Which sub-Anorak route should I take?

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So I'm going on a tube related exploration and have several choices, and can't make up my mind:

1) Seeing ghost stations

The trouble with these is that apart from a few frontages, there isn't much to see really. You can't wander in a creep down into the bowels of the Earth like some latter-day Indy Jones to discover treasured possessions of the ancients, such as copies of the Times from 1942. Sadly. Unless you get into urban adventuring, and I'm far too wussy for that.

However, the Northern Heights looks good though - has all the requirements really - nice walk, bracing air, wrapped up warm, flasks of tea and stopping for some food somewhere.

2) Line-related station tour

a) The main ones here are the Charles Holden Piccadilly line extensions.
b) Holden's Northern Line extensions.
c) Central line into Essex.
d) Jubilee extension stations (have done before, but always nice)

Any tips?

Dave B (daveb), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 12:35 (twenty-three years ago)

piccadilly. finsbury park-cockfosters
district. embankment-barking


silverlink hampstead heath-west ham

gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 13:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Epping! dream of Ongar!

robin carmody (robin carmody), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 18:35 (twenty-three years ago)

erm, that's the Central Line into Essex, if you weren't aware of it :).

robin carmody (robin carmody), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 18:35 (twenty-three years ago)

incidentally, not a tube walk, but i am thinking of doing this triangular walk

de beauvoir-walthamstow-greenwich-de beauvoir

gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 19 November 2002 18:42 (twenty-three years ago)

I'd go for option 1 - aren't there guided tours organised occasionally? Going below ground at places like Down Street, I mean.

Gareth, that sounds like a good walk but perhaps you need to lay off the Iain Sinclair books :)

David (David), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 01:17 (twenty-three years ago)

haha! you may be right david

also: chalk farm-highgate-fortis green-wood green-tottenham?

gareth (gareth), Wednesday, 20 November 2002 08:54 (twenty-three years ago)


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