Hunting for Paddington: How to find statues of the beloved bear in London

Paddington statues person been unveiled crossed the UK and Ireland, arsenic portion of a nationwide way celebrating everyone’s favourite marmalade-loving bear.

A full of 23 cute statues person been enactment up to let Paddington lovers, young and old, to question him retired successful their precise ain adventures.

The 23 statues tin beryllium recovered crossed the state - and 2 of them are successful London.

Here’s however to find them...

The archetypal of the capital’s 2 Paddingtons tin beryllium recovered successful Connaught Village, conscionable 5 minutes distant from Marble Arch and Hyde Park.

The 2nd is besides successful a fashionable buying location: Westfield’s White City buying centre, adjacent Shepherd’s Bush.

If you’re extracurricular of London past you tin inactive hunt down the other peculiar statues arsenic they’re successful locations from John O’Groats to Land’s End.

There is adjacent a bear-y peculiar statue successful Newbury, the location municipality of Paddington's creator, Michael Bond.

All of the locations extracurricular London are:

Ashby de la Zouch - Ashby Spa WI Garden, Market Street

Birmingham - Medicine Terrace astatine Selfridges, Bullring

Bury St Edmunds - arc buying centre

Cardiff - St John’s Gardens

Chester - Foregate Street

Edinburgh - St Andrew Square Garden

John O’ Groats - John O’ Groats signpost

Land’s End - Land’s End signpost

Liverpool - Liverpool ONE

London Paddington - Connaught colony

London Westfield - White City, W12

Manchester – Spinningfields, Hardman Square

Newbury – Northbrook Street

Newtownards - Conway Square

Peterborough - Queensgate buying centre

Salisbury - Fisherton Street

Southampton - Westquay buying centre

Sunderland - Bridges buying centre

A spokesperson said: “We are delighted to motorboat Paddington Visits, a way which volition spot everyone’s favourite carnivore bringing fun, kindness and warmth to communities crossed the UK.

“We anticipation that everyone seeks retired their section Paddington, whether that’s dropping by for a chat astir your time oregon to bask a marmalade sandwich oregon 2 portion enjoying the view! Paddington is acceptable to invited everyone!"

Paddington successful Peru volition deed cinemas connected November 8 and volition spot our fashionable teddy carnivore returning location to the Peruvian jungle to sojourn his beloved Aunt Lucy, present a nonmigratory astatine the Home for Retired Bears.

With the Brown household and Mrs Bird successful tow, a thrilling escapade ensues erstwhile a mysterious disappearance plunges them into an unexpected travel from the Amazon rainforest to the upland peaks of Peru.