The group, Modernism in Metroland will be running two tours later this year for small groups that will look at the modernist station buildings along the Piccadilly and Central lines.
The tours will be limited to 25 people.
Piccadilly Line: Turnpike Lane to Cockfosters
Starting at Turnpike Lane and working up to the terminus at Cockfosters, the tour will be looking at some of Holden’s most iconic London Transport work.
Taking in the stations of Turnpike Lane, Wood Green, Bounds Green, Arnos Grove, Southgate and Cockfosters, the tour will also note other modernist buildings along the way, such as Curtis and Burchetts work for Middlesex County Council.
To celebrate the anniversaries of Charles Holden’s birth on May 12th and 85 years since some of these stations opened, the tour will take place on Saturday May 13th at 10.30am.
Tickets will £10 per person, and can be booked here
Central Line: Perivale to West Ruislip
70 years ago a clutch of Central Line stations finally opened after being delayed by World War II.
To celebrate there will be a holding a walking tour of some of these stations. Taking in the western extension stations of Perivale, Greenford, South Ruislip, Ruislip Gardens and West Ruislip, explore the design of these unheralded stations.
See how a group of architects coped with delays, material shortages and the burden of taking over from Charles Holden.
The tour will take place on Saturday July 1st at 11am, meeting outside Perivale station.
Tickets will £10 per person, and can be booked here
