“Yesterday was spent walking around neighborhoods that, while beautiful, are so exclusive they may as well be on a different planet. Today, I decided to get a better look at the “real” London, so I took a trip around the periphery of South London, via the District Line to Wimbledon, the Tramlink to Croydon, Overground to Canada Water, and the Jubilee Line to Stratford and Canary Wharf.”
From Peripheral London, posted by David Cole on 9/13/2011 (44 items)
- One of probably a hundred pubs in Greater London named The Prince of Wales
- Wimbledon has a nice little business district along its high street.
- Side streets of Wimbledon. If I ever found myself living in London, it would more lik…
- Side streets of Wimbledon
- St. Andrew’s Church in Wimbledon
- Back on Wimbledon’s high street
- I checked in this grocery store to see A) what sort of coffee selection they had (ver…
- Wimbledon
- Wimbledon
- Wimbledon’s railway station
- Wimbledon’s railway station
- On board the Tramlink to Croydon
- The Tramlink in Croydon. The Tramlink runs on city streets in central Croydon, but ha…
- Croydon
- London Overground service in Croydon. This station is also shared by mainline commute…
- New residential development adjacent to the grounds of the 2012 Summer Olympics in St…
- The ArcelorMittal Orbit under construction
- The 2012 Olympic Stadium
- I happened to arrive at Westfield Stratford City on the day of its grand opening. Thi…
- Trapeze artists in Westfield Stratford City
- The quality of design and construction at Westfield Stratford City (as well as at Wes…
- Westfield Stratford City
- Westfield Stratford City
- Westfield Stratford City
- Westfield Stratford City
- Westfield Stratford City
- Westfield Stratford City
- Westfield Stratford City
- Westfield Stratford City
- Westfield Stratford City
- Westfield Stratford City opens up toward the under-construction Olympic Village.
- The Cow
- Westfield Stratford City
- Inside the Jubilee Line train, and waiting to depart towards Canary Wharf.
- The Canary Wharf station on the Jubilee Line, designed by Norman Foster.
- Canary Wharf Station
- The main entrance to the Canary Wharf tube station, and the surrounding office buildi…
- For reference, here’s a photo I took from the same location just over ten years ago.
- Canary Wharf
- The Docklands Light Rail, or DLR (in reality, more of a light metro or people mover t…
- Canary Wharf
- Canary Wharf
- Navigating a roundabout is the hardest part about driving in the UK.
- The nice park above the Canary Wharf tube station.
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