Walking the Central Line Loop - Leytonstone to Woodford via Hainault

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  • Опубликовано: 3 апр 2016
  • A walk around the Central Line Loop from Leytonstone and back via Wanstead, Redbridge, Gants Hill, Newbury Park, Barkingside, Fairlop, Hainault, Grange Hill, Chigwell, Roding Valley, Woodford, South Woodford, and Snaresbrook.
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Комментарии • 81

  • @grandmasterbeats9732
    @grandmasterbeats9732 2 года назад +1

    The Green Man is a pub and road junction on High Road, Leytonstone, London. The pub has been rebranded as part of the O'Neill's chain. The current 1920s building replaced an earlier public house, close to the original site; which was built around 1668 and mentioned by Daniel Defoe.

  • @howdymartin6258
    @howdymartin6258 3 года назад +1

    John, before the M25 we would drive through London to visit Essex and I well remember that bus garage - happy memories

  • @Renfro1982
    @Renfro1982 8 лет назад +4

    Awesome. I'd go just for the Hitchcock and art murals.

    • @ahuddleston6512
      @ahuddleston6512 5 лет назад

      Me too...I didn't know Hitchcock was from there

  • @philipfischer1612
    @philipfischer1612 4 года назад +2

    A line was also provided linking Victoria Park station on the North London Railway with Stratford Low Level and Stratford Market stations which was primarily for goods traffic.[23] The Loughton branch of the ECR was opened on 22 August 1856 with a junction just north of Stratford on the Cambridge line. Via what is now the wards Road allotments south of the Newbury Park station and crossing vicarage lane

  • @GaryStreamed
    @GaryStreamed 3 года назад +4

    I do love these videos. I grew up in Leytonstone and upon returning from uni, I lived in snaresbrook, Winstead, Woodford, South Woodford, Laughton and chigwell.... now I live in NZ. so thank you for your lovely walks and tales.. I truly love watching your videos, bringing back so many treasured memories.

  • @ahuddleston6512
    @ahuddleston6512 5 лет назад +2

    Plus there's lots of lovely libraries around there.

  • @shauntodd7123
    @shauntodd7123 3 года назад +1

    Just found this John. Fantastic walk. You should redo this the other way.

  • @wibblewabblewoo6249
    @wibblewabblewoo6249 3 года назад +1

    Living in Woodford, I’ve occasionally deliberately taken the “wrong train” around the loop to look out the windows. Always wanted to walk around here but never have done for some stupid reason! Love your videos 😀

  • @peterb514
    @peterb514 3 года назад +1

    Fascinating! This popped up by complete chance. I lived in Grange Hill behind the long gone Manor Hall and watched the trains from the footbridge you crossed way back in the ‘60s on those Sunday afternoons with my mum. Drove her mad, only one train every half an hour! She only passed last April at age 93. Great memories 🥰

  • @brianjrichman
    @brianjrichman 3 года назад +1

    @John Rogers - I just noticed this! Late but I hope this is interesting to you. May of London (the gun shop) at 20:25 used to be on Queen's Road in Buckhurst Hill and was owned by Ron May. He was also a cycle shop (which is how I knew him) and my Dad also used May's shop for all sorts of country and sporting items too. I'm talking of the late 1960's.

  • @johnstilljohn3181
    @johnstilljohn3181 4 года назад +1

    Great video - I know the area a little from friends who live there. Stella and Tone not a problem any more - just the legacy...

  • @distanttouch
    @distanttouch 8 лет назад +7

    The "golden triangle" (and I find it a particularly obnoxious name) is Loughton, Buckhurst Hill and Chigwell. I'm from South Woodford but used to live in Buckhurst Hill. We used to have these trashy free magazines that referenced the term constantly posted through our letterbox, full of photos of fake tanned people at awful nightclubs like Faces in Gants Hill. The "bling" that you mention is usually rather tacky in the area.

  • @suemichiels6420
    @suemichiels6420 4 года назад +2

    Thank you John for another great video of where I grew up . So different now due to the dual carriageways becoming arterial roads. Lived on Park View (backed onto clay hall park

  • @duncanwanders4209
    @duncanwanders4209 3 года назад +1

    Hi, John. This one was a lovely one to watch, particularly as I walked the same way that you did and over two days. My wife watched it with me and she was, at last able, to see where I walked on that day in June 2019 when the temp reached 38

  • @ahuddleston6512
    @ahuddleston6512 5 лет назад +2

    I did that in my uni years....not by choice but on a strict budget. I used to go clubbing at the Green Man Pub. I really enjoyed your upload sir. I lived in snaresbrook and south woodford ,woodford, and even newbury park. Its changed alot thanks. Take care and please make more.

