Paddington Lawn Refurbishment Starts on Site

BDP’s refurbishment work at Paddington Station in London recently started on site. The area known as The Lawn which houses the retail outlets at the back of the main station building is to be renovated to provide passengers with better retail choices and more food and drink outlets.

Natalie Holden, Network Rail’s senior commercial scheme sponsor for the project, said: “Paddington is one of Britain’s busiest stations and getting busier each year, so it’s only right that passengers have the facilities to make their travelling experience better.”

BDP’s vision creates a retail and catering destination that fully integrates with the magnificent volume of Brunel’s famous station structure. The customer experience will be improved to provide an elegant piece of placemaking with a tenant mix that caters for the ‘grab and go’ right through to quality dining and liquid refreshment in a unique and memorable setting.

The retail and catering offer will be among the best provided in a station environment, to reflect the station’s status one of London’s major gateways, and will enable Paddington Lawn to become a showcase for station retailing and dining with the best possible customer experience.

Paddington Lawn is the first commission from BDP’s Network Rail retail architects framework and the project is expected to take 18 months to complete.