Paddington, London, United Kingdom - Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
N 51° 31.010 W 000° 10.603
30U E 695881 N 5711080
The London district of Paddington and the city of Paddington on the other side of the world in Australia
Waymark Code: WMT4KJ
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/24/2016
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The waymark coordinates are for Paddington Station, one of the larger railway stations in London, and the place you go to take a train anywhere else in Britain or Scotland. A marmalade-loving bear was found here once by some nice people, and he became very famous. Today, London's Paddington is a bit rough, but is still a vibrant and exciting Middle Eastern neighborhood.
In Australia, Paddington is not the home of a bear who likes marmalade, but it is much like its British cousin in that it can be a little rough.
From the Sydney Daily Telegraph, a fun little article comparing NSW cities with their UK counterparts: (
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"From Beaconsfield to Windsor, the place names of New South Wales which have their origins in England
Brian Kelly, The Daily Telegraph
September 13, 2015 10:35pm
AROUND 50 towns and suburbs of NSW are related to places in England. Here we take at some of them - and see how they compare with their Australian counterparts.
You may know about Liverpool or Newcastle, but what about Penshurst and Holbrook?
What can you tell us about your town? Or have you visited the ‘sister’ town in the UK? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below...
"PADDINGTON
Paddington, London: Known as the place in the British capital to get on a train and go west — Bath, Bristol, Cornwall, Wales etc, the station being the genesis of a famous fictional bear who likes marmalade and is mad for the haggle in nearby Portobello Markets. Until 1868, when public executions ended in Britain, to “dance the Paddington frisk” was to be hanged.
Paddington, NSW: Just 3km from Sydney’s CBD, “Paddo” will always be popular, but it wasn’t always single-origin coffee beans and organic chia. Paddo was rough not so long ago, with unemployment around 30 per cent in the Great Depression. The whole suburb was slated for the bulldozer in 1947 until a middle-class “Bohemian” invasion during the 60s, when four hundred acres of terrace house became the first conservation area in Australia."