Portobello Road the road in the song "Portobello Belle" on their second album "Communiqué". The cult British children's book character Paddington Bear, featured in the books written by Michael Bond, enjoys visiting Portobello Market on a daily basis. His friend Mr. Gruber owns an antique shop on the Portobello Road, with whom Paddington has his elevenses every day. The Portobello Road and its colorful restaurants, pubs, and local culture is featured prominently in Martin Amis's 1989 dark satirical novel "London Fields." The street and its name also appeared regularly on the hit TV series "Minder". The board game "Portobello Market" is named
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