Harrow Garden Village
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Harrow Garden Village was a housing development in the 1930s around Rayners Lane tube station
in London
, England, which until then had been a "country halt" on the Metropolitan Line
. This was Metro-land
's flagship development, begun in by E S Reid, with streets full of semi-detached houses fronted with bay windows and tiled roofs.
Rayners Lane tube station
Rayners Lane is a London Underground station in the district of Rayners Lane in north west London, amid a 1930s development originally named Harrow Garden Village. The station is on the Uxbridge branch of both the Metropolitan Line, between Eastcote and West Harrow stations, and the Piccadilly...
in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England, which until then had been a "country halt" on the Metropolitan Line
Metropolitan Line
The Metropolitan line is part of the London Underground. It is coloured in Transport for London's Corporate Magenta on the Tube map and in other branding. It was the first underground railway in the world, opening as the Metropolitan Railway on 10 January 1863...
. This was Metro-land
Metro-land
Metro-land is a name given to the suburban areas that were built to the north west of London in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Middlesex in the early part of the 20th century, and were served by the Metropolitan Railway, an independent company until absorbed by the London...
's flagship development, begun in by E S Reid, with streets full of semi-detached houses fronted with bay windows and tiled roofs.