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  5 лет назад

      Thanks for that comment A - really time to make some more vids at that way

  • @Zlervo
    @Zlervo 6 лет назад +3

    I loved walking through Aldborough Hatch farm when I was living in Newbury Park so peaceful

  • @georgeackerman90
    @georgeackerman90 5 лет назад +3

    Great stuff of the area, reminds me of my time living there in the 60's and 70's

  • @w00df0rd
    @w00df0rd 3 года назад +2

    Great video John.
    Hadn't realised the spacing between 'under' and 'ground' on that Top Wanstead roundel before. You've an eye for what to look out for! Redbridge station railings (5:20), views from Limes Farm estate (14:37), that one tall, pebble-dashed house at 18:48... and my house was just out of shot at 21:20 :)

    • @binghamguevara6814
      @binghamguevara6814 3 года назад +1

      Wow, you're right. The roundel does have a spacing, and the sign does not. Never noticed that before. In proofreading, I call that a spacing mistake rather than a spelling mistake. Ha ha. Thanks for your eagle-eyed comment.

  • @BrianM0OAB
    @BrianM0OAB 4 года назад +3

    Portal to another world leads to WWII factory on the central line, that was where they lowered the machine equipment down.

  • @pindajatt730
    @pindajatt730 7 лет назад +2

    Fascinating video. I live in the area and always nice to learn something new about it's history

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  7 лет назад

      Thanks Harpinder - I find it endlessly fascinating, it's a great area

  • @Lisbonized
    @Lisbonized 8 лет назад +3

    When I lived in the area there used to be a foot tunnel underneath the railway between Barkingside and Fairlop. Not sure if it's still there or not but was a great place to hide out from the teachers at our school! Nice use of tilt shift btw!

    • @tomdude75
      @tomdude75 8 лет назад

      whats school king soloman ?

    • @Lisbonized
      @Lisbonized 8 лет назад

      it was called Fairlop High back then.

  • @julieblackstock8650
    @julieblackstock8650 5 лет назад +2

    I would love to see more of your adventures in Essex, perhaps on the Fenchurch Line or Liverpool street to Southend Victoria line around Shenfield etc as there are lots of green areas.

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  5 лет назад +1

      great suggestion Julie - last Feb I walked from Benfleet to Thorpe Bay along the estuary - but I'd love to strike off inland

    • @julieblackstock8650
      @julieblackstock8650 5 лет назад +1

      @@JohnRogersWalks Your Benfleet to Thorpe Bay walk was one of the first ones I saw of yours as I live in Leigh myself and grew up in Benfleet although Stratford born. I subscribed from that point after sharing it to a Southend facebook group

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  5 лет назад

      brilliant - thanks Julie, there's loads more walks in that area I want to do, also been meaning to walk the Blackwater Estuary for a while

  • @wolvesdown
    @wolvesdown 5 лет назад +4

    Found this by accident really got into it

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  5 лет назад

      Thanks wolvesdown

    • @wolvesdown
      @wolvesdown 5 лет назад +2

      John Rogers I’m not a londoner but always fascinated by the underground,spent a lot of time working in London,Redbridge to Newbury Park,and war time history is interesting

  • @JTTW1455
    @JTTW1455 2 месяца назад

    I’m glad you finished the walk. I really enjoyed the evening light after the rainstorm. Thank you for the video.

  • @tomgirldouble3249
    @tomgirldouble3249 4 года назад

    Fantastic ever John, you're a pluckychap walking onthrough all the rain, but as you said it was rewarded in the end 👍😊

  • @kohedunn
    @kohedunn Год назад

    What a beautiful distraction your videos are John ! feeling a bit down today ..feeling better now,Thank you xxxx

  • @joechallenger8108
    @joechallenger8108 3 года назад

    Well done John, great commitment!

  • @davidfarrell7373
    @davidfarrell7373 8 лет назад +3

    Love this video as I love all of your videos John. Big thanks to you.

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  8 лет назад +1

      +David Farrell Thanks Dave - much appreciated

  • @thegreenweirdo210
    @thegreenweirdo210 7 лет назад +3

    Awesome! thanks for this
    very informative
    love learning about the history round my area!

  • @properact
    @properact 8 лет назад +8

    Excellent video, as always.

