St John's Wood
Coordinates: 51°32′10″N 0°10′30″W / 51.5361°N 0.1751°W
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  St John's Wood
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| Greater London | |
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| Country | Ingland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | NW8 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
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| EU Parliament | |
| UK Parliament | Wastmeenster North |
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| List of places: United Kingdom | |
St John's Wood is a destrict o north-wast Lunnon, Ingland, in the Ceety o Wastmeenster, an at the north-wast end o Regent's Park. It is approximately 2.5 miles north-wast o Charing Cross. Ance pairt o the Great Middlesex Forest, it wis later awned bi the Knights of St John of Jerusalem.[1] It is hame tae some o the maist expensive properties in the warld.
St John's Wood wis developed frae the early 19t century onwards. It wis ane o the first Lunnon suburbs tae be developed wi a lairge amoont o law density "villa" hoosin, as opposed tae the terraced hoosin which wis the norm in Lunnon up tae the 19t century, even in expensive destricts. Pairts o St John's Wood hae been rebuilt at a heicher density,[2] but it remains a heichlie desirable residential destrict.
St John's Wood is the location o Lord's Cricket Ground, hame o Middlesex County Cricket Club an the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), an oreeginal heidquarters o the sport. It is an aw famous for Abbey Road Studios an the street Abbey Road, whaur The Beatles recordit, notably the Abbey Road album, the cover o which features the baund crossin the road. Paul McCartney haes awned a property in the aurie syne the 1960s alang wi mony ither famous muisic an film starns.
The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery haes a barracks in St. John's Wood an regularly exercises their horses bi paradin them through the streets o St. John's Wood.
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- Nearest places
- Belsize Park tae the north-east
- Hampstead tae the north
- Kilburn tae the north-wast
- Lisson Grove tae the sooth
- Maida Vale tae the sooth-west
- Marylebone tae the sooth
- Primrose Hill tae the east
- Regents Park tae the sooth
- Swiss Cottage tae the north
The nearest London Underground stations are St John's Wood, Swiss Cottage — on the Jubilee Line; Maida Vale, Marylebone Station an Warwick Avenue — on the Bakerloo Line; and Baker Street on Bakerloo Line, Jubilee Line, Hammersmith & City Line, Metropolitan Line and Circle Line.
The nearest London Overground station is South Hampstead
References [edit]
- ↑ The St. John's Wood Society. St John’s Wood History. (Retrieved 24 January 2011)
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Freemit airtins [edit]
- Map o St John's Wood an the surroondin destricts
- YourLocal London - St John's Wood (Community Wabsteid)
