"Robin May" wrote in message
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The dangerous parts of London are quiet and suffer from poor
transport links. The immediate vicinites of tube stations do not
qualify. The only real exception to this is Brixton, which I have
always found to have a mildly menacing atmosphere, but so long as
you leave the station and walk briskly like you know where you are
going, and do not allow yourself to be seen using a map either on
the train after Stockwell or after leaving the train, you will be
fine there in daytime or even up to about midnight.

Oddly, I prefer Brixton to Clapham North, which I do dislike,
especially walking down that horrid spiral staircase. I'll use it
if I must, but I'd rather go to Brixton (but life is too short to
bother changing at Stockwell unless I really have to go into
Brixton first!) At least Brixton has plenty of staff about, and
rather obvious CCTVs.

Highbury and Islington (silverlink platforms) is a rather unpleasant
place to wait for a train, although entertainment is provided in the
form of occasional violent spectacles. I also find the experience of
catching the North London Line quite unpleasant. I had a rather scary
journey once where a man seemed to spend the entire journey eyeing up
my bike for stealability. That made me decide that taking my bike on
the North London line at 11:00 at night was probably a bad idea,
although if I'd been sensible I'd have realised that a lot sooner.


IMHO, the most threatening part of the tube network is the Northern end of
the Bakerloo Line. Wembley Central is a nasty ghetto, Harlesden isn't much
better, and the walk from the platforms to the street at Willesden Junction
is also unpleasant.

But there are little-used mainline stations in London which are worse.
Loughborough junction is utterly derilect, and Streatham is now pretty
menacing.

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