Cranley Gardens Station, Muswell Hill c 1950

Comment by Don on January 24, 2025 at 17:56

Presumably where the Parkland Walk comes in from from Ally Pally and crosses into Highgate Woods? Looks like a building site at present on Streetview. I’m not sure when the railway line actually closed, but assume it was Beeching-ed…

Comment by Richard Woods on Sunday

My first job was in the Charrington's office behind these buildings. I was the order clerk for their boiler service crews - we had both coal/coke and oil boilers in posh houses across north London. Was there about three months in 1960.

Comment by Hugh on Sunday

Don, yes you have the place about right, almost opposite the end of Cranley Gardens. As far as I'm aware, yes it was a victim of Beeching, but also the War which disrupted original plans. 

Comment by Don on Sunday

Well, at least the Parkland Walk came out of it, and is a huge asset, which is more than for many other axed railways. In fact, having just looked it up, I see it seems to have demised pre-Beeching (for once) — a victim of WWII disruption, as you say, and post-war austerity that scuppered the upgrade plans. 

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