Plaque

Sir Bradley Wiggins - Paddington Rec

Erection date: 28/9/2013

Inscription

Sir Bradley Wiggins C.B.E. enjoyed the facilities at Paddington Recreation Ground and lived close to the site attending nearby St Augustine's CE High School. Sir Bradley became the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France and is the only cyclist to have won the Tour de France and an olympic gold medal in the same year.
City of Westminster
Unveiled on 28th September 2013

Site: Sir Roger Bannister and Sir Bradley Wiggins (2 memorials)

W9, Randolph Avenue, Paddington Recreation Ground

The Bannister plaques are the ones on the right of the pavilion, and the Wiggins one is on the left.

2018: From The Telegraph: "Paddington Recreation Ground - A cinder cycle track was built here in 1888, and replaced in 1900 by a banked track with an additional running track inside it. Paddington's track lasted longer than most of the others listed in this article; until 1987. The area that housed the cycle and athletics tracks is now a cricket pitch, and the only real sign of the past history is the grass bank parallel to Grantully Road."

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Sir Bradley Wiggins - Paddington Rec

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St Augustine's High School

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Tour de France

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Sir Bradley Wiggins

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Paddington Recreation Ground

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Westminster City Council

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