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Photo Quiz Where Am I

Posted: 22 Jan 2010, 09:26
by jamesthegill
...ok, it's less of a quiz than a query. On a certain urban exploration forum I frequent a tourist to London has posted these photos that he took while visiting a year ago, but he can't remember where they were taken. Luckily (for me, having a shared knowledge base here) one of the pictures of the area shows an underground station.

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That's the station, the following are of the surrounding area:

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Any ideas?

Re: Photo Quiz Where Am I

Posted: 22 Jan 2010, 09:36
by tubeguru
Yes, the tube station is Royal Oak.

In the second picture down you can see the left-hand side of the fourth span at Paddington, which is currently being restored in readiness for "re-opening" later this year. You can also see the distinctive chimney of St. Mary's Hospital in the centre.

Re: Photo Quiz Where Am I

Posted: 22 Jan 2010, 09:54
by tubeguru
What looks like it used to be a railway line over the top of the station was, I believe, the route into the old Paddington goods shed which was situated to the left of the fourth span in that picture.

Re: Photo Quiz Where Am I

Posted: 22 Jan 2010, 13:21
by jamesthegill
Thanks Neil! :D

Re: Photo Quiz Where Am I

Posted: 22 Jan 2010, 22:34
by tubeguru
Those photos are certainly more than a year old. That entire area has been redeveloped as the Paddington basin. Were you actually saying that they were taken last year?