Paddington Bear to 32 Windsor Gardens near Notting Hill. While there is a real Windsor Gardens off Harrow Road between Notting Hill and Maida Vale (close to the location as described in the books) the Windsor Gardens in the book is fictitious and does not resemble the real road. Paddington frequents the nearby Portobello Road market, where he is respected by the shopkeepers for driving a hard bargain. When he gets annoyed with someone, he often gives them one of his special "hard stares" (taught to him by Aunt Lucy), which causes them to become flushed and embarrassed. Paddington's adventures usually arise
A40 road in London it was the largest continuous concrete structure in Britain. Westway starts from the Marylebone Flyover. Here the Marylebone Road (A501)part of the northern section of the London Inner Ring Road crosses the Edgware Road (A5) and continues as the A40 It runs close to the Great Western Main Line out of Paddington to join Western Avenue. Between the Marylebone Flyover and Westway, a 100-metre section of surface-level road allows "westbound" traffic from the Marylebone Flyover to exit towards the Harrow Road (A404) and eastbound traffic from the Harrow Road to access the Flyover. "Eastbound" traffic from the Westway cannot exit