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THE STATIONS

THE ABBEY (Stratford) - Quadranscentennial Line / Twopenny Line    
Stratford Langthorne Abbey, or the Abbey of St Mary's, Stratford Langthorne was a Cistercian monastery founded in 1135 at Stratford

THE ACID POOL (Old Street) - Naughty Line    
The station is buried in soil so acidic that the cast iron tunnel linings had to be replaced in the 1990s due to corrosion

THE ARCADE (High Street Kensington) - The Loop / Bridge Line    
Kensington Arcade forms the entrance to the station

THE ARENA (Wembley Central) - Streetwater Line    
Named for Wembley Arena

THE ARMOURY (Arsenal) - Frilly Line    
Play on words - another name for an Arsenal

THE ASSEMBLY (Kentish Town) - Naughty Line    
The Assembly House pub is opposite the station entrance

THE ASYLUM (Caledonian Road) - Frilly Line    
Named after an asylum for Scottish children built nearby in 1828

THE BARRACKS (Hounslow West) - Frilly Line    
Due to the nearby military barracks

THE BAZAAR (Shepherd’s Bush Market) - Unoriginal Line / The Loop     
Play on words

THE BEACON (Pimlico) - Hated Line    
In March 2015, the station was chosen to be the test for 'Wayfindr', an app that helps visually impaired people navigate their way through the station using iBeacon devices installed at the station

THE BEAR PIT (Paddington) Unoriginal Line / The Loop / Bridge Line / Streetwater Line    
Named for Paddington Bear

THE BECK (Finchley Central) - Naughty Line    
Has an original copy of the Harry Beck Tube map on display; he lived nearby and used the station frequently

THE BLACK HOUSE (Blackhorse Road) - Hated Line
Despite the black horses depicted in station murals, it’s actually named after nearby Black House, a mansion that stood at the southern end of the road

THE BORDER (West Ham) - Unoriginal Line / Bridge Line
This rapid growth earned it the name "London over the border"

THE BURIED RIVER (Westbourne Park) - Unoriginal Line / The Loop     
The area in West London takes its name from the long-buried River Westbourne, whose name itself means western river or stream

THE CARNIVAL (Notting Hill Gate) - The Loop / Bridge Line    
Notting Hill holds an annual carnival

THE CEMETERY (Highgate) - Naughty Line    
Named for Highgate Cemetery

THE CHASE (North Acton) - Twopenny Line    
Chase Road leads to the station

THE CHOCOLATE HOUSE (Swiss Cottage) - Quadranscentennial Line    
Play on words

THE CIRCLE (Oval) - Naughty Line    
Play on words

THE CLOCK TOWER (Northolt) - Twopenny Line    
In the centre of the village is a freestanding clock tower

THE CONVENT (Covent Garden) - Frilly Line    
By the 13th Century, the site was a walled-off area of orchards and gardens which belonged to the monks of Westminster Abbey. They referred to it as “the garden of the Abbey and Convent” and then as “Convent Garden”

THE COOL DEATH (Tooting Broadway) - Naughty Line    
The station is referenced in the title of the Kitchens of Distinction's song "On Tooting Broadway Station" from their third album The Death of Cool

THE CROSSROADS (Brent Cross) - Naughty Line    
Brent Cross is originally the name of crossroads that today forms an interchange and a major place for road traffic in the London Borough of Barnet

THE CUT (Southwark) - Quadranscentennial Line    
The station is located on the corner of 'The Cut' (street)

THE DARKNESS (Theydon Bois) - Twopenny Line    
A notable characteristic of the village is its almost complete absence of street lighting

THE DEEP (Hampstead) - Naughty Line    
The deepest station on the line, at 58m below ground

THE DEPOT (Parsons Green) - Bridge Line    
It was previously a train-operator depot

THE DOME (North Greenwich) - Quadranscentennial Line
The station is adjacent to The O2 Arena (formerly the Millennium Dome)

THE DREAM TAILOR (Latimer Road) - Unoriginal Line / The Loop
Anagram

THE DUNES (Colindale) - Naughty Line    
Prompted by his familiarity with Colindale tube station, TE Lawrence (‘Lawrence of Arabia’) adopted the pseudonym ‘Colin Dale’ when writing reviews for The Spectator. 'The Dunes' references the Arabian landscape

THE EAST (North Wembley) - Streetwater Line    
The station was originally to be called East Lane

THE EMBASSY (Nine Elms) - Naughty Line    
The Embassy of the USA is served by Nine Elms station

