Uxbridge to Harrow-on-the-Hill Tube Walk
Metropolitan Line Walk - Day 5
Uxbridge to Hillingdon
I leave Uxbridge tube station and pass the Pavilions Shopping Centre, go east on Belmont Road, south on Park Road and then into Honeycroft Hill.
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On Hercies Road I spot a car with a large number of soft toys.
I turn into Long Lane and arrive at Hillingdon tube station.
Hillingdon to Ickenham
I continue on Long Lane crossing the track and passing local housing.
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I turn right into Glebe Avenue and reach Ickenham tube station.
Ickenham to Ruislip
On High Road Ickenham are shops and houses.
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After passing into Ickenham Road and Kingsend I reach Ruislip underground station.
Ruislip to Ruislip Manor
Getting to Ruislip Manor involves a short walk along Pembroke Road which is home to many bungalows.
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A short walk into Victoria Road gets me to Ruislip Manor tube station.
Ruislip Manor to Eastcote
I then walk along Park Way and Elm Avenue.
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At the end of Elm Avenue is Eastcote tube station.
Eastcote to Rayners Lane
I pass along North View, Eastern Avenue and Village Way which are mainly residential streets.
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Close to Rayners Lane the area turns into a shopping area.
Rayners Lane to West Harrow
On Imperial Drive I find a pair of legs sticking out of a washing machine.
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Further up Imperial Drive I turn right into the Ridgeway. Some way down the Ridgeway I walk north east through a local park.
On the other side of the park I reach West Harrow tube station.
West Harrow to Harrow-on-the-Hill
I walk along Bouverie Road and then Vaughan Road.
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I pass a swirly car lane, a new block of flats which is under construction and then reach Harrow-on-the-Hill tube station.
Metropolitan Line Walk - Day 5 Summary
This section of the Metropolitan line tube walk took about three hours.
April 1st, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Do you have an idea how many miles you will end up covering as part of the central tube map - zones 1 & 2 by the time you have completed this project?
I’m trying to find a running challenge that I can complete in about 2 weeks and this is my current option.
I was also wondering how your total mileage for each line has compared with the estimates given on the tfl site. I can’t believe for example that the H&C line is only 16 miles. I haven’t noticed anywhere on your site the stats for each walk you covered.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Hi,
Thanks for your comments. The H&C line is actually more like 16.5 miles but my figure is close enough. I think it seems longer as it often goes quite slow!
I am intending to put up stats regarding the length of my walks but that might not be for another month or two. My walks are alway a fair bit longer that the line. I’d guess maybe 25% longer but I won’t know until I work it out.
I don’t know how long the lines in zone 1&2 are but the simplest way to calculate it is to print out one of the geographic maps on Wikipedia (see link below) and then use a piece of string. I’d suggest you make the string as long as the Circle line and then you can rougly work out all the other lengths for zones 1&2 from there. If you do work it out I’d be very interested in knowing. I bet it is a long run!
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:London_Underground_Zone_2.png