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Cheyneys Avenue, EDGWARE, HA8 6SF

Cloyster Wood isn't a clump of trees, it's the name of the road on the left. It meets Cheyneys Avenue at this sort of half roundabout.

Semi-detached houses line the eastern side of Cheyneys Avenue. Not unusually nowadays, many of the front gardens have been paved over as car parks.

Housing in Cheyneys Avenue and beyond seen from a bridge over the railway.

A right of way existed here long before the railway came or the park was opened to the public, hence the existence of the footbridge today. This is between Canons Park and Stanmore stations. As can be seen the decking of the footbridge is a lot higher than the roof of a standard Jubilee Line train, suggesting that rolling stock with higher roofs was used at one time, or occasionally now, or might be in the future.

The branch between Wembley Park and Stanmore was opened by the Metropolitan Railway in 1932. It was much harder to construct than anticipated and amongst the heavy works was the diversion of the Wealdstone Brook. Canons Park station opened on the same day as the line, 10th December 1932. It became part of the Bakerloo Line in 1939 when that line was extended from Baker Street to Finchley Road, from there taking over the Metropolitan's old slow tracks to Wembley Park before the Bakerloo continued to Stanmore. In 1979 it became part of the Jubilee Line to Charing Cross, and in 1999 was linked to Stratford by the Jubilee Line Extension. A down Jubilee line train is about to set off for its final destination at Stanmore.

Originally part of the estates of the Augustinian Canons of St Bartholomew in Smithfield, London. The park later became the site of a short lived mansion called Cannons, built and demolished during the middle years of the 18th century. The gardens are now a public park.