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It’s perhaps more relevant whether you can walk to a station in under two miles rather than there being a direct line as the crow flies
Brian | 24.08.23 - 7:39 a.m. | #
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It seems I nearly walked past your little patch in April while following the Hillingdon trail. I broke my journey at the stop next along on Kingshill Avenue and caught the 90 back to Northolt. The following week I got the 90 from Feltham (a tad further) to rejoin it, passing your bus stop on the way. And yes, it was a long way from a convenient station.
davews | 24.08.23 - 8:43 a.m. | #
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If the iced buns and fish and chips are so cheap, perhaps it's just as well that the locals have a healthy walk to their nearest station. Even if it isn't quite 2 miles!
Mikey C | 24.08.23 - 9:39 a.m. | #
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The walk to Hayes and Harrington station is over two miles (and to either Hillingdon or South Ruislip it’s three).
diamond geezer | Homepage | 24.08.23 - 9:42 a.m. | #
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I was brought up on the large council estate down the road, from 1951. We always got the 140 to Northolt Station if we wanted to go into London as it was on the underground, rather than Hayes and Harlington, which wasn't.
Did you notice if the Portuguese cafe is still there? Another good value establishment.
Richard Morris | 24.08.23 - 9:52 a.m. | #
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It would be interesting to know where in London is furthest from a bus service - not just as the crow flies, but where it is practical to walk to. Urban areas are particularly interesting in this respect as there do seem to be some notable oddities where TfL have never provided a bus service.
Maldenite | 24.08.23 - 9:53 a.m. | #
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My particular treat is searching out bread pudding from local bakeries. Alas, the number seems to be diminishing, but I had a nice slab for the princely sum of £1.05 in Deal last week.
Oh, and I was going to pay with coins, but several notices stated that they preferred payment by card.
Man of Kent | 24.08.23 - 10:09 a.m. | #
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Is there any transport isochrone map that covers the whole of London, ideally filterable by transport mode? Maybe also with an ability to pick a desired centre point.
I know that isochrone is not quite the same as linear distance as the crow flies over the ground (but is more relevant to transport users and planners)
I have seen localised isochrones for various transport and other developments.
MilesT | 24.08.23 - 10:11 a.m. | #
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i'm fascinated that you can be in Google Maps RIGHT OVER Kingshill Avenue, and searching for "Kingshill Bakery" or even just "Bakery" refusing to show it on the map, like they don't want you to know that it exists ...
Geofftech | 24.08.23 - 11:32 a.m. | #
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To me, £1 for a bun sounds extortionate so it's just as well I don't have a sweet tooth or I'd be on the X140 hopping off at the stop just after the White Hart Roundabout, to walk the last little bit!
Cornish Cockney | 24.08.23 - 12:09 p.m. | #
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Geofftech, all that means is that the bakery hasn't been mapped on Google Maps, something which can be corrected if you request an edit which I've just done.
Mikey C | 24.08.23 - 12:12 p.m. | #
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The greggs outlet in Canning Town is pretty cheap. You just have to get there early. Because in the afternoon all that is left is boxes of Yum Yums.
dg writes: indeed, but lacking somewhat in choice.
Al | 24.08.23 - 2:00 p.m. | #
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epicentre ≠ centre. If you mean centre, say centre.
An epicentre is a point *above* a centre; specifically, the point on the Earth's surface above the centre of an earthquake, which might be a long way down.
If you mean centre, say centre.
AlanBG | 24.08.23 - 2:21 p.m. | #
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Last time, Alan, you said "I was going to rant about people misusing the word 'epicentre', but I'll just leave it there as a vestigial rant", and I preferred that.
diamond geezer | Homepage | 24.08.23 - 2:48 p.m. | #
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I often go in search of a decent, old style bakery bloomer and was oddly pleased to visit a bakers the other week that dealt in 'French sticks' rather than those new fangled baguettes.
Ned | 24.08.23 - 3:33 p.m. | #
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Although the office address of Richmond Park is in TW10, the postal addresses nearest the SE corner of the park are all in SW15. Now that Hayes has been demoted to not-quite-2-miles, does the Robin Hood estate now count as the most remote populated part of London?
dg writes: no.
timbo | 24.08.23 - 4:22 p.m. | #
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Technically the middle of the Thames is the furthest walk from any train or bus station in London. This is due to the fact that you have to swim to get to the riverbank, which is not walking. Unless you are 20m tall and you can walk on the river floor, that is.
TW | 24.08.23 - 5:37 p.m. | #
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