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Kingston still has its gasholders, to the north of the station.

Richmond's, near North Sheen station, have now gone, replaced by a Sainsburys.

There are still a couple in Romford near the old Oldchurch Hospital site.

timbo- Don't forget the two gasholders that used to be across the river from Kingston in Sandy lane,Hampton Wick. (now flats and office use).

That's it! You've found the successor to Random Borough! Random Gasholder!

Have you seen the GoogleMaps Satellite image for these gas holders? The shadows make it an abstract work of art.
http://bit.ly/JB9t7o

Wasn't the 488's destination "London Gas Museum" until fairly recently?

The aerial photo listed as Beckton is actually of Twelvetrees. Regret I can't point to a decent photo of Beckton.

dg writes: sorted, thanks.

Someone may have photos of the cluster of holders at Old Kent Road, one of which is listed. The holder at North Greenwich is of the same innovative type, larger and much more dramatically sited but unfortunately not listed. No idea why not - doubtless English Heritage has an explanation.

The bus stop, to which you give a reference to the Tfl site - which calls it "Prologis Park". That same bus stop is called "London Gas Museum" on the GoogleMaps Satellite image aforesaid. Just thought I'd say.

And thanks for the map link DG - I wish I had found the giant snail on my recent olympic visit - as it was we walked through Riverside Road instead.

There's about three (in different styles) in Battersea right next to https://maps.google.co.uk/?q=103%20Prince%20Of%20Wales%20Dr

Apparentlty Twelvetrees Crescent is named after a Mr Twelvetrees.
I'm a little surprised to hear the sports centre idea seems to have foundered. It all sounded so certain. And seemed to fit in so well with the grand schemes for Tescoville.

There are two next to the railway line at New Southgate http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/1750317 and New Barnet http://www.flickr.com/photos/jvk/5876567/

The bus stop, to which you give a reference to the Tfl site - which calls it "Prologis Park". That same bus stop is called "London Gas Museum" on the GoogleMaps Satellite image aforesaid. Just thought I'd say.

And thanks for the map link DG - I wish I had found the giant snail on my recent olympic visit - as it was we walked through Riverside Road instead.

Was this Corbett Woodall related to the other one, the newsreader?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corbett_Woodall

Carshalton still has one, although it has no visible framework when the structure drops, some sort of hydraulic jobby I'm guessing. It's at the junction of Erskine Rd and Wrythe Lane.

We have one in Hooley Lane in Redhill. Tho that's not London of course, just outside. Are there still some in Croydon on Purley Way anyone?

More at Kensal Green, next to the cemetery

Bromley still has theirs, unless they've disappeared very recently. I'll be through that way later so I'll have to check.

The Richmond gasworks, and the supermarket now on the site, acquired a rather grisly notoriety as several bodies were found there in separate incidents in the period 1996-2001. Heightened security follwing events in September that year may have been a factor
The story is here
link
According to my old A-Z (2005), as well as the Twelvetrees, there are (were?) some just off Rick Roberts Way E15 (known as the Abbey Lane Gas Depot). And the gasholders that I used to walk past regularly during my uni years were on Harford St E1, but I'm pretty sure the site was used to build housing on as part of the development of the Ocean Estate.

I remember in the film Shooting Fish, two of the main characters lived in a gasometer. Just looking it up on Wikipedia it was in Mill Hill but they are no longer there.
There are 2 gasholders in Crown Rd Sutton. These are earmarked for demolition and replacement by a hotel and retail units.
The gas holders listed at Ladbroke Grove, Kensal Green and North Kensington are all the same. They are the ones next to Ladbroke Grove Sainsbury's.
I live near the Gasholders and secret garden, but over the other side, near Star Lane, Canning Town. Sometimes I go for a walk to the memorial garden and along the River Lea, much as you do. The last time a few weeks ago I went to the memorials and the sound of the birds tweeting and chirping in the trees around it was almost deafening. I couldn't believe it! Not like anything else I have heard in London and not even in the countryside have I heard such loud song. It was beautiful. On another note I find it so depressing that many plans to allow greater access to the Lea here (Fatwalk etc) and open up the Gasholders to the public, have stalled. It seems to be a consistent cycle of promises then disappointment.
should have commented on this elderly post some time ago - the holders were actually begun by the Imperial Gas Co. (they were taken over by Gas Light and Coke before the works was finished). They had the same designer as the famous ones at Kings Cross (also an Imperial site) - and - by the way - I could tell you why the East Greenwich (NOT North Greenwich - that's a developer name) isn't listed. But probably not in public
There used to be a couple of gasometers in Amersham, at the very end of the Metropolitan Line, until they were demolished about 20 years ago.










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