STOKE NEWINGTON

A nightmare to get to via public transport, but once you arrive, Stoke Newington is a haven and genuinely pleasant part of North London.  Verging on the outskirts it has a village vibe and is inhabited by hipsters, media types and Thurston Moore.

HYDE PARK CORNER

Hyde Park is the largest royal park in London.  Important to it is Speakers’ Corner (in the northeast corner near Marble Arch).  Its where extremists and nutcases congregate.  In the summer the park also hosts concerts where once I saw Black Sabbath.

FOREST GATE

Forest Gate is a place in East London best known for Forest Gate Gate when police apparently incorrectly raided a house of suspected terrorists.

When travelling into London via Liverpool Street you’re likely to pass through it.

BAYSWATER

Bayswater sits on the west edge of central London.  With its Disney London architecture now mostly turned into hotels it feels a bridge between affluence and commerce.

EDGWARE ROAD

Edgware Road feels where the west side of Central London ends.

MANOR PARK

As East London stretches towards Essex things arrive at Manor Park.

RICHMOND

Richmond is London at a stretch.  It’s a lovely place just a long ride to get to.

MARBLE ARCH

Marble Arch is pretty much where Oxford Street ends.  The arch itself lives on a traffic island between Park Lane, Edgware Road and Oxford Street.  It was originally designed with the intention of being the state entrance to Buckingham Palace.