Paddington is an area of the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Formerly a metropolitan borough, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965.
The earliest extant reference to Padington, historically a part of Middlesex, was made in the year 1056. Three important landmarks of the district are Paddington station, designed by the celebrated engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel and opened in 1847; St Mary`s Hospital and Paddington Green police station (the most important high-security police station in the United Kingdom).
