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Location Profile: DOWN STREET |
Down Street is a forgotten little side street that comes off Piccadilly approximately half way between Green Park and Hyde Park Corner.
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It has to be said that Down Street is somewhat unremarkable as this general view looking down the street from the Piccadilly end proves. |
| Down Street does have one interesting (and in terms of the story
line I am writing, crucial) feature. The building style should look familiar as this
is the now long since closed Down Street Station. This was a Piccadilly Line station situated almost half way between Green Park (then called Dover Street) and Hyde Park Corner. However its proximity to these other two stations meant it saw little passenger traffic and it was closed by 1938. The surface building seen here still survives as do the lower levels (glimpses of which can be seen from a passing train). |
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For more information about Down Street Station including views of the lower levels, please visit Hywell Williams' excellent Underground History site