THE EMERALD CASTLE (Greenford) - Twopenny Line  
Play on words

THE EMERALD GROUNDS (South Ruislip) - Twopenny Line
McGovern Park (formerly known as Emerald GAA Grounds) is in South Ruislip

THE EMPORIUM (Aldwych) - Frilly Line
'Aldwych' means old market'. 'Emporium' is another name for a market

THE END OF THE WALL (East Ham) - Unoriginal Line / Bridge Line  
 Wall End is an area of East Ham

THE EXCHANGE (Chancery Lane) - Twopenny Line    
In the ’70s, the former air raid shelter built underneath the station was turned into a telephone exchange with 200 staff, its own restaurant, bar, and games room, all 200ft below the surface

THE EXHIBITION (Earl’s Court) - Frilly Line / Bridge Line
Earls Court Exhibition Centre was a major international exhibition and events venue

THE EYE (Kilburn Park) - Streetwater Line    
The station has a large glazed, domed roof over the escalators, in the shape of an eye

THE FAIRGROUND (Pinner) - First Line    
Pinner remains one of the only villages in the country that still holds an annual street fair

THE FAR TOWER (Chesham) - First Line    
Furthest away from any other station, at 3.8 miles to its nearest neighbour. Chesham boasts a water tower, a relic from the 1880s, at the far end of the platform

THE FARM (Clapham North) - Naughty Line    
Was the test site for the UK’s first underground farm, housed in its deep level bomb shelter

THE FEAR (Edgware Road [Circle]) - Unoriginal Line / The Loop / Bridge Line    
Is on Cabbell Street. The family name Cabbell’s motto is “impavide” meaning fearlessly

THE FOLLY (Russell Square) - Frilly Line    
In Ben Aaronovitch’s Peter Grant books, the first of which is The Rivers of London (also known as Midnight Riot), The Folly – headquarters of British wizardry – is located in Russell Square

THE FOREST (Loughton) - Twopenny Line    
The station was originally built so that City workers would have easy access to Epping Forest

THE FOREST MINE (Colliers Wood) - Naughty Line  
A collier is a miner

THE FORGE (Hammersmith) - Unoriginal Line / The Loop / Bridge Line / Frilly Line    
Smiths work in forges

THE FORTRESS (Tufnell Park) - Naughty Line    
The station is at the end of Fortress Road

THE FORTUNE HOUSE (West Harrow) - First Line  
Several of the roads in West Harrow are named after teachers at Harrow School. The chool's motto in English is “let the fortune of the house stand”

THE GALLERY (Gloucester Road) - Frilly Line / The Loop / Bridge Line    
A disused sub-surface platform features periodic art installations

THE GALLOWS (Hanger Lane) - Twopenny Line
Play on words

THE GARDEN VILLAGE (Rayners Lane) - First Line / Frilly Line    
Harrow Garden Village was a housing development built in the 1930s near the station

THE GLACIER (Finchley Road) - Quadranscentennial Line / First Line    
Analysis of earth removed when tunnelling towards the station revealed that its site was the southern limit of a glacier which covered Britain during one of the Ice Ages

THE GREAT FORT (Morden) - Naughty Line  
Morden's name may be derived from the Common Brittonic words Mawr (great or large) and Dun (fort)

THE GREAT ISLAND (Great Portland Street) - Unoriginal Line / The Loop / First Line    
The current structure was built in 1930 on a traffic island on the Marylebone Road at its intersection with Great Portland Street and Albany Street

THE GREATEST PLACE IN THE WORLD (Chigwell) - Twopenny Line    
Charles Dickens described Chigwell as “the greatest place in the world”

THE GREEN CAVERNS (Stepney Green) - Unoriginal Line / Bridge Line    
Stepney Green cavern is an underground junction where Crossrail divides into two branches

THE GREEN WINDMILL (Croxley) - First Line    
Croxley Green Windmill is a Grade II listed tower mill which has been converted to residential accommodation

THE GREENWALK (Totteridge & Whetstone) - Naughty Line    
The station is adjacent to the Dollis Valley Greenwalk

THE GRID (Southfields) - Bridge Line    
The main residential areas of Southfields are the "Southfields Triangle" and "The Grid"

THE GUARD POST (Putney Bridge) - Bridge Line    
A World War II pillbox can clearly be seen at the Southern end of the Southbound platform

THE HARROWING HILL (Harrow-on-the-Hill) - First Line  
Play on words

THE HEADQUARTERS (St. James’s Park) - The Loop / Bridge Line    
The station building is incorporated into 55 Broadway, the headquarters of Transport for London

