Category: Jubilee Line

Bermondsey to London Bridge walk

Continuing west along the Jubilee line

Baker Street

Baker Street is one of the original stations of the Metropolitan Railway (MR), the world’s first underground railway, opened in 1863.

Canada Water

Canada Water is a freshwater lake and wildlife refuge in Rotherhithe. Canada Water tube, Overground and bus station is named after the lake.

Canary Wharf

Canary Wharf is a large business development on the Isle of Dogs, centred on the old West India Docks.

Bermondsey

The name Bermondsey first appears in a letter from Pope Constantine during the 8th century.

Dollis Hill

On looking at the 1900 map of the area around Dollis Hill station, one might notice an immediate problem – Dollis Hill itself isn’t there at all. The nearby area, in those days, was called Dudden Hill. The Dollis Hill Estate was formed in the early 19th century, when the Finch family bought up a …

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Jubilee line

Stanmore to Stratford Stanmore to Canons Park walk Canons Park to Queensbury walk Queensbury to Kingsbury walk Kingsbury to Wembley Park walk Wembley Park to Neasden walk Neasden to Dollis Hill walk Dollis Hill to Willesden Green walk Willesden Green to Kilburn walk Kilburn to West Hampstead walk West Hampstead to Finchley Road walk Finchley …

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West Ham

West Ham is a district in East London, located just over six miles east of Charing Cross.

Wembley Park

Wembley Park is a London Underground station, the nearest Underground station to the Wembley Stadium complex.

St John’s Wood

St John’s Wood was once part of the Great Forest of Middlesex with the name deriving from its mediaeval owners, the Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (Knights Hospitallers), an Augustinian order. The order took over the land from the Knights Templar in 1323. After the Reformation and the Dissolution of monastic …

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