Paddington


 
 
Paddington

Paddington is an place in the City of Westminster. It is a London district situated 2.2 miles (3.5 km) west north-west of Charing Cross.

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Important places in Paddington include St Mary's Hospital (and nurse-training centre) and Paddington Green police station (high-security police station). The IRA bombed the telephone box outside the police station early one morning in the late 1990s as a demonstration to the British security services.


 

Charing Cross: The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile....

St Mary's Hospital: REDIRECT Saint Mary's Hospital...

Paddington Green police station: Paddington Green police station in the Paddington district of west central London, England is operated by the Metropolitan Police Service. It is a conventional police station, and is open to the public twenty four hours a day, but it also the most important high security police station in the United...


Paddington related Images and Photos (experimental)

Paddington at the Buffet
Paddington at the Buffet
Paddington Bear 2011 Wall Calendar
Paddington Bear 2011 Wall Calendar
Express departing from Paddington station
Express departing from Paddington station
A View of the Alpha Cottages  Near Paddington
A View of the Alpha Cottages Near Paddington
Junction of the Regent's Canal at Paddington
Junction of the Regent's Canal at Paddington

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Introduction
Places of note
Famous people
Transport
See also
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