THE HEPTAGON (Ealing Common) - Bridge Line / Frilly Line    
Has a heptagonal ticket hall, one of only two on the network

THE HIGH ROAD (West Ruislip) - Twopenny Line    
West Ruislip is a station on Ickenham High Road

THE HIGH STONE (Leytonstone) - Twopenny Line    
The name Leytonstone, originally "Leyton-atte-Stone", comes from a distance marker called the High Stone

THE HILL ON THE HILL (Hillingdon) - First Line / Frilly Line    
The name Hillingdon is Middle English, and means “Hill’s hill”

THE HIVE (Canons Park) - Quadranscentennial Line
Barnet F.C.'s training ground complex, The Hive, opened in the locality in 2009

THE HOIST (Tottenham Hale) - Hated Line    
Tottenham Hale takes its name from the old English word Hale (to hoist or pull), as goods (particularly timber) were unloaded from the River Lea for onward transport by road at this point

THE HONEY CROFT (Uxbridge) - First Line / Frilly Line
The name of the stadium of Uxbridge FC

THE INSECTARIUM (St. John’s Wood) - Quadranscentennial Line    
The Beatles Abbey Road Studios and Lords Cricket Ground are in St John’s Wood (beetles / crickets - get it?)

THE INSTITUTION (Gunnersbury) - Bridge Line
Gunnersbury station was rebuilt in 1966 with an 18-storey office block above, now occupied by the British Standards Institution

THE INTERCHANGE (King’s Cross St. Pancras) - Frilly Line / Hated Line / Unoriginal Line / The Loop / First Line / Naughty Line    
An interchange between six Underground lines

THE IRON AQUEDUCT (Sloane Square) - The Loop / Bridge Line    
The River Westbourne is carried over the tube station platforms in plain view, in a circular iron aqueduct

THE IRON WORKS (Canning Town) - Quadranscentennial Line    
The Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company was a shipyard and iron works straddling the mouth of Bow Creek at its confluence with the River Thames, at Leamouth Wharf on the west side and at Canning Town on the east side

THE KING’S HOLT (Kensal Green) - Streetwater Line
Kensal Green is first mentioned in 1253, translating from old English meaning the King's Holt (King's Wood)

THE KING’S LANDS (Kenton) - Streetwater Line    
Kenton is derived from Keninton, an old medieval surname that refers to ‘the King’s lands’

THE LAKE (Edgware) - Naughty Line    
Edgware's early history is inferred from its Saxon place name and recorded variants. It means "Ecgi's weir". Ecgi is a Saxon name and the weir relates to a pond where his people would catch fish

THE LAST (Ruislip Manor) - First Line / Frilly Line    
The last station name I changed - because I couldn't find a good alternative I had to cheat!

THE LEAPING PLACE (Ruislip) - First Line / Frilly Line
Ruislip appears in Domesday Book as Rislepe, thought to mean "leaping place on the river where rushes grow"

THE LEPER SWAMP (Green Park) - Quadranscentennial Line / Frilly Line / Hated Line    
Named after the park, which itself is said to have originally been a swampy burial ground for lepers from nearby St James’ hospital

THE LIBRARY (Osterley) - Frilly Line    
The current station building replaced the earlier Osterley & Spring Grove station, 300 metres away, which is now Osterley Bookshop. Inside the bookshop, the archway to the platforms is still visible, but blocked off, and the platforms behind are still in place

THE LIVING WALL (Edgware Road [Bakerloo]) - Streetwater Line    
Has a “living wall” wall of plants outside the station, the only one on the underground network

THE LONELY CHESTNUT (Bow Road) - Unoriginal Line / Bridge Line    
There is a single horse chestnut tree outside the station thought to be more than 150 years old

THE LOST (Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3) - Frilly Line    
The station was named Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3 until January 2016, when the station was renamed to coincide with the closure of Heathrow Terminal 1. Despite the renaming of station, the signage on the platform as well as the announcements in the trains still say Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3

THE LOST TUNNELS (Euston) - Naughty Line    
'Euston Underground Station – The Lost Tunnels' is the name of the latest 'Hidden London' tour by the London Transport Museum

THE MADNESS FARM (Chalk Farm) - Naughty Line    
The front cover of the 1980 Madness album ‘Absolutely’ sees the band standing in front of Chalk Farm tube station in Camden

