The London Underground station in different borough to its namesake park despite being side by side
London's extensive transport system is tough to navigate at the best of times. You have stations like Edgware and Edgware Road which are more than 10 miles away from each other; while White City and Wood Lane - just a few hundred metres apart - would take more than half an hour to travel between on the Tube . But within this complicated system, some stations are weirdly separated from the places they serve by borough boundary lines, This is the case for Finsbury Park station which is situated in Islington, despite Finsbury Park itself actually being found in Haringey. A busy stop on both the Victoria and Piccadilly lines, it can be found on Station Place which also serves as a bus interchange. But if you walk about 30 metres towards Stroud Green Road and you will have crossed the border into Haringey. Finsbury Park station in North London (Image: Dan Kitwood/Getty) The gates to Finsbury Park are situated on the other side of the road, from which the expansi...