Question of the week: Do you have a favourite tube line, and why? "I'd have to say the District Line (the green line running east and west, if you're still getting the hang of the tube map). It's one of the oldest lines - beginning operations in December 1868 between South Kensington and Westminster, and only 25 of it's 60 stations are underground, so for much of the route you can get a glimpse of the areas you're passing through.
It runs for 40 miles spanning London, tying together some really disparate areas - the leafy suburbs of Wimbledon and Richmond, through the heart of the City, to the substantially less-leafy suburbs of Dagenham and Upminster in the east. The contrast between, say, Richmond's royal park in the west, and Dagenham's reclaimed Eastbrookend County Park in the east is marked, and however you may feel about those differences, those contrasts are part of the warp and weft of the city.
Starting from the centre, with Westminster station right under the walls of Parliament, you can head west, to the museum mecca of South Kensington (V&A, Natural History Museum, Science Museum, the Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Palace), and beyond to Wimbledon (Tennis) Kew (Gardens) and Richmond (Rugby and Richmond Park).
Heading east, it takes you through the City of London (past the Inner and Middle Temples and the Bank of England), to the Tower of London, and on, to the Whitechapel Gallery and Brick Lane", past the edges of the 2012 Olympic site, to Upton Park (West Ham Football Club, Green Street and Queen's Market), and beyond, to Dagenham (of 'Made in Dagenham' fame), Hornchurch and Upminster (Home of the mighty Urchins)." - Miss Alice
No comments:
Post a Comment