THE MAGENTA HEADS (Dagenham East) - Bridge Line
Anagram

THE MARKET (Farringdon) - Unoriginal Line / The Loop / First Line    
Originally designed to transport livestock to Smithfield market. There are still cattle ramps onto the street (West Smithfield) for this purpose

THE MEETING PLACE (Willesden Junction) - Streetwater Line    
It is the meeting place of lines from the north and west of London

THE MERRY HILLS (Oakwood) - Frilly Line    
The name of Merryhills was proposed prior to the station opening

THE MIDDLE OF FIELDS (West Brompton) - Bridge Line  
Sir John Fowler described West Brompton as a "station in the middle of fields", in 1866

THE MIRACLE (Plaistow) - Unoriginal Line / Bridge Line    
Plaistow was a place where miracle plays were performed

THE MIRRORED LAKE (Chiswick Park) - Bridge Line    
The new station was designed by Charles Holden in a modern European style using brick, reinforced concrete and glass. Holden's design was inspired by Alfred Grenander's underground station Krumme Lanke in Berlin. The Krumme Lanke station was named after a nearby lake in the Grunewald forest

THE MONUMENT (Monument) - The Loop / Bridge Line   
I added a 'The' - that is all!

THE MORE (Moor Park) - First Line  
The More was a 16th-century palace where Catherine of Aragon lived after the annulment of her marriage to Henry VIII. It had been owned by Cardinal Wolsey. It lay at the northeast corner of the later Moor Park estate

THE MOUNTAIN (Kensington [Olympia]) - Bridge Line
‘Olympia’ is from the Greek, meaning "of Mt. Olympus"

THE MUSEUM (South Kensington) - Frilly Line / The Loop / Bridge Line    
Subsidiary entrances are located in Exhibition Road giving access by pedestrian tunnel to the Natural History, Science and Victoria and Albert Museums

THE NETHER (West Finchley) - Naughty Line    
The main station entrance is on Nether Street

THE NORTH CIRCUS (Oxford Circus) - Streetwater Line / Twopenny Line / Hated Line    
The station was originally called 'Regents Circus North'

THE NORTH FOREST (Northwood) - First Line    
Play on words

THE NORTH FOREST MOUNTAINS (Northwood Hills) -   First Line    
Play on words

THE OCTAGON (Bounds Green) - Frilly Line    
The station building includes an octagonal ticket hall

THE ORCHARD (Perivale) - Twopenny Line    
The earliest reference to Perivale is in the 11th century Domesday Book where it is described as an "apple orchard"

THE ORCHESTRA (Hounslow East) - Frilly Line    
Staff frequently play classical music on the PA system as part of an experiment to discourage anti-social activities at the station

THE ORPHANAGE (Snaresbrook) -Twopenny Line
Snaresbrook Crown Court was originally an infant orphan asylum

THE OUTER DEFENCE (Barbican) -  Unoriginal Line / The Loop / First Line    
Another name for a Barbican

THE PALACE (Lambeth North) - Streetwater Line  
Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury

THE PALACE GATES (Marble Arch) - Twopenny Line    
The Marble Arch, which sits opposite the station, was originally going to be the entrance to Buckingham Palace

THE PIGPEN (Epping) - Twopenny Line    
Anagram

THE PLAGUE PIT (Aldgate) - The Loop / First Line    
The station is built directly on top of a vast plague pit, where 1000’s of bodies are apparently buried. No-one knows quite how many...

THE PLEASURE GROUNDS (Wembley Park) - Quadranscentennial Line / First Line    
Was originally constructed to serve Wembley Pleasure Grounds, which were to be centrepieced by a tower taller than the Eiffel Tower

THE POOR’S LAND (Bethnal Green) - Twopenny Line    
The area now occupied by Bethnal Green Gardens, Paradise Row Gardens, and Museum Gardens, actually comprises the remnants of the area’s medieval green, which was known as “the Bethnal Green Poor’s Land”

THE PORTAL GATE (Holborn) - Frilly Line / Twopenny Line The station which accesses the now defunct Aldwych branch line

THE POST OFFICE (St. Paul’s) - Twopenny Line  
'Post Office' was a previous name of the station from 1900-1937

THE POWDER STORE (Upney) - Bridge Line    
The Gunpowder Plot was hatched in a manor house next to the station

THE PRISON (Holloway Road) - Frilly Line    
HM Prison Holloway was a women and young offenders prison. It was the largest women's prison in western Europe, until its closure in 2016

