Category: District Line

Hammersmith

Hammersmith is a district in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, approximately eight kilometres west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames.

Acton Town

Acton Town station was opened as Mill Hill Park on 1 July 1879 by the District Railway (now the District line).

Aldgate East

In a land east of Aldgate, lies the land of Aldgate East…

Upminster Bridge to Hornchurch walk

The walk between Upminster Bridge and Hornchurch sees us walk right out of the station, under the railway bridge, immediately right (Norfolk Road) and immediately right again into Aldborough Road. Full of interwar house, this arrives at a T Junction with Granton Avenue. Take a right and over Hacton Lane via a short footpath access. …

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High Street Kensington

High Street Kensington is a London Underground station on Kensington High Street.

Ealing Common

Ealing Common is an area of open space which became prominent at the time of the enclosures of the late eighteenth century.

Sloane Square

Sloane Square station was opened on 24 December 1868 by the Metropolitan District Railway when the company opened the first section of its line.

Gloucester Road

Gloucester Road: Where Rumpole of the Bailey hung his hat.

West Ham

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

Richmond

Richmond lies on a meander of the River Thames, with a view protected by a specific Act of Parliament.