    maida vale is a residential district comprising the northern part of paddington in west london, west of st john's wood and south of kilburn. it is part of the city of westminster. the name derives from the hero of maida inn which used to be on edgware road near the regent's canal. the pub was named after general sir john stuart who was made count of maida by king ferdinand iv of naples and sicily after the victory at the battle of maida in 1806.ayto j.; crofton i. brewer's britain & ireland; london, weidenfeld and nicolson, 2005. the area is mostly residential, and mainly affluent, with many large late victorian and edwardian blocks of mansion flats. it is home to the bbc maida vale studios. ==geography== the maida vale area is usually regarded as being bounded by maida avenue and the regent's canal to the south, maida vale road to the north east, kilburn park road to the north west, and shirland road and blomfield road to the south west: an area of around . it makes up most of the w9 postal district. the southern part of maida vale at the junction of paddington basin with regent's canal, with many houseboats, is known as little venice. the area to the south-west of maida vale, at the western end of elgin avenue, was historically known as "maida hill", and was a recognised postal district bounded by the avenues on the west, the regent's canal to the south, maida vale to the east and kilburn lane to the north. parts of maida vale were also included within this. the name of "maida hill" had since fallen out of use, although it has been resurrected since the mid-2000s, through the  414 bus route (which t
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