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St John's Wood

St John's Wood is a district in the City of Westminster, London, England, about 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of Charing Cross. Historically the northern part of the ancient parish and Metropolitan Borough of Marylebone, it extends from Regent's Park and Primrose Hill in the east to Edgware Road in the west, with the Swiss Cottage area of Hampstead to the north and Lisson Grove to the south.[1][2]

"St Johns Wood" redirects here. For the Australian locality, see St Johns Wood, Queensland.

St John's Wood

TQ265835

Greater London

England

United Kingdom

LONDON

NW8

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Metropolitan

London

London

The area includes Lord's Cricket Ground, home of Marylebone Cricket Club and Middlesex CCC and a regular international test cricket venue. It also includes Abbey Road Studios, well known through its association with the Beatles.

The American School in London

Arnold House School

Abercorn School

Saint Christina's Primary School

St John's Wood Pre-Preparatory School

(Church of England)

St John's Wood Church

(Church of England)

St Mark's Church, Hamilton Terrace

Abbey Road Baptist Church ()

Baptists Together

The Church of Our Lady (Roman Catholic)

Transport and locales[edit]

The main London Underground station is St John's Wood, which is on the Jubilee line. Maida Vale, Warwick Avenue and Kilburn Park are nearby on the Bakerloo line. The nearest London Overground station is South Hampstead. The 13, 46, 113 and N113, 139, 187, 189 and 274 bus routes transit St John's Wood.[16]

OM (1836–1912), painter, at 44 Grove End Road[17]

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema

(1872–1953), sculptor, at 4 Greville Place[17]

Gilbert Bayes

CB (1819–1891), civil engineer, at 17 Hamilton Terrace[17]

Sir Joseph Bazalgette

CH (1879–1961), conductor and impresario, at 31 Grove End Road[17]

Sir Thomas Beecham

KCVO (1879–1961), sculptor, at 95a Clifton Hill[17]

Sir William Reid Dick

(1860–1928), sculptor, at 32 Queen's Grove[17]

Sir George Frampton

(1819–1909), painter, at 114 Clifton Hill[17]

William Powell Frith

DBE (1903–1975) and John Skeaping (1901–1980), sculptors, at 24 St Ann's Terrace[17]

Dame Barbara Hepworth

(1799–1845), poet, at 28 Finchley Road[17]

Thomas Hood

(1825–1895), biologist, at 38 Marlborough Place[17]

Thomas Huxley

(1882–1960), psychoanalyst, at 42 Clifton Hill[17]

Melanie Klein

(1877–1970) and Harold Knight (1874–1961), painters, at 16 Langford Place[17]

Dame Laura Knight

(1886–1980), painter, at Eyre Court, 3-21 Finchley Road[17]

Oskar Kokoschka

(1834–1922), opera singer, at 13 Blenheim Road[17]

Sir Charles Santley

Kt (1877–1947), pathologist, at 31 Marlborough Hill[17]

Sir Bernard Spilsbury

(1859–1921), painter and etcher, at 20 Hamilton Terrace[17]

William Strang

(1761–1850), artist, at 24 Wellington Road[17]

Marie Tussaud

(1857–1941), architect and designer, at 6 Carlton Hill[17]

C. F. A. Voysey

(1849–1917), painter, at 10 Hall Road[17]

John William Waterhouse

' 1965 song, "Play with Fire", includes the lyrics:[36]

The Rolling Stones

Richard Tames. St. John's Wood and Maida Vale Past, London: Historical Publications, 1998.  978-0-94866-753-4

ISBN

History of St John's Wood

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