By Chris Guy posted on 15 Mar 2017 in Urban

Day nine of London’s Inner Circle , a photo-walk roughly following the North and South Circular roads in an anti-clockwise direction from Greenwich, follows part of the Piccadilly line extension. The walk starts at Arnos Grove tube and ends at Southgate. Both stations are wonderful examples of Charles Holden‘s art-deco architecture, and in fact this whole slice of north London suburbia is full of art-deco gems – like the beautifully simple yet stunning houses on Abbotshall Avenue.

Curved brick building labelled 'Arnos Pool', white-framed windows above a raised planter of shrubs, bright blue sky and a CCTV sign.

Arnos Swimming Pool

Black-and-white view down a brick colonnade of repeating arches, a shaded pathway edged by overhanging trees and dappled sunlight.

Arnos Park Viaduct

Receding red-brick arches of an old viaduct, sunlight casting shadows on a grassy path through the repeating openings.

Arnos Park Viaduct

A bright yellow garage door in a brick single-car garage, partly obscured by overgrown bushes and trees, the vivid paint contrasting with surrounding green foliage.

Garage Door

Art Deco white house with black horizontal stripes and curved bay windows, shrubs in the front garden and a car on the brick driveway beneath a cloudy sky.

Abbotshall Avenue, Anos Grove

Black-and-white photo of an Art Deco two-storey house with curved façade, horizontal banded windows, a small front garden, parked cars and overhanging trees.

Lagoona. Art Deco housing, Abbotshall Avenue, Anos Grove

Black-and-white view down a tree-lined residential street with cars parked on both sides, a London black cab on the right and distant city buildings on the horizon.

Arnos Grove – North London Suburbia

Black-and-white photo of a suburban London street lined with semi‑detached brick houses with bay windows, cars parked along the kerb and overhead power lines.

Arnos Grove – North London Suburbia

Black-and-white view of a two-storey suburban housing block behind a low brick wall and tree, with pavement, street lamps and a partly cloudy sky.

Shakespeare House

White vintage fingerpost at Southgate against a clear blue sky, pointing to Barnet, Potters Bar, New Southgate, Finchley, Palmers Green and London (A1003/A1004).

Pre- Worboys Roadsign, Southgate

Brick fire station with three bright red bay doors, small tower and office wing, set beside a quiet street under a blue sky dotted with fluffy clouds.

Southgate Fire Station

Black-and-white image of a mid-century office block beside a road, flanked by trees, under dramatic clouds; a lone pedestrian pushes a trolley.

The Grange, Southgate

Black-and-white street scene of a circular Underground station with people waiting outside beneath a dramatic cloudy sky.

Southgate tube station

Black-and-white photo of a modernist building roof with a circular, tiered tower capped by a sphere, a single cloud drifting in the sky.

Southgate Tube Station detail. Designed by Charles Holden in 1933

Black-and-white photo of a London Underground roundel sign reading UNDERGROUND against a cloudy sky.

London Underground Roundel, Southgate Tube Station

Art‑deco Southgate Station: circular building with shops, bunting and a zebra crossing on a sunny day.

Southgate Tube Station, designed by Charles Holden

Row of red brick terraced buildings with ground-floor shopfronts, street lamps and hanging flower baskets beneath a cloudy sky.

Chase Side Shop Parade

Classic London Underground roundel mounted on a pole against a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds.

London Underground Roundel, Southgate Tube Station

Thanks for reading

You can view the other walk in this series below:

Day 1 - Woolwich Ferry to Gallions Reach

Day 2 - Gallions Reach to East Ham

Day 3 - Beckton Triangle to Ilford

Day 4 - Ilford to South Woodford

Day 5 - South Woodford to Wood Street

Day 6 - Wood Street to Edmonton Green

Day 7 - Edmonton Green to Wood Green

Day 8 - Wood Green to Arnos Grove

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