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Cockfosters to Oakwood walk
Of the tube walks this channel has done, this is one of the most straightforward to describe. Instead of turning left out of Cockfosters station, going down Cockfosters Road, then 1930s-built Westpole Avenue nearly all the way to Oakwood station, we turn right out of the station. This is a bit counter-intuitive since this takes …
Stoke Newington Street Names
by F. W. Baxter Published 1927 Note from The Underground Map: the following text was keyed in by volunteers and then scanned into a PDF which lost some resolution in the process. The year 1864 forms a turning point in the annals of Stoke Newington. In it an Act of Parliament was passed to enable …
Upminster to Upminster Bridge walk
This is the first walk westbound on the District Line
The London Compendium
Part of an occasional series of London book recommendations, we have been very impressed in our research with Ed Glinert’s “The London Compendium”. It is a street-by-street guide to London – painstakingly researched and thorough. We have provided a link direct to Amazon should you wish to buy the paperback version. As it says in …
Morden to South Wimbledon walk
We leave Morden station and turn left. The main road of Morden is London Road, which is part of the A24 route into London from the south. It dates from medieval times but urbanised rapidly during the 1920s after Morden station was built. We walk up to the traffic lights and turn left into Morden …
Charlton
The parish of Charlton is first recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Cerletone, meaning “farmstead of the freemen or peasants” in Old English. In 1093, the manor was granted to Bermondsey Abbey by the Bishop of Lincoln. In 1268, the Abbey obtained rights to hold a market and fair in Charlton. In the early …
Mornington Crescent to Euston walk
Mornington Crescent station is located at the junction of Hampstead Road and Eversholt Street, amidst bustling traffic. Despite the chaotic surroundings, the station building stands out with its distinct blood-red tiling that is characteristic of the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway. It is situated at the foot of Camden High Street, and there is …
District Line
Ealing Broadway to Upminster Ealing Broadway to Ealing Common walk Ealing Common to Acton Town walk Acton Town to Chiswick Park walk Chiswick Park to Turnham Green walk Turnham Green to Stamford Brook walk Stamford Brook to Ravenscourt Park walk Ravenscourt Park to Hammersmith walk Hammersmith to Barons Court walk Barons Court to West Kensington …
South Kensington to Sloane Square walk
We starting outside South Kensington station at the Exhibition Road entrance. This area has a very French atmosphere mainly due to the proliferation of French organisations around these parts… We start off on the very non-descript Thurloe Place – named after John Thurloe, a secretary to the council of state during the Oliver Cromwell period …