News of London Overground's first community growing project at
Harringay Green Lanes:

http://transitionfinsburypark.org.uk...ngayGreenLanes

Hopefully whatever they're planting will be able to withstand the
diesel fumes!

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

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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/

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Paul Terry

On 10 Jan, 14:17, Paul Terry wrote:
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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...&link=../gunne...

And who knows what's going to be done with New Cross depot?

The semicircle between the main lines and the spur that used to go
over the bridge as the up track from East Putney seems to be an
inaccessible wilderness and still enclosed as part of the railway.

On Sun, 10 Jan 2010, Paul Terry wrote:

In message
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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

--
Cthulu saves! (so he can eat you later)

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(Paul Corfield) wrote:

I was involved in getting the Capital Growth scheme on disused land at
Southwark Station up and running. An interesting diversion from the day
job!

Tangential to that, a row of shops was demolished to make way for
Southwark station. Why on earth was no commercial development included in
or around the finished station? Above the ground floor it's totally wasted
space there.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

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(MIG) wrote:

The semicircle between the main lines and the spur that used to go
over the bridge as the up track from East Putney seems to be an
inaccessible wilderness and still enclosed as part of the railway.

I thought there used to be allotments there. There were some at Clapham
Junction on the curve from the WLE to the Up Windsor Line until the curve
was reinstated for Eurostar trains.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

On 10 Jan, 21:47, wrote:
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(MIG) wrote:
The semicircle between the main lines and the spur that used to go
over the bridge as the up track from East Putney seems to be an
inaccessible wilderness and still enclosed as part of the railway.

I thought there used to be allotments there. There were some at Clapham
Junction on the curve from the WLE to the Up Windsor Line until the curve
was reinstated for Eurostar trains.

Unless they are directly accessed only from private back gardens, I
don't know how one can get there. It would be like an extra garden
for them. However, I don't think there's currently any barrier where
the line used to branch off and it looks like it's all railway land.

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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.

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(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:19:03 -0600,
wrote:

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

I was involved in getting the Capital Growth scheme on disused land
at Southwark Station up and running. An interesting diversion from
the day job!

Tangential to that, a row of shops was demolished to make way for
Southwark station. Why on earth was no commercial development included
in or around the finished station? Above the ground floor it's totally
wasted space there.

There have been plans for many years to proceed with development above
Southwark Station. The current state of the property and financial
markets have probably put paid to any progress for a number of years.

Oh right. I thought they could have done that development long before the
recession hit. The JLE did open in 1999, after all.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

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(MIG) wrote:

On 10 Jan, 21:47, wrote:
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(MIG) wrote:
The semicircle between the main lines and the spur that used to go
over the bridge as the up track from East Putney seems to be an
inaccessible wilderness and still enclosed as part of the railway.

I thought there used to be allotments there. There were some at
Clapham Junction on the curve from the WLE to the Up Windsor Line
until the curve was reinstated for Eurostar trains.

Unless they are directly accessed only from private back gardens, I
don't know how one can get there. It would be like an extra garden
for them. However, I don't think there's currently any barrier where
the line used to branch off and it looks like it's all railway land.

You could well be right. I've not been that way in daylight recently. I
just have this mental image of allotments there, in the days when the
bridge was still in use.

--
Colin Rosenstiel