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.

Getting here is a choice between a pleasant walk and a quick ride. On foot it is twenty minutes: south-west along Sussex Gardens, down Westbourne Terrace and along Craven Hill into Leinster Gardens. By Tube, the Circle or District line from Edgware Road to Bayswater is two stops, then eight minutes on foot. From Little Venice add five minutes along the canal to Paddington; from Maida Vale, the Bakerloo to Paddington and a quarter of an hour’s 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 Sussex Gardens, down Westbourne Terrace and west along Craven Hill into Leinster Gardens — about twenty minutes; or take the Circle or District line two stops to Bayswater and walk eight. From Little Venice, follow the canal towpath to Paddington basin and continue through the station to Craven Road.