The Union Tavern, Westbourne Park, next to the Grand Union canal, 32-34 Great Western Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, W9 3NX

The Union Tavern, Westbourne Park, next to the Grand Union canal, 32-34 Great Western Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, W9 3NX Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Tony Smith

Image ID:

2M0F6JW

File size:

57.1 MB (2.9 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5472 x 3648 px | 46.3 x 30.9 cm | 18.2 x 12.2 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

23 July 2022

Location:

32-34 Great Western Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, W9 3NX

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. This scene at 32-34 Great Western Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, W9 3NX in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The subject captured here is The Union Tavern, Westbourne Park, next to the Grand Union canal, 32-34 Great Western Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, W9 3NX. The broader subject matter reaches into local history, social history, passenger information, historical comparison, blue-green corridor, public-transport wayfinding, surface public transport, community identity, visual archive, archival record, regional identity, inland boating, period detail, and bus route infrastructure. From a 2025-onward perspective, biodiversity and flood resilience are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of canals as blue-green corridors for people and wildlife. The wider contemporary story combines service frequency, bus funding and the role of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and the network. Future viewers can use this scene from 32-34 Great Western Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, W9 3NX to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. The location also brings in local character, canal infrastructure, towpath landscape, navigation engineering, managed navigation, public transport stop, place identity, and heritage boating. The recorded references to Westbourne, Grand, Western, Union, and canal preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around 32-34 Great Western Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, W9 3NX, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The view records a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference.