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It's Paddington Bear mania in London once again, with the arrival of two full-coloure sculptures — munching on a marmalade sandwich.
Ahead of the release of the third Paddington movie, Paddington in Peru, on 8 November, 23 Paddington statues have been peppered across the UK, depicting the ever-popular Peruvian bear sitting on a bench, and tucking into his favourite snack. With the bright red hat and blue duffel coat, the sculptures are modelled on the current filmic incarnation of Paddington, voiced by Ben Wishaw.
You'll find one of the sculptures in Connaught Village in Paddington (not, as we previously thought, in Paddington station itself), and a second at London Westfield in White City.
The sculptures will presumably stick around while the film's in cinemas, before migrating elsewhere.
You can find a permanent bronze statue of Paddington — which takes after Peggy Fortnum's illustrations from the early Paddington books — on Platform 1 of Paddington station. A further, lesser-known sculpture of the bear can be found in the churchyard of St Mary's Paddington Green, in the company of his creator Michael Bond.