THE QUADRANT (Richmond) - Bridge Line    
The address of the station

THE QUEEN’S ROAD (Bayswater) - The Loop / Bridge Line
Was originally called Queen’s Road (Bayswater), but the name was changed to avoid confusion with Queensway, which was also called Queen’s Road

THE QUEEN'S BEASTS (Kew Gardens) - Bridge Line
The Queen's Beasts are ten heraldic statues representing the genealogy of Queen Elizabeth II. They are on display in Kew Gardens

THE RANGE (Alperton) - Frilly Line    
Play on words - the Alps are a range of mountains

THE RANTING HOLE (North Ealing) - Frilly Line  
Anagram

THE RED CASTLE (Redbridge) - Twopenny Line    
The name of Red House was proposed prior to the station opening

THE RESEARCH STATION (Dollis Hill) - Quadranscentennial Line    
Dollis Hill played a part in the Second World War as the code-breaking computer used at Bletchley Park was built at the Post Office Research Station in Dollis Hill

THE RESERVE (Bank) - Twopenny Line / Naughty Line  
Another name for a bank

THE REST GARDEN (South Ealing) - Frilly Line    
'Maytree Rest Garden' is opposite the station

THE RIVER (Stamford Brook) - Bridge Line    
Stamford Brook is a subterranean tributary of the Thames

THE SCHOOL (Grange Hill) - Twopenny Line    
As in the TV series about a school

THE SCORCHED ELM (Burnt Oak) - Naughty Line    
Play on words

THE SCRUB ROAD (Dagenham Heathway) - Bridge Line   
A 'heath' is n open area of scrub land and a 'way' is a road

THE SEAWARD LOFT (Bromley-by-Bow) - Unoriginal Line / Bridge Line  
Bromley-by-Bow station is used as the set for the fictional 'Walford East' station in the TV programme 'Eastenders'. 'Seaward Loft' is an anagram of 'Walford East'

THE SERENE DWELLING (Willesden Green) -  Quadranscentennial Line    
Anagram

THE SHALLOW DESCENT (Hainault) - Twopenny Line  
The lifts are the shallowest on the London Underground network, having a descent of just 18 inches

THE SHED (Queen’s Park) - Streetwater Line    
The site of the only “carriage shed” on the tube line: a wooden garden shed-like tunnel that you pass through on the northward part of your journey

THE SHELTER (Newbury Park) - Twopenny Line    
Newbury Park's most prominent feature is the bus shelter connected to the station entrance

THE SICKNESS (Turnham Green) - Frilly Line / Bridge Line  
As in "turn ‘em green"

THE SILVER SPRING (Woodside Park) - Naughty Line  
Woodside Park is a residential neighbourhood of Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

THE SLIDING DOORS (Fulham Broadway) - Bridge Line  
In 1998 the station was featured in the film 'Sliding Doors'

THE SLOPE (Park Royal) - Frilly Line    
The station's platforms have a continuous significant gradient (sloping up from south to north)

THE SNAKE’S NEST (Woodford) - Twopenny Line    
The eastern entrance is located on Snakes Lane East

THE SOUTH CIRCUS (Piccadilly Circus) - Frilly Line / Streetwater Line    
Originally called 'Regent's Circus South'

THE SOUTH FORT (Borough) - Naughty Line    
The station serves the area of Southwark and the name recorded for the area in the 10th-century meant "fort of the men of Surrey" or "the defensive work of the men of Surrey". Southwark is recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Sudweca. The name means "southern defensive work" and is formed from the Old English sÅ«þ (south) and weorc (work)

THE SOUTHERN TUNNEL (South Wimbledon) - Naughty Line    
The station is the southernmost station on the London Underground network which has platforms in tunnels 

THE SPEAKING SPRING (Chalfont & Latimer) - First Line  'Chalfont' means 'cold spring' and 'Latimer' is occupational name for a Latinist, a clerk who wrote documents in Latin

THE SPRING (East Finchley) - Naughty Line    
Jerry Springer was born in the station during an air raid in WW2

THE SQUARE (Leicester Square) - Frilly Line / Naughty Line
Removed the 'Leicester'....obviously


THE STABLES (South Harrow) - Frilly Line    
The west-facing dead-ended sidings are located to the east of South Harrow and were used as stabling sidings for horses


THE STAIRCASE (Finsbury Park) - Frilly Line / Hated Line
Finsbury Park has neither lifts nor escalators as its lines are less than 20' (6.1 m) below street level


THE STONE BRIDGE (Stonebridge Park) - Streetwater Line
Removed the 'bridge'...obviously


THE TAVERN (Manor House) - Frilly Line    
The Manor House Tavern pub is near the station


