Finchley Road, NW8

Finchley Road was built in 1829 (as ’Finchley New Road’) to provide a new route to horse-drawn traffic from London to the north.

St Johns Wood
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Finchley Road was redesigned over the years to accommodate the steady increase of traffic, transforming a lot of the road into three lanes of traffic in each direction.

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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE

St John’s Wood St John’s Wood is an affluent district, north west of Regent’s Park.

St John’s Wood

Unknown as yet The Alexandra Road estate, often referred to as Rowley Way, is a housing estate in the London Borough of Camden.

Unknown as yet

NEARBY STREETS

Acacia Gardens, NW8 Acacia Gardens began as an estate of 14 prefabs, just east of St John’s Wood station (St John’s Wood)

Acacia Gardens, NW8

Acacia Place, NW8 Acacia Place is a short cul-de-sac off Acacia Road (St John’s Wood)

Acacia Place, NW8

Acacia Road, NW8 Acacia Road dates from the 1830s (St John’s Wood)

Acacia Road, NW8

Ainsworth Way, NW8 Ainsworth Way lies at the heart of the Alexandra Road estate (St John’s Wood)

Ainsworth Way, NW8

Alexandra Road, NW8 Alexandra Road was built after the marriage of the Prince of Wales (St John’s Wood)

Alexandra Road, NW8

Ambassador House, NW8 Ambassador House is a block on Carlton Hill (St John’s Wood)

Ambassador House, NW8

Apsley House, NW8 Apsley House is a building on Marlborough Place (St John’s Wood)

Apsley House, NW8

Aquila Street, NW8 Aquila Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Aquila Street, NW8

Avenue Road, NW8 Avenue Road was an important road on the Eyre estate (St John’s Wood)

Avenue Road, NW8

Belsize Road, NW6 Belsize Road is a major road in NW6, parallel to the railway

Belsize Road, NW6

Berkley House, NW6 Berkley House is a block on Belsize Road (St John’s Wood)

Berkley House, NW6

Blenheim Road, NW8 Blenheim Road is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Blenheim Road, NW8

Blenheim Terrace, NW8 Blenheim Terrace is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Blenheim Terrace, NW8

Boundary Road, NW8 Boundary Road marks the former boundary between the between the Parish of St Marylebone and the Parish of St John Hampstead (St John’s Wood)

Boundary Road, NW8

Boydell Court, NW8 Boydell Court is a block on Boydell Court (St John’s Wood)

Boydell Court, NW8

Brooke House, NW6 Brooke House is a block on Belsize Road

Brooke House, NW6

Buttermere Court, NW8 Buttermere Court is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Buttermere Court, NW8

Carlton Hill, NW8 Carlton Hill is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Carlton Hill, NW8

Carlton House, NW8 Carlton House is a block on Carlton Hill (St John’s Wood)

Carlton House, NW8

Clyde House, NW6 Clyde House is a block on Belsize Road

Clyde House, NW6

Coleridge Gardens, NW8 Street/road in London NW6 (St John’s Wood)

Coleridge Gardens, NW8

Coleridge House, NW6 Coleridge House is located on Coleridge Gardens

Coleridge House, NW6

Court Close, NW8 Court Close is a location in London (St John’s Wood)

Court Close, NW8

Craig House, NW6 Craig House is located on Belsize Road

Craig House, NW6

Dale House, NW8 Dale House can be found on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Dale House, NW8

Dinerman Court, NW8 Dinerman Court is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Dinerman Court, NW8

Dorman Way, NW8 Dorman Way is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Dorman Way, NW8

Edgeworth House, NW8 Edgeworth House is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Edgeworth House, NW8

Eyre Court, NW8 Eyre Court can be found on Eyre Court (St John’s Wood)

Eyre Court, NW8

Fielding House, NW8 Fielding House can be found on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Fielding House, NW8

Finchley Road, NW8 Finchley Road was built in 1829 (as ’Finchley New Road’) to provide a new route to horse-drawn traffic from London to the north (St John’s Wood)

Finchley Road, NW8

Goldhurst Terrace, NW6 Goldhurst Terrace was laid out in the late 1870s

Goldhurst Terrace, NW6

Greenaway House, NW8 Greenaway House is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Greenaway House, NW8

Harley Road, NW3 Harley Road is a street in Hampstead (Swiss Cottage)

Harley Road, NW3

Henstridge Place, NW8 Henstridge Place (rather obscurely) refers to a ridge where stallions are kept (St John’s Wood)

