Parks, sports and children's playgrounds
Lauderdale Mansions is a few hundred yards from 25 tennis courts, 2 gyms, a park, a large children's playground, 2 all-weather football and hockey pitches, 2 tarmac five-a-side football, netball and basketball pitches, a 6-lane running track, 2 bowling greens, 2 squash courts, 4 synthetic cricket nets, and a cricket pitch.
The following is a complete list of sports and leisure facilities in and around Maida Vale:
Paddington Sports Club, Castellain Road, W9 1HQ (1 minute walk from Lauderdale Road). A private members' club with 10 all-weather tennis courts, a large gym, bowling green, 2 squash courts, table tennis and club house. (www.psclondon.co.uk)
Paddington Recreation Ground, Grantully Road, W9 (3 minute walk from Lauderdale Road). Facilities include a large children's playground, gym, exercise studio, 2 all-weather pitches for football and hockey, 2 tarmac courts for five-a-side football, netball and basketball, a bowling green, 15 tennis courts, 4 synthetic cricket nets, athletics facilities with 6-lane running track, exercise stations, a village green with synthetic wicket where cricket matches are played in the summer, and a rose garden. (www.westminster.gov.uk)
Harbour Club, 1 Alfred Road, W2 5EU (0.9 miles from Lauderdale Road). Private members club with indoor tennis courts, 20-metre swimming pool, gym and exercise studio. (www.harbourclubnottinghill.com)
Bannatyne Health Club, 4 Greville Road, NW6 5HZ, (0.9 miles from Lauderdale Road). Private members club with gym, swimming pool, sauna, steam room, sun beds. (www.bannatyne.co.uk)
Lord's cricket ground: Marylebone CC, and Middlesex CCC, St John's Wood Road (1.1 miles from Lauderdale Road). The home of cricket. Apart from staging international and county cricket matches, Lord's also hosts the MCC Indoor Cricket School, one of the world's finest indoor cricketing venues, which is open to the public. (www.lords.org)
Jubilee Sports Centre (1.1 miles from Lauderdale Road). Council-owned leisure centre. 25-metre swimming pool, gym, squash, table tennis, badminton, volleyball, basketball and indoor five-a-side football, sauna and steam rooms, exercise studio. (www.westminster.gov.uk)
The Porchester Centre (1.3 miles from Lauderdale Road). Council-owned leisure centre. 33-metre swimming pool, gym, turkish hot rooms, ice cold plunge pool, steam room, sauna, indoor sports hall and exercise classes. (www.westminster.gov.uk)
Seymour Leisure Centre (1.5 miles from Lauderdale Road). Council-owned leisure centre. 33-metre swimming pool, gym, squash, table tennis, badminton, volleyball, basketball and indoor five-a-side football, sauna and steam rooms, martial arts, and exercise studios. (www.westminster.gov.uk)
Other parks near Lauderdale Mansions include:
- Violet Hill Park, Violet Hill, NW8 (0.6 miles from Lauderdale Road). Includes well-equipped children's playground and ornamental gardens.
- Rembrandt Gardens, Warwick Avenue, W2 (0.6 miles from Lauderdale Road). A small park with ornamental gardens and views across Little Venice Pool.
- Queens Park, Harvist Road, NW6, (1.3 miles from Lauderdale Road). Includes six all-weather tennis courts, a pitch-and-putt course, a p�tanque pitch, an ornamental garden, a children's playground with paddling pool, and a cafe.
- Regent's Park, Outer Circle, NW1 (1.6 miles from Lauderdale Road). Facilities include cricket pitches, all-weather cricket nets, tennis and netball courts, an athletics track, trim trail, softball, football and rugby pitches. There is also a boating lake and four children's playgrounds.
- Primrose Hill, Albert Road, NW1 (1.8 miles from Lauderdale Road). The setting for Dodie Smith�s book 101 Dalmatians, the steep hill in the centre of the park gives panoramic views across London. Facilities include a children's playground and grass football pitches.
- Hyde Park, Bayswater Road, W2 (2.4 miles from Lauderdale Road). Sports and facilities in Hyde Park include horse riding, rowing, rollerblading, children�s playgrounds, restaurants and cafes, a children�s nature and wildlife education centre, all-purpose grass sports pitches, cycling, skateboarding, open-air swimming, 6 tennis courts, bowling green, and putting.
- Hampstead Heath, East Heath Road, NW3 (2.8 miles from Lauderdale Road). Sports include a 400-metre athletics track, p�tanque, croquet lawn, volleyball, fishing, cricket pitches and cricket nets, orienteering, tennis, open air swimming in the men�s, ladies and mixed ponds and in the lido, cross country running, football and rugby pitches, putting and golf.