Paddington, Residential suburb with commercial strips in Brisbane, Australia.
Paddington is a residential suburb west of Brisbane's city center featuring elevated Queenslander-style houses adapted to steep hillside locations. The area spans approximately 4.6 kilometers from the downtown core and includes commercial strips along Caxton Street and Baroona Road.
The area took its name in the 1850s from a property owner named B. Clay, who named his farm after his birthplace in London. This early settlement shaped the suburb's development as a residential neighborhood in the years that followed.
The commercial heart of Given Terrace and Latrobe Terrace draws locals and visitors to antique shops, independent boutiques, and cafes that reflect the area's creative character.
The suburb connects to Brisbane through multiple bus routes, with travel to the city center taking around 15 minutes. Most shops and cafes sit along the main streets, making the hilly neighborhood easy to navigate on foot.
Many houses rest on wooden stilts to manage the steep terrain, creating multilevel structures that open up views across the neighborhood from street level. This building method is typical of the region and gives the streets a distinctive character.
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