Mychael Barratt 'Notes from the Underground' limited edition screenprint
References for each station
Acton Town - The Who were from Acton
Aldgate - No. 30 St Mary Axe – ‘affectionately known as The Gherkin’
Aldgate East - Whitechapel Art Gallery – use the weathervane sculpture from Made in London
Alperton - Shree Sanatan Hindu Mandir on Ealing Road
Amersham - Market Hall
Angel - Raphael angel
Archway - Vanished Banksy graffito
Arnos Grove - Arnos Grove station designed by Charles Holden
Arsenal - Arsenal Football Club icon
Baker Street - Sherlock Holmes
Balham - Margaret Rutherford
Bank – Old Lady of Threadneedle
Barbican - Violin as the Barbican is the home of the London Symphony Orchestra and Guildhall School
Barking - Dog barking
Barkingside - Fulwell Cross Library
Barons Court - Artist’s studio on the Talgarth Road
Battersea Power Station – inflatable Pig
Bayswater - Marconi invents the wireless radio
Becontree - Home of the Becontree Brass Band
Belsize Park - Henry Moore lived at 11a Parkhill Road, Hampstead NW3 2YH
Bermondsey – Peak Freens Biscuit factory was in Bermondsey and their Bourbon Biscuit was the first biscuit eaten on the moon by Buzz Aldrin.
Bethnal Green – V & A Museum of Childhood
Blackfriars - Statue from the Blackfriars pub
Blackhorse Road - Mosaic from outside Tube Station
Bond Street – Prada handbag
Borough – Barrow from Edward Bawden’s ‘Borough Market’
Boston Manor - Boston Manor House
Bounds Green - Rock group ‘UFO’ was formed in Bounds Green
Bow Road – Minnie Lansbury memorial clock
Brent Cross - Trolley from the country’s first shopping mall
Brixton - David Bowie was born in Brixton
Bromley-by-bow - Mahatma Ghandi stayed in Kingsley Hall in Bow in 1931
Buckhurst Hill – Deer from Welcome to Buckhurst Hill sign
Burnt Oak - DJ and journalist Robert Elms was born in Burnt Oak
Caledonian Road – Oscar Wilde was imprisoned in Pentonville Prison prior to transfer to Reading gaol.
Camden Town - Alan Bennett lives in Camden Town
Canada Water - Canada Water library
Canary Wharf - Name came from connection with the Canary Islands rather than actual bird…
Canning Town - Tin of sardines to denote the history of canning (the tin can was created in London)
Cannon Street - London Stone from 111 Cannon Street
Canons Park - Handel is made Composer in Residence at St Lawrence Whitchurch
Chalfont and Latimer - John Milton retired to Chalfont St Giles to complete Paradise Lost
Chalk Farm - The Roundhouse
Chancery Lane - Sceptre taken from the painting ‘The Court of Chancery’ by Benjamin Ferrars
Charing Cross - David Gentleman artwork from Charing Cross Station
Chesham - Roger Crab, 17c haberdasher upon whom the Lewis Carroll’s Mad Hatter was based
Chigwell - Chigwell barrage balloons employed in WWII
Chiswick Park - William Hogarth’s dog
Chorleywood - Famous for the Chorleywood Bread Making Process
Clapham Common - ‘The man from the Clapham Omnibus’ symbolised the common man
Clapham North - Graham Greene, author of The Third Man was born here
Clapham South - Empire Windrush – migrants were housed in Clapham South station
Cockfosters - Famous Fosters Beer advert with Paul Hogan
Colindale - Frigidaire had a factory in Colindale selling the first ever automatic household fridges
Colliers Wood - Henry VI was crowned at Merton Abbey
Covent Garden – St Paul’s, Covent Garden Samuel Pepys saw the first recorded Punch and Judy show
Croxley - Croxley Green Windmill
Dagenham East - Ford Cortina
Dagenham Heathway - Ford Anglia
Debden – De La Rue printers who print English bank notes
Dollis Hill - The colossus computer of Bletchley Park was built in Dollis Hill
Ealing Broadway - Home of actor Sid James
Ealing Common – Ealing Studios - Ladykillers
Earls Court - Kangaroo symbolising large Australian community
East Acton - Wormwood Scrubs prison
East Finchley - Sculpture by Eric Aumonier of a kneeling archer
East Ham – Elizabeth Fry
East Putney – Thomas Cromwell was born there
Eastcote - Highgrove House
Edgware – Boosey and Hawkes saxophone
Edgware Road – statue of the Window Cleaner by Allan Sly
Edgware Road – there are two separate Edgware Road Stations
Elephant and Castle - Statue, which is a symbol of the area
Elm Park - Elm leaves
Embankment - Sphinx guarding Cleopatra’s Needle on the Victoria Embankment
Epping - Epping Forest oak
Euston - George Bernard Shaw has a theatre named after him on the Euston Road
Euston Square - Charles Darwin lived near Euston Square
Fairlop – The Fairlop Oak
Farringdon - Smithfield’s Market 19th century cow illustration
Finchley Central - Harry Beck’s iconic Tube map is commemorated here
Finchley Road - Charles de Gaulle lived nearby in Frognal
Finsbury Park - John Lydon aka ‘Johnny Rotten’ was born in Finsbury Park
Fulham Broadway – Brompton Cemetery – Henrietta Moraes was a model and memorist and muse to Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud and Maggi Hambling.
