Paddington is an area within the City of Westminster, in Central London.
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12 Facts About Paddington
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Three important landmarks of the district are Paddington station, designed by the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and opened in 1847; St Mary's Hospital; and the former Paddington Green Police Station .
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Major project called Paddington Waterside aims to regenerate former railway and canal land between 1998 and 2018, and the area is seeing many new developments.
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Paddington were one of the few districts in London that had a migrant majority population by 1881.
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However, even as late as the 1950s Paddington was a byword for overcrowding, poverty and vice.
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Paddington station is on the London Underground and National Rail networks.
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Sustrans propose that National Cycle Route 6 will begin at Paddington and run northwest along the Grand Union Canal towpath.
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Development schemes for St Mary's Hospital and Paddington Square are likely to commence in this period, and the impact of the opening of the Elizabeth line in 2018 would be soon felt.
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Paddington has a number of Anglican churches, including St James's, St Mary Magdalene and St Peter's.
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Paddington is reputed to have named that locality, on the junction of two canals, "Little Venice".
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Paddington Bear, from "deepest, darkest Peru", emigrated to England via Paddington station.
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