Date
Sat Feb 3rd
Organiser
Brian
Cost
Free to members, £10 supplement for attendees from Meetup
Activity
Metro-land was the name used to describe the new, picture-perfect suburbs created in NW London and the Chilterns in the Edwardian and interwar periods. Our 7-mile walk will use the Metropolitan railway (which dreamt up the idea and developed the land beside the railway into a "semi-rural arcadia") to explore the history and legacy of Metro-land. We will walk in the footsteps of Betjeman, using his 1973 film "Metro-land" to guide us on our journey. We begin at the HQ of Metro-land, Baker Street, meeting in the same Chiltern Court restaurant where Sir John commenced his film, now Wetherspoons Metropolitan Bar, full of original Metro-land memorabilia. Link below shows the publicity material issued by the railway company to promote the new suburbs. Our walk will take in amongst other features: Wembley's Eiffel Tower, Moor Park, Voseys Art and Crafts ideal home, and how Metro-land evolved. We end the journey where the Met ended, at the Modernist marvel of "High and Over" in Amersham.
Refreshments
Pub at start and end. Lots of choice on route.
Travel
Baker Street is on Metropolitan, Circle and Hammersmith & City lines. Amersham is on Metropolitan and Chiltern lines from Harrow on the Hill.
Start
10:00am prompt inside Metropolitan Bar above Baker Street Station, postcode NW1 5LJ
Finish
Around 5:00pm at Amersham Station, postcode HP6 5AZ
Links
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