page_title: Paddington, New South Wales
section_title: Commercial areas
hierarchical_section_title: Paddington, New South Wales / Commercial areas
caption_attribution_description: English: looking west to Sydney Tower
context_page_description: Paddington is an inner-city area of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Located 3 kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, Paddington lies across two local government areas. The portion south of Oxford Street lies within the City of Sydney, while the portion north of Oxford Street lies within the Municipality of Woollahra. It is often colloquially referred to as "Paddo".
  Paddington is bordered to the west by Darlinghurst, to the east by Centennial Park and Woollahra, to the north by Edgecliff and Rushcutters Bay and to the south by Moore Park.
context_section_description: Commercial activity in Paddington is diverse and can be divided into a number of precincts:
caption: Oxford Street with Sydney Tower in the background
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