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Viewed looking northwards from near the junction with Whitmore Road this pleasant tree-lined street is typical of this part of West Harrow.
©Nigel Cox
Looking towards West Street and Harrow on the Hill.
©Danny Robinson
Old Ordnance Survey maps available online show this whole area as open fields right up to the Edition of 1920. The Metropolitan Railway was the first significant development across the agricultural land and the Recreation Ground first appears, in a currently available online map, in the Edition of 1935. The horse chestnut trees on the right are bursting into leaf.
©Nigel Cox
Spring colour in the sunshine is provided by these street trees of which there are several in this vicinity in West Harrow. Alas I do not know what species they are, possibly a crab apple, possibly even a Japanese crab apple?
©Nigel Cox
Dist:1.0km north<br/>Viewed looking south-westwards from the north-eastern corner of the Recreation Ground through the silver birch trees towards the tennis courts. The Recreation Ground covers about 11 hectares, all within this grid square.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:1.0km east<br/>The School was founded in 1572 under a Royal Charter granted by Elizabeth I to John Lyon, a local farmer. A scholar wearing a top hat can just be seen in the doorway. Copious details of the School, including this week's menu (!), can be found on the School's website http://www.harrowschool.org.uk/html/overview/tradition/history/
©Nigel Cox
Dist:1.0km north<br/>Viewed looking westwards from the footbridge alongside the A404 road bridge, this is the junction of the Uxbridge branch with the Amersham line. A southbound train from Uxbridge heading towards Baker Street and Aldgate can be seen approaching the footbridge up the incline from West Harrow station.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:1.0km west<br/>Viewed looking eastwards from the road bridge at Rayners Lane underground station, the tracks to the left are the Metropolitan Line to Harrow-on-the-Hill, the tracks to the right are the Piccadilly Line to Acton Town.
©Nigel Cox
Dist:1.0km east<br/>Taken looking West from the public footpath which runs from Watford Road up to Football Lane
©David Hawgood
Dist:1.0km east<br/>Part of the school chapel is on the left of the photo. Taken across Harrow High Street which runs through the middle of the school buildings.
©David Hawgood
Dist:1.0km east<br/>I noticed the sub-station because it was labelled with an 8 figure grid reference, then thought an ivy covered red brick building was an appropriate building for its surroundings in Harrow School.
©David Hawgood
Dist:1.0km south<br/>These are the offices of Bovis Lend Lease in Northolt Road, South Harrow.
©David Hawgood
Dist:1.0km south<br/>Piccadilly Line
©David Hawgood
Dist:1.0km south<br/>Two takeaways, a bank and a small supermarket - which is made unusual by being a main distributor of South Indian classical and Sri Lankan music CDs
©David Hawgood
Dist:1.0km south<br/>In London any railway arch is a ready-made site for small business, many of them car repair and similar.
©David Hawgood

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