Massage near Edgware Road, Little Venice and Maida Vale

The Edgware Road side of Paddington — Church Street, the canal basin, Little Venice, the mansion blocks up towards Maida Vale — is the residential half of the neighbourhood, and the guests from it are the studio’s regulars. Weekly deep tissue sessions for backs that work from home; aromatherapy on a Sunday evening; full body on the first of the month, like a standing order.

It is also the easiest walk to the studio: out of Edgware Road station, south-west along Chapel Street, and down Praed Street. Nine minutes, mostly flat, past the hospital. From Little Venice add five along the canal; from Maida Vale, a short ride on the 6 or 98 bus to Edgware Road and the same walk.

Evenings are the busiest from this side — people finishing work at home and wanting to leave the flat for an hour — so the last slots at 21:00 go first. Daytimes are usually free the same day.

Getting here from Edgware Road

From Edgware Road station, walk south-west along Chapel Street, then down Praed Street — nine minutes. From Little Venice, follow the canal towpath to the basin and cut through to Praed Street, about fifteen minutes. From Maida Vale, the 6 or 98 bus to Edgware Road.