1/ THREAD: the London Loop, sections 13 and 14, Harefield West to Moor Park to Hatch End. A largely rural stretch, mostly in Hertfordshire. Cheating slightly to start with, interwar council housing en route at Mount Pleasant, Harefield, built by Uxbridge Urban District Council.
2/ Bellevue Terrace, Harefield West. This lovely pre-1WW artisanal housing isn't, I think, municipal - maybe something to do with the Grand Union Canal and associated employment nearby? Does anyone know more?
2/ Bellevue Terrace, Harefield West. This lovely pre-1WW artisanal housing isn't, I think, municipal - maybe something to do with the Grand Union Canal and associated employment nearby? Does anyone know more?
2/ Bellevue Terrace, Harefield West. This lovely pre-1WW artisanal housing isn't, I think, municipal - maybe something to do with the Grand Union Canal and associated employment nearby? Does anyone know more?
3/ Bishop's Wood is ancient semi-natural woodland, probably there since the last Ice Age. It was purchased by Rickmansworth Urban District Council in 1960 and transferred to Three Rivers District Council in 1974.
3/ Bishop's Wood is ancient semi-natural woodland, probably there since the last Ice Age. It was purchased by Rickmansworth Urban District Council in 1960 and transferred to Three Rivers District Council in 1974.
3/ Bishop's Wood is ancient semi-natural woodland, probably there since the last Ice Age. It was purchased by Rickmansworth Urban District Council in 1960 and transferred to Three Rivers District Council in 1974.
4/ Another Corporation of London coal tax post (see the last thread as well), dating to 1862 and cast by Henry Grissell. It marks the boundary where duty was to be paid to the City in line with the London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Act of 1861.
5/ Boundaries ancient and modern. The track on the left marks the former, thousand-year-old border between Middlesex and Hertfordshire. On the right, the modern border between Hertfordshire and the London Borough of Hillingdon.
5/ Boundaries ancient and modern. The track on the left marks the former, thousand-year-old border between Middlesex and Hertfordshire. On the right, the modern border between Hertfordshire and the London Borough of Hillingdon.
5/ Boundaries ancient and modern. The track on the left marks the former, thousand-year-old border between Middlesex and Hertfordshire. On the right, the modern border between Hertfordshire and the London Borough of Hillingdon.
6/ On to Section 14, South Oxhey Playing Fields - an open space preserved for the adjacent estate by the London County Council in 1952.
6/ On to Section 14, South Oxhey Playing Fields - an open space preserved for the adjacent estate by the London County Council in 1952.
6/ On to Section 14, South Oxhey Playing Fields - an open space preserved for the adjacent estate by the London County Council in 1952.
7/ The South Oxhey Estate, a London County Council 'out of county' estate created on land compulsorily purchased from the Blackwell (soup) family in 1944. Hayling Road to the left and a 1949 aerial shot of the same area under construction (via Britain from Above) to the right.
7/ The South Oxhey Estate, a London County Council 'out of county' estate created on land compulsorily purchased from the Blackwell (soup) family in 1944. Hayling Road to the left and a 1949 aerial shot of the same area under construction (via Britain from Above) to the right.
7/ The South Oxhey Estate, a London County Council 'out of county' estate created on land compulsorily purchased from the Blackwell (soup) family in 1944. Hayling Road to the left and a 1949 aerial shot of the same area under construction (via Britain from Above) to the right.
8/ It was built as part of the post-war drive to disperse London's population. By 2007, 70 percent of its homes had been lost to Right to Buy but the estate's original planning and design quality still stands out.
8/ It was built as part of the post-war drive to disperse London's population. By 2007, 70 percent of its homes had been lost to Right to Buy but the estate's original planning and design quality still stands out.
8/ It was built as part of the post-war drive to disperse London's population. By 2007, 70 percent of its homes had been lost to Right to Buy but the estate's original planning and design quality still stands out.
8/ It was built as part of the post-war drive to disperse London's population. By 2007, 70 percent of its homes had been lost to Right to Buy but the estate's original planning and design quality still stands out.
8/ It was built as part of the post-war drive to disperse London's population. By 2007, 70 percent of its homes had been lost to Right to Buy but the estate's original planning and design quality still stands out.
9/ I referenced the estate in my book 'Municipal Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Council Housing' (Christmas is coming up if you're looking for gift ideas). These estates changed lives, in some cases they will have saved them.
10/ Oxhey Woods had long been a place of solace for Londoners as this 1915 London Underground poster by Edward McKnight Kaffer suggests. Local government has preserved and enhanced them.
10/ Oxhey Woods had long been a place of solace for Londoners as this 1915 London Underground poster by Edward McKnight Kaffer suggests. Local government has preserved and enhanced them.
10/ Oxhey Woods had long been a place of solace for Londoners as this 1915 London Underground poster by Edward McKnight Kaffer suggests. Local government has preserved and enhanced them.
11/ Not municipal but a good end to the journey - the Grade II-listed Hatch End Station, designed in 'Wrenish' style by Gerald Horsley for the London and North Western Railway in 1911.
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