Gants Hill – seat and lamps from the Gants Hill platform
Gloucester Road – Whale skeleton Natural History Museum
Golders Green - Challah bread representing large Jewish community
Goldhawk Road – Location of the Roman road known as the Devil’s Highway
Goodge Street - The Post Office Tower
Grange Hill - Roland Browning from the long running television series Grange Hill
Great Portland Street - Stethoscope symbolising the doctors of nearby Harley Street
Greenford - Ready Brek, created by J Lyons
Green Park – Fortnum and Mason clock
Gunnersbury - Gothic boathouse from Gunnersbury Park
Hainault - Tube platform
Hammersmith – William Morris
Hammersmith – there are two separate stations for Hammersmith
Hampstead - Sigmund Freud lived in Hampstead
Hangar Lane - Twyford Abbey
Harlesden - Heinz facory was built in Harlesden in 1925
Harrow & Wealdstone – Windsor and Newton paints
Harrow on the Hill - School boy from Harrow School (photo of Winston Churchill)
Hatton Cross - The Hounslow Urban Farm
Heathrow 1, 2 and 3 - Luggage symbolising long haul flights,
Heathrow 4 - medium haul flights
Heathrow 5 - and short haul flights
Hendon Central - Hendon Aerodrome poster
High Barnet - From the Cockney rhyming slang for ‘hair’
Highbury and Islington - The Highbury Clock
Highgate - Karl Marx is buried in Highgate Cemetery
High Street Kensington - Famous 1960s shop Biba was on High Street Kensington
Hillingdon - Home of penicillin discoverer Alexander Fleming
Holborn – Sir John Soanes Museum
Holland Park - A peacock of Holland Park
Holloway Road - Edward Lear lived in Holloway
Hornchurch – Horned bull mounted on St Andrew’s Church
Hounslow Central - Classical house ‘The Lawn’
Hounslow East - Birthplace of musician Phil Collins
Hounslow West - Birthplace of actor Jack Wild
Hyde Park Corner - Wellington Arch
Ickenham - Swakeley’s House
Kennington - Charlie Chaplin live 39 Methley St, London SE11 4AL, Kennington as a child (although he was born in Walworth)
Kensal Green - Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine – precursor to the computer
Kensington (Olympia) – Iconic Motor show poster design 1905
Kentish Town – Owl Bookshop
Kenton – St Mary the Virgin Church drawing
Kew Gardens - Kew Gardens Japanese pagoda
Kilburn - Ian Dury from band ‘Kilburn and the High Roads’
Kilburn Park – Tricycle (now The Kiln) Theatre
Kingsbury - Jazz saxophonist Courtney Pine was born in Kingsbury
Kings Cross - Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni is buried under platform 9 of Kings Cross Station
Knightsbridge – The Mikado was inspired by a Japanese culture exhibition at Humphrey’s Hall, and Knightsbridge is mentioned in the libretto.