  • @tookclosely5480
    @tookclosely5480 8 лет назад +6

    i commend you for this profoundly!
    and it shall stay within me
    for ever and ever

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  8 лет назад +1

      +took closely many thanks indeed - it was a great walk

  • @hostler
    @hostler 8 лет назад +7

    Great video John. The brick structure on the A12 at 5:50 in your video has a fascinating story behind it. There's another similar one back in Wanstead too. Full story on Ian's site: www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2012/04/07/70th-anniversary-of-an-aircraft-factory-hidden-in-a-tube-tunnel/

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  8 лет назад +1

      +hostler Many thanks indeed - that is a fascinating story, I knew about the factory but had no idea about the ventilation shafts. Now want to go and find the one in Wanstead. Thanks again

    • @mozdickson
      @mozdickson 4 года назад

      and this kind of viewer contribution is the added value which we all want to see! Thank you.

  • @evanslater4551
    @evanslater4551 8 лет назад +4

    14:48 that's limes farm estate. I live there so id know

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  8 лет назад +1

      Thanks Evan - you have one of the best views in London in my opinion

  • @umeshjoshi5952
    @umeshjoshi5952 8 лет назад +3

    Hello john

  • @omsi2buspix690
    @omsi2buspix690 6 лет назад +1

    6:03 it England it always rains

  • @TheN21yid
    @TheN21yid 5 лет назад +1

    Building a care home I believe, spurs old training ground

  • @alfiecdyson
    @alfiecdyson 6 лет назад +2

    What's the very first piece of music? I can't seem to locate it with the titles listed :(

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  6 лет назад

      Good question- it's actually the last track listed in the description because somehow during export Final Cut moved the end of the final track to the start of the video. How that happened is still a mystery- but I use Premiere now

  • @paulmessis1985
    @paulmessis1985 8 лет назад +3

    great video, loved this one, my sister currently lives in Woodford and I've gone for a stroll round here when I've visited.... if you ever wanna do a video in West London Suburbia I can tell you some interesting points.

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  8 лет назад

      +Paul Messis thanks Paul - I have an urge to get back out West, was thinking about Northolt this morning - would be keen to hear your recommendations

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  8 лет назад

      +Paul Messis thanks Paul - I have an urge to get back out West, was thinking about Northolt this morning - would be keen to hear your recommendations

    • @paulmessis1985
      @paulmessis1985 8 лет назад +2

      John Rogers I would recommend following the old canal feeder from Ruislip Lido down to the Grand Union in Yeading, interesting walk, some nice untouched brown field sites around Ickenham near the A40.

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  8 лет назад

      +Paul Messis I like the sound of that Paul - many thanks

    • @paulmessis1985
      @paulmessis1985 8 лет назад

      Northolt is an unusual place, there is the remains of a small ancient stream in "old Northolt" which I always found interesting.

  • @ianmaddams9577
    @ianmaddams9577 11 месяцев назад

    Newbury Park bus station reminds me of Uxbridge underground station with it high concrete vaulted roofs.

  • @mozdickson
    @mozdickson 4 года назад +2

    John = Did you just say The Senhor rewarded me for persevering through difficulties? 10:20

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  4 года назад

      Ha I did check - my garbled speech translates as ‘You see you are rewarded...’

  • @king.k95
    @king.k95 4 года назад +1

    How long did this walk take you in real time ?

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  4 года назад +1

      I can't remember to be honest - but at a guess I'd say about 8 hours to complete the loop back to Leytonstone

    • @king.k95
      @king.k95 4 года назад

      @@JohnRogersWalks that's too long but thank you for the video , I plan on doing Hainault to Woodford as that is a better walk with more green space

  • @ThomaYeo
    @ThomaYeo 8 лет назад +2

    Does Roding Valley station have faregates?

    • @JohnRogersWalks
      @JohnRogersWalks  8 лет назад +1

      That's a good question - there are exits on each platform and from memory there aren't fare gates on the side you see in the video here - but I could be wrong

    • @ThomaYeo
      @ThomaYeo 8 лет назад

      +John Rogers Thanks. Nice video you took! :)

  • @GWJUK
    @GWJUK 3 года назад +1

    Everyday is silent and grey on the loop

  • @chrismccartney8668
    @chrismccartney8668 Год назад

    Have you taken central line from Stratford to hainauly via Woodford runs a few times peak times I did it by mistake when a bit tired and hainault via woodford rather than hainault via Newbury Park it's quite a long way round !@
    Barkingside is one of my favourite station as it looks
    Like a country branch line station which of course it was, and long viaduct approaching Fairlop is quite a feat of engineering.

  • @PeterShieldsukcatstripey
    @PeterShieldsukcatstripey 2 года назад +1

    Grange hill

  • @chrismccartney8668
    @chrismccartney8668 Год назад

    Blockhouse related to ww2 factories in tube tunnels..