Paddington
Sign in to savePaddington is an area in the City of Westminster, in central London, England. A medieval parish then a metropolitan borough of the County of London, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. Paddington station, designed by the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel opened in 1847. It is also the site of St Mary's Hospital and the former Paddington Green Police Station.
Key facts
- UK place.post_town
- LONDON
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Greater London
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.static_image_name
- St Mary's Hospital old section 2003-08-22.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Mary's Hospital
- UK place.official_name
- Paddington
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ267814
- UK place.london_borough
- Westminster
- UK place.postcode_area
- W
- UK place.postcode_district
- W2, W9
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Cities of London and Westminster
- UK place.constituency_westminster1
- Kensington and Bayswater
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- City of Westminster
- Shares border with
- Marylebone
- Image
- St Mary's Hospital old section 2003-08-22.jpg
Show 11 more facts
- OS grid reference
- TQ267814
- WordLift URL
- data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/paddington
- topic's main category
- Category:Paddington
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Paddington
- Commons category
- Paddington, London
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Paddington
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Paddington
- historic county
- Middlesex
- native label
- Paddington
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Meinhard von Gerkan
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~24 min read
Encyclopedic overview
33 sectionsContents
- History
- Early Modern period
- Tyburnia
- Etymology
- Colloquial expressions
- Geography
- Governance
- Landmarks
- Browning's Pool
- London Paddington Station
- Paddington Basin
- Paddington Central
- Paddington Green
- Transport
- Rail
- National Rail
- London Underground
- Heritage
- Buses
- Road
- Cycling
- Canal
- Development
- Renewal proposal, 2018–2023
- Religion
- People from Paddington
- Notable residents
- Education
- In popular culture
- Image gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Paddington is an area in the City of Westminster, in central London, England. A medieval parish then a metropolitan borough of the County of London, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. Paddington station, designed by the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel opened in 1847. It is also the site of St Mary's Hospital and the former Paddington Green Police Station.
Paddington Waterside aims to regenerate former railway and canal land. Districts within Paddington are Maida Vale, Westbourne and Bayswater including Lancaster Gate.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paddington” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (14)
On the map
3 mapped locations