Ladbroke Grove - From the cover of ‘London Calling’ by The Clash
Lambeth North - The name comes from landing place for lambs
Lancaster Gate - Peter Pan sculpture from Kensington Gardens
Latimer Road - The Westway
Leicester Square - Blue Boy
Leyton - Leyton was heavily bombed by Zeppelins in WWI
Leytonstone - Alfred Hitchcock was born here
Liverpool Street - Richard Serra sculpture ‘Inside Fulcrum’
London Bridge - The Canterbury Tales started at a tavern close to London Bridge Station
Loughton - ‘Rock Drill’ as Sculptor Jacob Epstein lived here
Maida Vale – Alan Turing born there
Manor House – The Castle Climbing Centre
Mansion House - The Lord Mayor’s ceremonial carriage
Marble Arch - The location of the Tyburn Tree where public executions were held
Marylebone – Lord Byron born in Marylebone
Mile End – Rachel Whiteread’s sculpture ‘House’ at 193 Grove Road, Mile End
Mill Hill East – University of London’s Observatory in Mill Hill
Monument – Pudding Lane was where the Great Fire of London began in 1666
Moorgate – John Keats was born at the Swan and Hoop Inn, 199 Moorgate
Moor Park - Moor Park Golf Club
Morden - Joseph Bazalgette, designer of the London Sewer Network lived here
Mornington Crescent – Humphrey Lyttelton
Neasden - Sculpture from the façade of the Neasden Temple
Newbury Park - Newbury Park tube station
Nine Elms – Flower section of New Covent Garden Market
North Acton - Tim Burton’s Batman was filmed in the Acton Lane Power Station
North Ealing - North Ealing lamppost
North Greenwich - The O2 Centre
North Harrow – John Lyon, founder of Harrow School – picture from memorial stone or stained glass
North Wembley - Soul and R & B singer Maxine Nightingale was born here
Northfields - Architect Charles Holden’s Northfields Station
Northolt - ‘Northala Fields’ – four large man-made hills
Northwick Park - Ambulance symbolising Northwick Park Hospital
Northwood - Director Derek Jarman lived here (my Derek Jarman)
Northwood Hills - Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury cleared Northwood Hills of trees
Notting Hill Gate - Home of the Notting Hill Carnival
Oakwood - Ancient ice well
Old Street - Tube train studios on a roof in nearby Shoreditch
Osterley - Osterley Park House
Oval - The Oval Gasometer which can be seen from the Oval cricket ground
Oxford Circus - Stanley Green, the Protein Man was a fixture of Oxford Street
Paddington - Home of Lord Baden Powell who started the Boy Scouts or Paddington Bear
Paddington – there are two separate stations for Paddington
Park Royal - Guinness factory
Parsons Green - The Fulham Pottery
Perivale - Entrance to the Hoover Building on Western Avenue
Piccadilly Circus - Alfred Gilbert’s statue of the Greek God Anteros popularly mistaken as being of his brother Eros
Pimlico - Home of artist Aubrey Beardsley
Pinner - Elton John (Reginald Dwight) was born in Pinner
Plaistow – Infamous highwayman Dick Turpin lived there
Preston Road - Sign from the Preston Tavern
Putney Bridge – Start of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
Queen’s Park - Queen’s Park Bandstand
Queensbury - Station is on Honeypot Lane
Queensway - Whitley’s Shopping Centre
Ravenscourt Park - Ravenscourt Park Café once the stable block of Ravenscourt House
Rayner’s Lane -Grosvenor Cinema now converted to a Zoroastrian Centre
Redbridge - Redbridge Town Hall
Regent’s Park - Home of London Zoo
Richmond - Deer from Richmond Park
Rickmansworth - Home of the writer George Orwell
Roding Valley – Aythorpe Roding Windmill
Royal Oak - Isambard Kingdom Brunel designed the first ever iron bridge ‘Bishop’s Bridge’
Ruislip - Home of cinematographer Oswald Morris who filmed ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
Ruislip Gardens - Actor Andy Serkis, ‘Gollum’ from Lord of the Rings was born here
Ruislip Manor - Ruislip Manor Farm
Russell Square - Charles Dickens lived nearby at 48 Doughty Street
St James’s Park - Rodin’s The Burghers of Calais in Victoria Tower Gardens
St John’s Wood - The Beatles from the album cover of Abbey Road
St Paul’s - St Pauls Cathedral
Seven Sisters - The musician Dave Clark was from Seven Sisters
