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Gosh...no comments yet? Maybe people have a hangover or out shopping? So I'll step in. "an occasional feature" ...North 2004, South 2007, West 2009 & East 2011. Now it North-West and it 2014...guess that leaves North-East, South-West & South-East. Which I estimate feature be complete by 2021?
Grumpy Anon | 14.12.14 - 2:13 p.m. | #
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The concept of north-westmost is an interesting one. As far as I can see, the boundary where it crosses the road is indeed running on a compass bearing of something close to 45 degrees, and it is straight, so the point could indeed a (non-unique) north-west-most point of London. But more likely it is slightly off 45 degrees, and one or other of the nearby corners is the real north-west-most point.
None of which matters at all; because DG has found yet another peg on which to hang an interesting walkalogue, and some nice pictures.
Malcolm | 14.12.14 - 2:23 p.m. | #
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Very near one of my very favourite parts of the Grand Union canal; the towpath walk up to Stocker's Farm. It is difficult to imagine in that sylvan setting that you are just yards outside Greater London.
THC | 14.12.14 - 3:59 p.m. | #
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Very interesting, love the tax post. thanks for going for us DG - look forward to NE / SE / SW
Kevin | 14.12.14 - 5:18 p.m. | #
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Is there a clue here to the next-but-one bus feature?
Stephen Bird | 14.12.14 - 8:24 p.m. | #
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Thank you! As a Watford resident who works in Hillingdon and loves the walk round Stockers Lake (usually taking advantage of London's most north-westerly car park in the process, though sometimes hiking an hour each way down the canal), it's only in the last few weeks that I noticed that little finger of land on an office borough map. I hadn't realised that my journey there and subsequent circuit of the lake took me across the county border so many times. I'd never spotted the Hillingdon sign before (or the coal post - that's one for the next visit) but Streetview possibly explains why - it's somewhat hidden by a branch.
Also, London's most north-westerly residents can keep their picturesque canal-side flats - they seem possibly the worst example of flood-plain building in the area - being slightly below the water level and all of 10m distant. Lord knows what their insurance quotes are like.
Graham | 14.12.14 - 9:59 p.m. | #
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Deopending how you define most SE-ly etc, but if you take it as a point where a NW/SE line just touches one point on the GLA boundary, DG has already visited the SW-ly point when he visited Kingston's summit near Malden Rushett - to judge form his account he won't be keen to re-visit it!
The SE-ly is on the North Downs Way near Knockholt. The NE-ly point is quite inaccessible, wheree the C2C line east of Upminster crosses the Mar Dyke, and very close to the easterly point: almost as far NE is J28 of the M25
timbo | 14.12.14 - 11:56 p.m. | #
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I have just had an interesting time learning about coal duties - I had no idea. Thank you.
Harry | 15.12.14 - 7:18 p.m. | #
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