Railway Cottages, Old Oak Lane
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Railway Cottages, Old Oak Lane
Image: © Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff Taken: 14 Mar 2010
Railway Cottages is the name of the terrace but they were actually railway workers' cottages. The area was owned and developed by the LNWR for their labour force. The survival of Old Oak Lane Estate in more or less its original form as a planned workers' development is a rarity. Few examples exist in London, partly due to destruction of rail lines and yards by enemy action in WW2 but even more so because of postwar slum clearance and redevelopment. The area thus constitutes a significant piece of social history now part of the Old Oak Lane Conservation Area.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.530758
Longitude
-0.248652