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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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