Paddington
OS grid reference	TQ267814
London borough	Westminster
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	W2
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Cities of London and Westminster
London Assembly	West Central
European Parliament	London
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Paddington is an area in the City of Westminster, London. Its name was first recorded as 'Padington' in the year 1056. Three important features in the Paddington district include; London Paddington station, designed by the British Engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and opened in 1847; St Mary's Hospital and Paddington Green police station ( considered the most important high-security police station in the United Kingdom). The City of Westminster is a borough of London, England with city status. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Events Creation of the Crab Nebula observed by a Chinese astronomer Anselm of Canterbury leaves Italy. ... Paddington station, also known as London Paddington, is a major National Rail and London Underground station complex in the Paddington area of London, England. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Isambard Kingdom Brunel, FRS (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) (IPA: ), was a British engineer. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... St Marys Hospital QEQM building (above) and old section (below) (Photographs by username Hegster) Although there must be many hospitals named St Marys Hospital, the most famous is probably located in Paddington, West London, England. ... Paddington Green police station in the Paddington district of west central London, England is operated by the Metropolitan Police Service. ...

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St. Mary's Hospital.

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Associated people

Paddington has had several famous sons, daughters and associated residents;

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

• C.R. Alder Wright; The British Chemist who, in 1874, first discovered Heroin (Diacetylmorphine) at St Mary's Hospital on Praed Street in Paddington.

• Dr. Edward Wilson; The British Polar Explorer, Physician, Naturalist and Ornithologist who, along with Captain Robert Scott, Captain Lawrence Oates, Lieutenant Birdie Bowers and Petty Officer Edgar Evans died in 1912, in Antarctica during their ill-fated British Antarctic expedition. Dr. Wilson both lived and worked in Paddington during his lifetime, in recognition of which the Senior Street primary school was renamed the Edward Wilson School in 1952.

• Sir Alexander Fleming; The Nobel Prize winning British (Scottish) scientist who first isolated penicillin (Penicillium Chrysogenum) in 1928, in his laboratory at St Mary's Hospital on Praed Street in Paddington.

• Sir Alec Guinness; The British Academy Award, Tony Award and BAFTA Award winning Actor. Guinness was born in Paddington on 2 April, 1914 and during his lifetime starred in such films as Great Expectations, Oliver Twist, The Ladykillers, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, Cromwell, Scrooge and A Passage to India.

• Emma Thompson; The British Emmy Award, BAFTA Award and Academy Award winning Actress, Comedian and Screenwriter. Thompson was born in Paddington on 15 April, 1959 and has starred in such films as Henry V, Howards End, The Remains of the Day, In the Name of the Father, Sense and Sensibility, Love Actually, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

• 'Seal; The British Grammy award winning soul singer, songwriter and musician. Seal's discoghraphy includes a trio of self-titles albums; Seal, Seal and Seal all of which met with both critical and commerical success.

• Kiefer Sutherland; The Canadian Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winning film and Television Actor. Sutherland was born in Paddington on December 21, 1966 and has starred in such films as Stand By Me, The Lost Boys, Young Guns, A Few Good Men and Phone Booth aswell as the critically and commercially successfull series 24.

• Zara Phillips MBE; The British European Eventing and World Eventing Gold medal winning Equestrienne. Zara Phillips was born in Paddington on 15 May, 1981 and is currently 11th in the British Order of Succession and Patron of Great Ormond Street Hospital in London.

Paddington Mainline.

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References in fiction

• Possibly the most famous fictional reference to Paddington comes from Michael Bond's Paddington Bear books. The title character is named after the station.

• In the BBC mini-series of John le Carré's Smiley's People, the General lives off Westbourne Terrace, and Smiley later visits, with scenes also filmed around Paddington Station and Craven Terrace.

• In the Railway Series books by Rev. W. Awdry, the character Duck the Great Western Engine is said to have once lived here.

• In the Sherlock Holmes short story The Stockbroker's Clerk, Dr. Watson mentioned that he purchased a practice in the Paddington district.

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Paddington station

Main article: London Paddington station

Paddington has a main-line railway station, Paddington station, with commuter service to the west of London (e.g. Slough, Maidenhead, Reading, Swindon) and main-line service to Oxford, Bristol, Bath, Taunton, Exeter, Plymouth, Cornwall and South Wales (including Cardiff and Swansea). There is also the Heathrow Express service to Heathrow Airport. Paddington station, also known as London Paddington, is a major National Rail and London Underground station complex in the Paddington area of London, England. ... Paddington station, also known as London Paddington, is a major National Rail and London Underground station complex in the Paddington area of London, England. ... Slough (pronounced ) is a town and unitary authority (Borough of Slough) in England. ... Statistics Population: 58,848 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU889811 Administration District: Windsor and Maidenhead Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Berkshire Historic county: Berkshire Services Police force: Thames Valley Ambulance service: South Central Post office and telephone Post town: MAIDENHEAD... Reading station from the station car park at the north (rear) side of the station Reading (formerly Reading General) is a railway station in the large town of Reading in south central England. ... , For other places with the same name, see Swindon (disambiguation). ... This article is about the city of Oxford in England. ... This article is about the English city. ... For alternate meanings see Bath (disambiguation) Palladian Pulteney Bridge and the weir at Bath Bath is a city in south-west England, most famous for its baths fed by three hot springs. ... Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. ... A number of other places have taken their names from Exeter The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in England, UK. It is located at 50° 43 25 N, 3° 31 39 W. In the 2001 census its population was recorded at 111,066. ... , Plymouth (Cornish: ) is a city of 243,795 inhabitants (2001 census) in the south-west of England, or alternatively the West Country, and is situated within the traditional and ceremonial county of Devon at the mouths of the rivers Plym and Tamar and at the head of one of the... For other uses, see Cornwall (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... This article is about the capital city of Wales. ... For other places with the same name, see Swansea (disambiguation). ... Heathrow Express is a train service from Heathrow Airport to Paddington in central London operated by the Heathrow Express Operating Authority—a wholly owned subsidiary of BAA. The service is not part of the National Rail system, despite part of its journey sharing track with National Rail trains and terminating... London Heathrow Airport (IATA airport code: LHR, ICAO airport code: EGLL, and often simply Heathrow) is the United Kingdoms busiest and best-connected airport. ...

The station has a statue of Paddington Bear, a character in children's fiction who was discovered at this station and, hence, named after it. Paddington Station-Bronze of Paddington Bear Paddington Bear is a fictional character in childrens literature. ...

Education

For education in Paddington see the main City of Westminster article.

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See also

• Paddington Bridge
• Paddington Bear
• "Pretty Polly Perkins of Paddington Green"