Michael Bond Paddington Bear

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# Paddington Station Platform: A Bear's First Steps Standing on Platform 1 at Paddington Station, you're standing at the precise threshold where Michael Bond's beloved character first set paw in London, emerging from the train with a suitcase, a duffle coat, and a destiny that would captivate gener...

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Platform, 1 Paddington Station, Praed Street

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Paddington Bear As described in Michael Bond's best-selling book, 'A Bear Called Paddington', Paddington Bear first arrived at Paddington Station in 1958. Scenes from his first big-screen adventure 'Paddington. were filmed here at the station in the autumn of 2013.