On Sun, 10 Jan 2010, Paul Terry wrote:

In message
, martin
writes

Any other stations which have a bit of land that could be put to such
good use?

Well, it's already been done, but the Gunnersbury Triangle (opposite Chiswick
Park Station) is a wonderful nature reserve, occupying former railway land.
Well worth a visit in better weather:

http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.as...sburytriangle/

There's a long, thin nature reserve alongside the east side of the Great
Northern south of Seven Sisters Road, which i assume is former railway
land. I'm not sure what it's called, but you can see it he

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&hq...06791&t=k&z=17

It connects to a larger, squarer area between the line and Highbury
stadium, which i don't know is ex-railway.

tom

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In article i,
Tom Anderson wrote:

There's a long, thin nature reserve alongside the east side of the Great
Northern south of Seven Sisters Road, which i assume is former railway
land. I'm not sure what it's called, but you can see it he

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&hq...Kingdom&l l=5
1.562192,-0.106173&spn=0.002268,0.006791&t=k&z=17

This is Gillespie Park Nature Reserve and indeed parts are right by the
main line.

Another reserve where you can hear if not see Eurostar and other trains
is Camley Street Natural Park at Kings Cross. It was a coal yard and
it's also bordered by the Regent's canal.

The best place for trainspotting (and animals) I've found with the kids
is Kentish Town City Farm - it straddles the main line into Kings Cross,
and you can also see a branch that goes into a tunnel, and running
perpendicular at the back is the North London Line.

E.

In article ,
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In article i,
Tom Anderson wrote:

There's a long, thin nature reserve alongside the east side of the Great
Northern south of Seven Sisters Road, which i assume is former railway
land. I'm not sure what it's called, but you can see it he

http://maps.google.co.uk/?ie=UTF8&hq...Kingdom&l l=5
1.562192,-0.106173&spn=0.002268,0.006791&t=k&z=17

This is Gillespie Park Nature Reserve and indeed parts are right by the
main line.

Another reserve where you can hear if not see Eurostar and other trains
is Camley Street Natural Park at Kings Cross. It was a coal yard and
it's also bordered by the Regent's canal.

The best place for trainspotting (and animals) I've found with the kids
is Kentish Town City Farm - it straddles the main line into Kings Cross,
and you can also see a branch that goes into a tunnel, and running
perpendicular at the back is the North London Line.

E.


Thanks, I'm not going mad then!

Last time I travelled to St Albans from St Pancras I was sure I spotted
some goats after passing through Kentish Town but thought I must have
imagined it.