Paddington Trail - The Paddington in Paddington Trail

Paddington Trail – Paddington in Paddington Trail branches around areas surrounding Paddington Station, exploring the lines along Regent’s Canal with a lot of opportunities to take pictures of the canal, greeneries and bridges. There are 8 Paddington Bears on this trail:

1. Love, Paddington X - Lulu Guiness - Rembrandt Gardens, W2 1XB

2. Texting Paddington - Westminster Academy - Sheldon Square, W2 6EZ

3. The Mayor of Paddington - Paddington Waterside and Costain - Canalside Plaza, W2 1LA

4. Bearing Up - Taylor Wimpey - St Mary’s Footbridge, W2 1AF

5. Brick Bear - Robin Partington & Partners - Canal Towpath, W2 1AF

6. Futuristic Robot Bear - Jonathan Ross - Merchant Square, North Wharf Road, W2 1JS

7. Paddington - Michael Bond – Platform 8 Paddington Station W2 1AE *

8. Paddingtonscape - Hannah Warren – Norfolk Square Gardens, W2 1RU

* Removed for the NSPCC charity auction between 9th to 11th December 2014.

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Paddington Trail - River and Historical London Trail

Paddington Trail – River and Historical London Trail follows a route similar to the Year of the Bus Sculpture river trail giving plenty to see south of the bank of River Thames. The trail gives an opportunity to go through some architectural and historical sites, galleries and museums such as Museum of London, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Borough Market and Tate Modern. There are 8 Paddington Bears on this trail:


34. Sherlock Bear - Benedict Cumberbatch - Inside Museum of London - EC2Y 5HN *

35. Bear in the Wood - Rankin - Peter's Hill, St Paul’s Cathedral, EC2V 5ER

36. Fragile - Ryan McElhinney - Near Tate Modern, Riverside Walk, SE1 9JB

37. Shakesbear - Michael Sheen - Bankside Pier, SE1 9DT *

38. Good Morning, London - Michael Howells - Guildhall Square, EC2P 2SA *

39. R; G; B - Zaha Hadid - Outside the Royal Exchange *

40. Taste of Peru - Peru - Stoney Street, Borough Market, SE1 9AF

41. Wonders of the World - Peru - London Bridge Station entrance, SE1 9QU

* Removed for NSPCC charity auction on 9th to 11th December 2014.

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Paddington Trail

Paddington Trail is a series of Paddington Bear sculptured statues designed by artists, celebrities and designers which have been lined up and around London. They were to coincide with the release of Paddington (the film) and to raise money for the charity NSPCC and its Childline Service. The Paddington Trail started on the 4th November and is to end on the 30th December 2014. There are 50 statues in total in the series with additional ones and ones that were not official to the trail but were on display.

14 statues were removed from the trail for auction between 9th and 11th December 2014 for a NSPCC charity auction, while the rest were auctioned off live online on Christie’s website on the 10th December 2014 to 7th January 2015. With the exception of Paddington Jack statue, the proceeds of this bear will go to Action Medical Research.

VisitLondon has split up some of the bears to create some trails to follow:

• Royal Parks Trail
• The Paddington in Paddington Trail
• River and Historical London Trail
• The Christmas Trail

The following are bears that are not part of any trails listed above with the numberings being which number they are in the Paddington Trail series: 

11. Flutterby - Emma Watson - Hans Crescent, SW1X 0LX *

12. W2 1RH - Marc Quinn - Inside Christie’s, King Street, SW1Y 6QT *

 13. Paws - Sally Hawkins – Duke of York Square, SW3 4LY

 21. Bear of Gifts – Hamleys - Ground floor, Regent Street, W1B 5BT

 22. Little Bear Blue - Intel - Outside Framestore, Noel Street, W1F 8GR

 33. Bear Necessities - John Hurt - Great Russell Street, WC1B 3BN

 42. Paddington Who? - Peter Capaldi - Royal Observatory, Greenwich SE10 0XJ

 43. Gravity Bear - Sandra Bullock - Royal Observatory, Greenwich SE10 0XJ *

44. Wish You Were Here - Nick Mason - Inside The O2, SE10 0DX

 

45. Toggle - Benjamin Shine - V&A Museum of Childhood Gardens, E2 9PA *

46. Primrose Paddington - Julie Walters - Primrose Hill, Ormonde Terrace entrance, NW8 7QR

 