THE TEMPLE (Temple) - The Loop / Bridge Line    
Added a 'the' (again)


THE TERMINUS (Cockfosters) - Frilly Line    
Cockfosters station is the end of the Piccadilly line


THE THEME PARK (Kilburn) - Quadranscentennial Line    
At the turn of the 20th Century the station was going to be replaced with “a type of subterranean monorail roller coaster”, but plans were (sadly) abandoned


THE THORN FIELDS (Northfields) - Frilly Line    
Anagram


THE THREE RIVERS (Rickmansworth) - First Line
Rickmansworth is the administrative seat of the Three Rivers District Council. The confluence of the River Chess and the River Gade with the River Colne in Rickmansworth inspired the district's name


THE TOLL GATE (Turnpike Lane) - Frilly Line    
The name refers to a toll gate erected in 1767


THE TORMENTING CONCERNS (Mornington Crescent) - Naughty Line    
Anagram


THE TRAITOR’S TOWER (Tower Hill) - The Loop / Bridge Line    
The station is adjacent to the Tower of London and Traitor’s Gate


THE TREE (Fairlop) - Twopenny Line    
The only tube station named after a tree. Apart from, technically, Burnt Oak


THE TRIANGLE (Clapham Common) - Naughty Line
Clapham Common is a large triangular urban park


THE TRINITY  (Tooting Bec) - Naughty Line    
'Trinity Road (Tooting Bec)' was a previous name of the station from 1926 to 1950


THE TUMULUS (Kennington) - Naughty Line    
Kennington Park had a strategic mound, or tumulus. This made it a sacred place of 'national' assembly


THE UNDERPASS (Aldgate East) - Unoriginal Line / Bridge Line    
The station was designed to be completely subterranean


THE VALLEY MEADOW (Roding Valley) - Twopenny Line  
Roding Valley Meadows is an 18.9 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Buckhurst Hill


THE VOID (Ickenham) - First Line / Frilly Line    
No major historical events have ever taken place in Ickenham (to date...)


THE WATERFALL GARDEN (Wimbledon Park) - Bridge Line
The park has a waterfall garden


THE WEATHER STATION (Sudbury Town) - Frilly Line  
Has a barometer hanging above the ticket hall from the 1930s – in fact, it’s the only station with a barometer still in it


THE WELL (Stockwell) - Naughty Line / Hated Line    
Removed the 'stock'...obviously


THE WHITE CHURCH (Whitechapel) - Unoriginal Line / Bridge Line    
Play on words


THE WHITE WINDMILL (Upminster) - Bridge Line  
Upminster has a Grade 2 listed windmill formerly known as Abrahams Mill


THE ZOO (Regent’s Park) - Streetwater Line    
London Zoo is located in Regent’s Park


THORNY ISLAND (Westminster) - Quadranscentennial Line / The Loop / Bridge Line    
Thorney Island was the eyot (or small island) on the Thames, upstream of medieval London, where Westminster Abbey and the Palace of Westminster (commonly known today as the Houses of Parliament) were built


TREE OF HEAVEN (Ravenscourt Park) - Bridge Line    
The park is home to two Great Trees of London, an old and stunted 'plane' tree, and a large mature 'tree of heaven'


TURDHOOF WOODS (South Woodford) - Twopenny Line  
Anagram


VANTAGE POINT (Archway) - Naughty Line    
Vantage Point (formerly Archway Tower) is a 195-foot (59m) 17-storey residential apartment building above Archway Underground station


WARRIOR'S CROSSING (Knightsbridge) - Frilly Line    
Play on words


WARRIOR'S DESERT (Mill Hill East) - Naughty Line    
Mill Hill East is the station for Saracens FC - Saracens are described as desert warriors


WATERHOLE AND ONWARDS (Harrow & Wealdstone) - Streetwater Line    
Anagram


WEST END (West Hampstead) - Quadranscentennial Line
The area of West Hampstead had, by 1534, come to be called West End


WESTERN DEEP (Heathrow Terminal 5) - Frilly Line  
The westernmost below-ground station on the network


WESTERN OAK (West Acton) - Twopenny Line    
Acton means ‘oak farm’


WINDY CORNER (Becontree) - Bridge Line    
The station was originally opened as Gale Street Halt in 1926 but was renamed and completely rebuilt in 1932. Gale as in wind. Get it?


WYVERN’S NEST (Leyton) - Twopenny Line    
Leyton Orient FC has two red wyverns on its crest

 
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