Henstridge Place, NW8

Hilgrove Road, NW6 Hilgrove Road was previously the western section of Adelaide Road, called Adelaide Road North (South Hampstead)

Hilgrove Road, NW6

Kingsmill Terrace, NW8 Kingsmill Terrace is named after a member of the Eyre family (St John’s Wood)

Kingsmill Terrace, NW8

Langford House, NW8 Langford House is a block on Langford Place (St John’s Wood)

Langford House, NW8

Langford Place, NW8 Langford Place is called after the owner of Lileston manor (Lisson Grove) in the 14th century (St John’s Wood)

Langford Place, NW8

Linnel House, NW8 Linnel House is sited on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Linnel House, NW8

Loudoun Road, NW8 Loudoun Road, dating from the 1850s, was originally known as Bridge Road (St John’s Wood)

Loudoun Road, NW8

Mancroft Court, NW8 Mancroft Court is located on Queensmead (St John’s Wood)

Mancroft Court, NW8

Marlborough Hill, NW8 Marlborough Hill dates from the 1830s in the first of the St John’s Wood developments (St John’s Wood)

Marlborough Hill, NW8

Marlborough House, NW8 Marlborough House is a block on Marlborough Place (St John’s Wood)

Marlborough House, NW8

Marlborough Place, NW8 Marlborough Place was previously split into two sections named Marlborough Place and Marlborough Road (St John’s Wood)

Marlborough Place, NW8

Matlock Court, NW8 Matlock Court can be found on Abbey Road (St John’s Wood)

Matlock Court, NW8

Middle Field, NW8 Middle Field is part of a development just to the east of the Finchley Road (St John’s Wood)

Middle Field, NW8

Norfolk Road, NW8 Norfolk Road is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Norfolk Road, NW8

Oakley House, NW6 Oakley House is a block on Belsize Road (South Hampstead)

Oakley House, NW6

Ordnance Hill, NW8 Ordnance Hill is so-named because the Board of Ordnance was the original lessee of St John’s Wood Barracks (St John’s Wood)

Ordnance Hill, NW8

Queen’s Terrace, NW8 Queen’s Terrace is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Queen’s Terrace, NW8

Queensmead, NW8 Queensmead is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Queensmead, NW8

Queen’s Grove, NW8 Queen’s Grove was named just after the marriage of Victoria and Albert in 1841 (St John’s Wood)

Queen’s Grove, NW8

Radlett House, NW8 Radlett House is a block on Radlett Place (St John’s Wood)

Radlett House, NW8

Regency Parade, NW3 Regency Parade is a street in Hampstead (Swiss Cottage)

Regency Parade, NW3

Robert Moreton House, NW8 Robert Moreton House is a block on Rowley Way (St John’s Wood)

Robert Moreton House, NW8

Rossetti Mews, NW8 Rossetti Mews is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Rossetti Mews, NW8

Rowley Way, NW8 Rowley Way was named after Llewellyn Rowley, Camden’s Director of Housing (St John’s Wood)

Rowley Way, NW8

Rutherglen House, NW6 Rutherglen House is a building on Belsize Road (St John’s Wood)

Rutherglen House, NW6

Ryder’s Terrace, NW8 Ryder’s Terrace is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Ryder’s Terrace, NW8

Sandown House, NW6 Sandown House can be found on Belsize Road (St John’s Wood)

Sandown House, NW6

Selby House, NW6 Selby House is located on Belsize Road (St John’s Wood)

Selby House, NW6

Springfield Road, NW8 Springfield Road dates from the late 1850s (St John’s Wood)

Springfield Road, NW8

St John’s Wood Park, NW8 St John’s Wood Park is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

St John’s Wood Park, NW8

St John’s Wood Terrace, NW8 St John’s Wood Terrace is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

St John’s Wood Terrace, NW8

Stevenson House, NW8 Stevenson House is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Stevenson House, NW8

Tatham Place, NW8 Tatham Place is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Tatham Place, NW8

The Marlowes, NW8 The Marlowes is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

The Marlowes, NW8

Waltham House, NW8 Waltham House is a block on Boundary Road (St John’s Wood)

Waltham House, NW8

Waverley Place, NW8 Waverley Place is a road in the NW8 postcode area (St John’s Wood)

Waverley Place, NW8

Woronzow Road, NW8 Woronzow Road was named after Count Woronzow, Russian ambassador from 1785-1806 (St John’s Wood)

Woronzow Road, NW8

Wymondham Court, NW8 Wymondham Court is a block on St John’s Wood Park (St John’s Wood)

Wymondham Court, NW8

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