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Facts and Places of Interest in and around Paddington

Interesting Facts about Paddington

• Michael Bond's Paddington Bear was named after the station where the bear was found and adopted.

• Paddington Green police station is said to be Britain 's principal high security police station in Great Britain.

• Paddington was first recorded in 1056.

• Paddington Railway Station was opend in 1854.

• The British Poet, Robert Browning, lived at Beauchamp Lodge on the junction of two canals. The Paddington precinct known as Little Venice was named by Robert Browning.

Places of Interest in and around Paddington

Paddington Station  

Paddington Station was built in the 19 th century and was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The station is embellished with ornate metalwork and has cast iron pillars to support the roof which is made of iron and glass.

London Toy and Model Museum

Summer model boat regatta and a teddy-bear's picknic in a museum where Paddington Bear has his own display. Impressive dolls' room and models galore; toy cars, soldiers, cowboys and Indians, farms and scenes from 'Little Red Riding Hood'.

Hyde Park  

Once the haunt of deer, boar and wild cattle and former hunting ground of Henry VIII, acquired from Westminster Abbey in 1536. Elizabeth I hunted in Hyde Park and inaugurated military reviews that were held here for centuries. Opened to the public in 1637, site of the Great Exhibition in 1851. Merges west with Kensington Gardens , together covering 630 acres and forming the largest open space in inner London . Now has boating and swimming in the Serpentine, horse-riding along Rotten Row – former haunt of highwaymen and duellers – and art appreciation in the Serpentine Gallery.

Marble Arch

Monument built in the 19th century next to the site where highwaymen were once hanged. On a small traffic island at the junction of Bayswater Road and Edgware Road, a plaque marks the spot where the Tyburn gallows once stood. Original gateway to Buckingham Palace, Marble Arch was moved to Hyde Park Corner in 1851 and is now purely ornamental.