150. Hampstead

Saturday 8th April 12.00pm

I'd purposefully decided to go south from here as apparently the tiling on the platform still has its old name - Heath Street - but I couldn't spot it and only noticed it right at the end of the platform as I was on the train out! I resisted the urge to get off at the next station and head back just to take pictures of tiles - that would be silly wouldn't it?

I remember using the station years ago and found it easily on a corner although for some reason one of the entrances is permanently shut which might make it a bit of a bottleneck if it were busier. It's also the deepest tube station although you'd never actually know it!

Wikipedia entry here.

149. Golders Green

Saturday 8th April 11.30am

This confused me a bit - you exit the platform down stairs despite it not feeling remotely elevated and only a few hundred yards before the station coming out of a tunnel. But then then as I walked from the station to Hampstead I realised why - there's a great big hill between the two! It's also quite weird to see 'crematoriums' on the signs for local destinations as you leave - I can't imagine that happens anywhere else.

Wikipedia entry here.