Acacia Gardens, NW8

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

St Johns Wood
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Later, the prefabs were demolished and flats took their place.

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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

NEARBY STREETS

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

Abbey Gardens, NW8

Abbey House, NW8 Abbey House is a block adjacent to Abbey Road studios (St John’s Wood)

Abbey House, NW8

Abercorn Close, NW8 Abercorn Close leads off Abercorn Place (St John’s Wood)

Abercorn Close, NW8

Abercorn Place, NW8 Abercorn Place is on the Harrow School Estate and is named after James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, a governor of the school (St John’s Wood)

Abercorn Place, NW8

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

Adelaide Court, NW8 Adelaide Court is sited on Hill Road (St John’s Wood)

Adelaide Court, NW8

Albany Court, NW8 Albany Court is a block on Garden Road (St John’s Wood)

Albany Court, NW8

Allitsen Road, NW8 Allitsen Road is a road in St John’s Wood, dating from the 1820s (St John’s Wood)

Allitsen Road, NW8

Alma House, NW8 Alma House is a block on Alma Square (St John’s Wood)

Alma House, NW8

Alma Square, NW8 Alma Square commemorates the River Alma on whose banks the first Anglo-French victory of the Crimean War was won (St John’s Wood)

Alma Square, 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

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

Barbara Brosnan Court, NW8

Barrow Hill Road, NW8 Barrow Hill Road marks the location of Barrow Hill (St John’s Wood)

Barrow Hill Road, NW8

Bentinck Close, NW8 Bentinck Close is possibly named after Lord George Bentinck (1802-1848), Conservative politician and racehorse owner (Regent’s Park)

Bentinck Close, NW8

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

Blenheim Road, NW8

Brampton House, NW8 Brampton House can be found on Grove End Road (St John’s Wood)

Brampton House, NW8

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

Bridgeman Street, NW8

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

Brunswick House, NW8

Cavendish Avenue, NW8 Cavendish Avenue was built on land owned by Cavendish family (St John’s Wood)

Cavendish Avenue, NW8

Cavendish House, NW8 Cavendish House is a block on Wellington Road (St John’s Wood)

Cavendish House, NW8

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

Charlbert Court, NW8

Charlbert Street, NW8 Charlbert Street was formerly Charles Street (St John’s Wood)

Charlbert Street, NW8

Charles Lane, NW8 Charles Lane is probably named after Charles Watkins, a property developer who was working locally in the 1820s (St John’s Wood)

Charles Lane, NW8

Cicely Davies House, NW8 Cicely Davies House is one of five blocks of flats built for the St Marylebone Housing Association (St John’s Wood)

Cicely Davies House, NW8

Circus Road, NW8 Circus Road reflects the circular shape of the original Eyre Estate building plan (St John’s Wood)

Circus Road, NW8

Cochrane Mews, NW8 Cochrane Mews runs off Circus Road and Cochrane Street (St John’s Wood)

Cochrane Mews, NW8

Cochrane Street, NW8 Cochrane Street runs between Circus Road and Wellington Place (St John’s Wood)

Cochrane Street, NW8

Culworth Street, NW8 Culworth Street is a road in the NW8 postcode area (Regent’s Park)

Culworth Street, NW8

Eamont Court, NW8 Eamont Court is located on Eamont Street (St John’s Wood)

Eamont Court, NW8

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

Eamont Street, NW8

Eliot Mews, NW8 Eliot Mews is a paved cul-de-sac off Abbey Gardens (St John’s Wood)

Eliot Mews, NW8

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

Eyre Court, 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

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

Garden Court, NW8

Garden House, NW8 Garden House is a block on Hamilton Gardens (St John’s Wood)

Garden House, NW8

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

Garden Road, NW8

George Eyre House, NW8 George Eyre House was designed by architect Louis de Soissons (St John’s Wood)

George Eyre House, NW8

Greenberry Street, NW8 Greenberry Street has a name which is possibly a corruption of Green Barrow Hill (St John’s Wood)

Greenberry Street, NW8

Hanover House, NW8 Hanover House is located on St Johns Wood High Street (St John’s Wood)

Hanover House, NW8

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

Henstridge Place, NW8

Heron House, NW8 Heron House is a block on Barrow Hill Road (St John’s Wood)

Heron House, NW8

Hill Road, NW8 Hill Road runs west from Abbey Road (St John’s Wood)

Hill Road, NW8

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

Kingsmill Terrace, NW8

Langford Court, NW8 Langford Court is a building on Abbey Road (St John’s Wood)

Langford Court, 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

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

Loudoun Road, NW8

Mackennal Street, NW8 Mackennal Street received its name since Bertram Mackennal, a sculptor, lived nearby (St John’s Wood)

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

Marlborough Place, NW8

Mews House, NW8 Mews House is a block on Hamilton Terrace (St John’s Wood)

Mews House, NW8

Neville Court, NW8 Neville Court is a block on Grove End Road (St John’s Wood)

Neville Court, NW8

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

Newcourt Street, NW8

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

Norfolk Road, NW8

Noura House, NW8 Noura House is a block on Eamont Street (St John’s Wood)

Noura House, NW8

Nugent Terrace, NW8 Nugent Terrace is named after George Nugent-Greville, Baron Nugent (1789-1850) (St John’s Wood)

Nugent Terrace, NW8

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

Oslo Court, NW8 Oslo Court was built between 1936 and 1938 by architect Robert Atkinson (St John’s Wood)

Oslo Court, NW8

O’ Neill House, NW8 O’Neill House is a block along Cochrane Street (St John’s Wood)

O’ Neill House, NW8

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

Queen’s Terrace, 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

Radlett Place, NW8 Radlett Place was formerly called Regent Villa Mews (Primrose Hill)

Radlett Place, NW8

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

Regents Mews, NW8

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

Rossetti Mews, NW8

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

Rudgwick Terrace, NW8

Russell House, NW8 Russell House is located on Eamont Street (St John’s Wood)

Russell House, NW8

Shannon Place, NW8 Shannon Place is a location in London (St John’s Wood)

Shannon Place, NW8

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

Springfield Road, 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

St John’s Wood High Street, NW8 St John’s Wood High Street is a shopping street of St John’s Wood (St John’s Wood)

St John’s Wood High Street, NW8

St Mark’s Court, NW8 St Mark’s Court is a block on Abbey Road (St John’s Wood)

St Mark’s Court, 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

Tower Court, NW8 Tower Court is a block on Mackennal Street (St John’s Wood)

Tower Court, NW8

Townshend Court, NW8 Townshend Court can be found on Shannon Place (St John’s Wood)

Townshend Court, NW8

Townshend Road, NW8 Townshend Road was named after the commander who received the French surrender of Quebec in 1759 (St John’s Wood)

Townshend Road, NW8

Violet Hill, NW8 Violet Hill leads northwest from Abercorn Place (St John’s Wood)

Violet Hill, 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

Wellington Place, NW8 Wellington Place, like Wellington Road, is named for the Duke of Wellington who defeated Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo in 1815 (St John’s Wood)

Wellington Place, NW8

Wellington Road, NW8 Wellington Road was named for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (St John’s Wood)

Wellington Road, NW8

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

Woronzow Road, NW8

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