Paddington
Train Station is situated in the north-west section of Central London,
just north of Hyde Park and about 1km from Oxford Street.
For the overseas visitor to London flying into Heathrow it is significant
in that it is the central London Terminus of the Paddington Heathrow
Express and Heathrow Connect train services.
Paddington Station also provides the main train services from London
to South Wales and South-west England to places like Cardiff, Bristol,
Exeter, Plymouth and Swansea.
From Stansted it is convenient to get the National
Express Stansted to London Victoria bus as far as Baker Street,
a short Underground or bus ride from Paddington. Alternatively you
can catch the Stansted
Express to Liverpool Street for a longer direct Underground transfer
across central London.
For the visitor, Paddington train station also provides shorter services
to Windsor, Bath and Oxford.
Three London Underground lines run through Paddington, the Circle
Line connecting with other London mainline train stations, Euston,
Kings Cross, Liverpool Street, Marylebone and Victoria.
|
|
|
National
Express Stansted to Victoria Station
(with main London Underground Station Connections)
 |
 |
Shops
& Services Paddington Station
There
is the normal shops and kiosks you would associate with a major rail
station. There are countless outlets offering most snack foods from
Burger King through baguettes, pizza's, pastries to bars and restaurants
offering more substantial fayre.
There is a branch of Boots chemists and of course a choice of newsagents
and money exchange facilities. |
If
you venture outside the station, the main road Praed Street has many
of the same outlets duplicated with more competition - you may find
prices slightly lower than in the station.
There is a also a small Budgens supermarket on the other side of the
road from the station. As you come out the main entrance there is
a Garfunkels restaurant to your left on the corner. Garfunkels are
a restaurant/coffee shop chain found throughout London and do a wide
range of fayre throughout the day. |
Paddington
Hotel Map & District Briefing
In addition to providing descriptions of hotels and instant reservations
for each hotel, we have an accurate street map of Paddington with
the locations of each hotel. We have verified the locations by walking
each street ourselves, they are not based on postcodes or automated
mapping systems.
>> Paddington
Hotel Map |
 |
Left
Luggage Paddington Station
There
is a left luggage facility at Paddington station operated by the Excess
Baggage Company - the company have their own web site.
The office is open 7 days a week from 07:00 to 23:00. You can find
the office at platform 8, on the eastern side of the station. (From
the main concourse looking towards the trains, go to the platform
furthest on your right).
The Excess Baggage Company have a monopoly of the left luggage facilities
at most of London's main railway stations and airports. They can also
ship items home if you require. |
 |
Paddington
Station District
Immediately
outside the station the main street (Praed Street) is a crowded narrow
street with small shops, many providing snack food demanded by the
station patrons. There is the constant roar of buses that run every
few minutes along Praed Street most of them to Marble Arch/Oxford
Street about 1km away.
Away from this hustle and bustle there is quite a different scene. |
 |
In
the immediate area opposite the station, centred around Norfolk Square
and Sussex Gardens (pictured above) is the Paddington
hotel district. Nearly every building here is a small hotel, the
only large chain hotel being the Hilton at the station.
Almost adjacent to the station is St Mary's Hospital, a large NHS
hospital staffed by 3,500. As well as being the general hospital for
the area, it is a major teaching and research hospital of world class.
As you go south from the station you enter the district of Lancaster
Gate, with its own Underground Station only about a 10 minute walk.
This is a nice area of relatively spacious avenues and picturesque
mews streets. Hyde Park opposite is a great asset too. |
 |
|
