Paddington Basin

Part of: London 2006-06

Paddington[a] is a place about two miles west of the center of London. (It is also the name of a children's book character - Paddington Bear.)

Canal boats moored at the end of the Grand Union Canal. The little stump of a canal can be seen here[b]. The picture was taken approximately where the rectangular blue building is.

Modern house at the end of the canal.

Looking southwest toward Paddington station.

Old, leftover buildings.

The international rail platforms of Paddington Station. Look at the ceiling near the far end for a demonstration of what a couple hundred years of diesel and coal powered locomotives does with the paint job.

Birdie.

Links

[a]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddington

[b]

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=51.518317,-0.174429&spn=0.009387,0.026371&t=k&om=1