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The police Safer Neighbourhood Team for Hyde Park Ward is holding a Crime Prevention Day on Thursday 25th June from 11am to 3pm. The event will take place at 5 Merchant Square (Paddington Basin) and will include:

HyPER has been taking part in the consultation by St Mary’s Paddington about the transformation of the hospital over the next ten years. At the two-hour workshop about the design of the transformed hospital, we were represented by Chris Gunness. The session, about the patient experience and accessibility, focused on the various spaces inside theContinue reading “Community Consultation on the Transformation of St Mary’s Paddington”

This year’s local elections take place on Thursday 7th May. This looks set to be a busy ballot paper, unusually with a full 3 candidates standing for the Green Party and Reform, in addition to the normal representation from The Conservatives, Labour and The Liberal Democrats. On this page we outline the candidates for HydeContinue reading “Answers to Local Elections Questions 2026”

With local elections approaching on Thursday 7th May, we thought it would be good to sound out the candidates on where they stand on key issues that affect our neighbourhood. This looks set to be a busy ballot paper, unusually with a full 3 candidates standing for the Green Party and Reform, in addition toContinue reading “Questions from Hyde Park Estate residents for local councillor candidates”

St Mary’s Hospital is running a couple of public-facing workshops that will focus on the design of a new St Mary’s. These workshops will be more focused on the patient experience and access considerations around the new hospital and how it will feel for patients and visitors to navigate. They will not include the externalContinue reading “St Mary’s Hospital – Hospital design workshops”

The owners of the McDonald’s franchise on Edgware Road have submitted a renewed application to operate 24/7. A previous application was widely opposed previously and was rejected. Individual submissions can be made on the council’s website. The last date for representations to be received is 22nd April 2026.

As part of the High-Streets Paddington-Bayswater programme Westminster Council is developing a series of public art commissions for Praed Street, working with a public art agency. The first commission being taken forward is to select one artist to deliver two 2D mural artworks on Praed Street. An artist Open call for Submissions has been published.Continue reading “Praed Street Public Art Programme”

The Friends of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens need friendly volunteers for their summer visitor information kiosk at Hyde Park Corner. The season runs from April to mid-October and the main role is helping visitors navigate and enjoy the park. Almost 25,000 visitors were helped last year. The kiosk operates Monday to Friday with twoContinue reading “Visitor Information Kiosk in Hyde Park- Volunteers Wanted”

A planned closure of the A40 Westway commences this Friday 20th, to enable vital safety and maintenance work to take place. The closure will be from the Westway Roundabout in North Kensington up to (and including) the Marylebone flyover. Marylebone Road itself will be open. The closure will last until late April. The critical safetyContinue reading “A40 Westway closed from this Friday”

Westminster Council has released plans to upgrade the cycle lanes on Bayswater Road between Lancaster Gate and Notting Hill. The proposals include the addition of protected cycle lanes (replacing the existing painted cycle lanes) as well as upgraded pedestrian crossings. Have you say on the consultation website (closes Wed 4th February).