Delightful Decorations On London Underground Stations: Sherlock Holmes, Baker Street, Sir Christpher Wren, St Paul's, Piccadilly Station

When you get off at London underground stations you are treated to some historical murals made with tiles. Even if you don't alight, you can admire the sights through the windows or from the open doorway as the train stops.

The decorations also remind you which station is which. Instead of reading a newspaper, given out free at stations - look for the stacks, when you are near your destination, you can keep an eye on the passing stations so that you don't go past your stop.

My favourites include:

Baker Street

Sherlock Holmes

The pictures of Sherlock Holmes with his deerstalker hat and pipe are made up of tiles with tiny images.

Charing Cross

Allow time to admire the Charing Cross tube station panels on the platform coming in from Finchley Road station. This is the station for Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery. 

Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

You can see: 

1 poet and playwright William Shakespeare, 

2 one or more of the six  wives of King Henry VIII who was father of equally famous Queen Elizabeth I, and 

3 Sir Christopher Wren who built St Paul's Cathedral and many more buildings all over London to replace what was lost after the great fire.

Sir Christopher Wren and St Pauls Cathedral. Image at station. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Piccadilly

Piccadilly underground 'tube' station. Tiles in red and green. Notice mind the gap written on the edge of the platform. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Useful Websites

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Transport for London

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Wikitravel

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