Shepherds Bush - Steptoe and Son was filmed and based in Shepherds Bush
Shepherd’s Bush Market - Sign from Shepherds Bush Market
Sloane Square - Venus fountain in Sloane Square
Snaresbrook – Snaresbrook Crown Court
South Ealing - Freddie Mercury who studied at Ealing College of Art
South Harrow - Home of politician Screaming Lord Sutch
South Kensington – Michelin Man
South Kenton - Cricketer Denis Compton was from Kenton
South Ruislip - Mary Bankes-Hawtry was a Royalist figure during the English Civil War
South Wimbledon - Home of the Wimbledon College of Art
South Woodford - Head of the Suffragette movement Sylvia Pankhurst lived here
Southfields - Home of the author George Eliot
Southgate - The singer Amy Winehouse was born in Southgate
Southwark - William Shakespeare as the Globe Theatre is on Bankside
Stamford Brook - The Raven Public House
Stanmore – Actor Roger Moore lived in Stanmore
Stepney Green - St Dunstan Church
Stockwell - Vincent van Gogh lived briefly in Stockwell
Stonebridge Park – McVitie’s Biscuit Factory was here
Stratford – Mo Farah winning the 10,000-metre gold medal at the 2012 Olympics
Sudbury Hill – Dev Patel, star of Slumdog Millionaire was born in Sudbury
Sudbury Town – Express Dairy
Swiss Cottage – Cuckoo clock
Temple – Statue of two poor knights sharing a horse from in front of a 12c Templar Church
Theydon Bois – Theydon Bois Avenue of Trees
Tooting Bec – Taken from apocryphal story of tourists mistakenly being taken to Tooting Common during the Tutankhamen exhibition
Tooting Broadway – Grenada Theatre (Gala Bingo)
Tottenham Court Road – Lewis chess piece from British Museum
Tottenham Hale – Luke Howard invented the scientific classification for clouds
Totteridge & Whetstone – Peter Sellers lived there
Tower Hill – One of the Tower’s ravens
Tufnell Park – Tower of the Boston Towers tavern
Turnham Green – Battle of Turnham Green was fought here during the English Civil War
Turnpike Lane – Banksy graffito removed and sold in an American auction house
Upminster – Rev. William Derham accurately calculated the speed of sound
Upminster Bridge – Upminster Windmill
Upney – Eastbury Manor House
Upton Park – Anne Boleyn stayed there – Boleyn Ground
Uxbridge – John Rich the father of English pantomime lived here
Vauxhall – Tsar Nicholas I of Russia visited Vauxhall
Victoria – Queen Victoria
Walthamstow Central – greyhound for Walthamstow Stadium
Wanstead – James Pound discovers Saturn’s satellites
Warren Street – Boy George who lived in a squat on Warren Street
Warwick Avenue – Houseboat from Little Venice
Waterloo – Napoleon
Watford – Salters Gardens Alms-houses
Wembley Central – Charlie Watts was born there
Wembley Park – Football for Wembley Stadium
West Acton – Home of actor Adam Faith, famous for his starring role in TV series ‘Budgie’
West Brompton – Wild Bill Cody’s show came to Earl’s Court Exhibition Centre
West Finchley – Actor Terry Thomas lived in West Finchley
West Ham – Thames Ironworks and Shipping
West Hampstead – Home of Winnie the Pooh author A. A. Milne
West Harrow – Home of Roger Bannister, first man to break the 4-minute mile
West Kensington – Home of political activist Marcus Garvey
West Ruislip – Brian Connolly, lead singer of the group ‘Sweet’ lived here
Westbourne Park – Brutalist architect Erno Goldfinger’s Trellick Tower
Westminster – St Stephen’s tower which includes Whitechapel Bell Foundry’s Big Ben
White City – The marathon distance was set at the 1908 Olympics as the distance between
White City Stadium - and Windsor Castle – 26 miles and 285 yards
Whitechapel – Whitechapel Bell Foundry
Willesden Green – English novelist Zadie Smith was born there
Willesden Junction – Willesden Junction Library
Wimbledon – Uncle Bulgaria from children’s TV series ‘The Wombles’
Wimbledon Park – Strawberries, the favourite staple of the Wimbledon Tennis Tournament
Wood Lane – Historic home of the BBC
Woodford – Winston Churchill was the MP for Woodford
Woodside Park - Spike Milligan lived at 127 Holden Road in Woodside Park, Woodside Park
Wood Green – Mushroom House in Woodside Park