47. Sticky Wicket - Ian Botham - Hanover Bridge, Regent’s Park, NW1 4RL
 

48. Chief Scout Bear - Bear Grylls - London Heathrow, T5 Arrivals

49. The Special One - Chelsea FC - Britannia Gate, Stamford Bridge, SW6 1BG

Other bears that were not part of the official trail follows:

Alan Shearer’s Bear - Alan Shearer - ChildLine, 45 Folgate Street, E1 6GL

 Maya’s Bear - Maya - NSPCC, 42 Curtain Road, Shoreditch, EC2A 3NH

Paddington That - Take That - Inside The O2, SE10 0DX

Patchwork Paddington - Rihanna - Childline, 45 Folgate Street, Shoreditch, E1 6GL

 

Precious Paddington – Solange Azagury-Partridge – Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 66 Knightsbridge, SW1X 7LA

 Stripes - Inkie - Cadogan Place, Knightsbridge, SW1X 9PX

* Removed for auction between 9th to 11th December 2014.

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Bus Art: Year of the Bus Sculpture Trails - Around Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Bus Art: Year of the Bus Sculpture Trails – Around Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is part of 2014 Year of the Bus event sculpture trails. This one is runs through the recently installed park near to Sttratford Westfield which was created to house parts of the 2012 London Summer Olympics and Paralympics and now used as various sporting venues. There are 11 bus sculptures in total for this route:

1. Ding! Ding! Artist: Crispin Finn. Location: International Square.

2. Moquette. Artist: Beth Quinton. Location: Celebration Avenue, East Village.

3. Journey to Anywhere. Artist: Oliver Dean. Location: Victory Park, East Village.

4. Time Travel. Artist: Sara Adhitya. Location: Timber Lodge Cafe.

5. Englsh Herbaceous Border. Artist: Sarah Jane Richards. Location: North of the Park.

6. Hold Tight. Artist: Mini Moderns, painted by Jane Headford. Location: North of the Park.

7. Union Jack. Artist: Kristian Movahed. Location: Mandeville Place.

8. The Paralympic Bus. Artist: Tom Yendell. Location: Mandeville Place.

9. Invisible to the Environment. Artist: Pawel Srokowski. Location: South of the Park.

10. Dazzler. Artist: Sophie Green. Location: ArcelorMittal Orbit.

11. CumulonimBUS. Artist: Loz Atkinson. Location: The International Quarter.

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Bus Art: Year of the Bus Sculpture Trails - Around Westminster

Bus Art: Year of the Bus Sculpture Trails - Around Westminster is one of four trails part of the Year of the Bus event. The trail starts off in Covent Garden and then proceeding to work off further into central London passing through many famous sites such as Horse Guards Parade, House of Parliament and Westminster Cathedral. The trail ends at Edgeware Road which the best option would be to take the Tube which takes about 12 minutes or the bus for about 25 minutes. There are 17 bus sculptures for this trail: 


1. Accessibus. Artist: Liliana Ortega Garza. Location: London Transport Museum. 



2. Busby. Artist: Oliver Dean. Location: London Transport Musem.

3. Poppy Fields. Artist: Sarah Jane Grace. Location: Covent Garden.

4. Travels with Edward. Artist: Valerie Osment. Location: Edward Stanford Shop.

5. Swinging London. Artist: Sian Storey. Location: St Martins Close. *

6. Rock n Royal. Artist: Damien Jeffrey. Location: Leicester Square.

7. Cath Kidston London Scene. Artist: Cath Kidston. Location: Piccadilly Circus.

8. London Skyline Bus. Artist: Kristjana S WIlliams. Location: Charing Cross Road.

9. 360° Panorama of London. Artist: Rob Wilson. Location: Trafalgar Square.

10. Lest We Forget. Artist: Lee O’Brien. Location: Horse Guards Avenue.

11. London Telephone Bus. Artist: Stephen Mackay. Location: Parliament Street.

12. London Take the Bus. Artist: Rod Hunt. Location: Victoria Street.

13. Buckingham Palace Bus. Artist: Mandii Pope. Location: Victoria Street.

14. Gull Graeni Straeto. Artist: Kristjana S Williams. Location: Victoria Street.

15. Lord Mayor of the City of Westminster. Artist: Jenny Leonard. Location: Victoria Street.

16. Tunnel Vision. Artist: One Red Shoe. Location: Cardinal Place.

17. Come Rain or Come Shine. Artist: Thomas Dowdeswell. Location: Edgeware Road.

* Location is at St Martins Court.

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