Bayswater and Little Venice about 0.5 miles
8 rooms. Dogs in the rooms not confirmed.
- The Princess Royal
Notting Hill, Bayswater and Little Venice about 0.6 miles
4 rooms. Dogs in the rooms not confirmed.
- The Hand & Flower
Hammersmith, Fulham and Olympia about 2.1 miles
10 rooms. Dogs in the rooms not confirmed.
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