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YOU
can help our campaign by joining us - the more members we
have, the more we can do! Just send a cheque for £3
for a year's membership to the Secretary, 227 Old Church
Road, London E4 6RB. (please make cheques payable to Barking-Gospel
Oak Line User Group). Members also receive regular Newsletters
keeping them up to date with developments and giving advance
notice of timetable changes. Join us and help us make this
line better for everyone!
Stations
and Nearby Attractions
Gospel Oak
- for North London Line (to Kew Gardens, Richmond, Camden,
Hackney, Stratford & Docklands); station for Parliament
Hill & Hampstead Heath
Upper
Holloway - for Archway tube, Highgate and Holloway Road
Crouch
Hill - for
Parkland Walk to Highgate Woods & Alexandra
Palace
Harringay
Green Lanes - for busy shopping
centre with many ethnic food stores
South
Tottenham - for Seven Sisters, Stamford Hill and buses
to Tottenham
Hotspur FC
Blackhorse
Road - for Victoria Line tube, local fishing, The Standard
music venue and bus 123 to William Morris Gallery
Walthamstow
Queens Road - for Walthamstow Market, Walthamstow Village
conservation area and Walthamstow Central (National Express
(trains) and Victoria Line)
Leyton
Midland Road - for
Leyton Orient FC - probably the finest football club
in London, E10 - and Brooks
Farm.
Leytonstone
High Road
Cross the road and go down Ferndale Road to reach the open
spaces of Wanstead Flats, or go for a stroll through Bush
Wood followed by a drink in the North Star in picturesque
Browning Road. Indeed if you're feeling energetic you could
use this as a starting point to walk out towards Epping
- look at a large scale map of N.E. London and you will
see a wedge of green stretching out from Leytonstone towards
Epping. Leytonstone Tube (Central Line) is a 5-10 min walk
away.
Leytonstone
is also the closest stop for the renowned What's
Cookin' country/roots music club at the Sheepwalk in
the town centre - hot rockin' music most Wednesdays and
some Saturdays.
Wanstead
Park - for Forest Gate and Wanstead Flats.
Waltham Forest FC have been temporarily exiled to a
groundshare with Ilford FC. Get off here, walk down the
road apiece to Forest Gate Station and get another train
to Seven Kings.
Woodgrange
Park - The
City of London Cemetery is 10-15 minutes walk away for
those who may be interested.Those buried here include Bobby
Moore, Dame Anna Neagle, Winston Churchill's nanny, and
two victims of Jack the Ripper.
Barking
- for District Line and C2C trains to Upminster, Chafford
Hundred (for Lakeside Shopping Centre), Southend and Tilbury
(for Gravesend Ferry)
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