River Thames
Morden
South Wimbledon
Colliers Wood
Tooting Broadway
Tooting Bec
Balham
Clapham South
Clapham Common
Clapham North
Park Royal
North Ealing
WestActon
EastActon
Ealing Broadway
Ealing Common
South Ealing
Boston Manor
Osterley
Hounslow East
Hounslow Central
Gunnersbury
Kew Gardens
Richmond
Wimbledon
Brixton
OvalKennington
Elephant & Castle
BoroughLambethNorth
Wimbledon Park
Southfields
East Putney
PutneyBridge
ParsonsGreen
Fulham Broadway
West Brompton
Hounslow West
Hatton Cross
ChiswickPark
ActonTown
ActonCentral
SouthActon
Goldhawk Road
Hammersmith
TurnhamGreen
StamfordBrook
RavenscourtPark
WestKensington
SouthKensington
EarlsCourt
Victoria
Waterloo
Pimlico
Vauxhall
HeathrowTerminals
1,2,3
Southwark
ShepherdsBush
Chesham
Chorleywood
Watford
Croxley
Moor Park
Northwood
Northwood Hills
West Ruislip
Uxbridge Ickenham
South Ruislip
Northolt
Greenford
Perivale
Hanger Lane
NorthActon WhiteCity
Northfields
Ruislip
Ruislip Manor
Eastcote
Pinner
North Harrow
West Harrow
South Harrow
Kenton
BrondesburyPark
South Kenton
Harrow &Wealdstone
North Wembley
Wembley Central
WembleyPark
Stonebridge Park
Harlesden
Maida Vale
Warwick Avenue
Royal Oak
Westbourne Park
Ladbroke Grove
Latimer Road
Willesden JunctionSudbury Hill
Sudbury Town
Alperton
Rayners Lane
Harrow-on-the-Hill
NorthwickPark
PrestonRoad
Rickmansworth
Chalfont& Latimer
Ruislip Gardens
HollandPark
MarbleArchQueensway
OxfordCircus
RegentsPark
Marylebone
Bayswater
Warren StreetEustonSquare
GoodgeStreet
RussellSquare
Holborn
BrondesburyKensal Rise
Paddington
EdgwareRoad
Kensal Green
Queens ParkKilburn Park
ShepherdsBush
NottingHill Gate
LancasterGate
BondStreet
TottenhamCourt Road
Stanmore Edgware
Burnt Oak
Colindale
Hendon Central
Brent Cross
Mill Hill East
Golders Green
Hampstead
HampsteadHeath
GospelOak
Belsize ParkKentish
Town West
CamdenRoad
Kings CrossSt. Pancras
Chalk Farm
Camden Town
MorningtonCrescent
Canons Park
Queensbury
Kingsbury
Neasden
Dollis Hill
Willesden Green
Kilburn
Finchley Road
Swiss Cottage
St. Johns Wood
Finchley Road& Frognal
WestHampstead
Baker Street
ChanceryLane
St. Pauls
Bank
GreatPortlandStreet
Euston
High Barnet
Cockfosters
Oakwood
Southgate
Arnos Grove
Wood Green
Bounds Green
Turnpike Lane
TottenhamHale
BlackhorseRoad
WalthamstowCentral
FinsburyPark
SevenSisters
ManorHouse
Arsenal
Holloway Road
CaledonianRoad
Totteridge & Whetstone
Woodside Park
West Finchley
Finchley Central
East Finchley
Highgate
Archway
Tufnell Park
Kentish Town
Epping
Theydon Bols
Debden
Loughton
Buckhurst Hill
Woodford
SouthWoodford
Snaresbrook
Leytonstone
Upminster Bridge
Upminster
Hornchurch
Elm Park
DagenhamEast
DagenhamHeathway
Becontree
Upney
Leyton
Stratford
RodingValley
Redbridge
GantsHill
Wanstead
Chigwell
Grange Hill
Hainault
Fairlop
Barkingside
Newbury Park
Canonbury
HackneyCentral
Homerton HackneyWick
DalstonKingsland
Highbury &Islington
CaledonianRoad &
Barnsbury
Angel
Barking
East Ham
Upton Park
Plaistow
West Ham
BowRoad
StepneyGreen
Whitechapel
PuddingMill Lane
BowChurch
BlackwallCanningTown
Custom House
Prince Regent
Royal Albert
PoplarEastIndia
Bromley-by-Bow
All Saints
Mile End
AldgateEast
Aldgate
BethnalGreenLiverpool
Street
OldStreetFarringdon
Barbican
Moorgate
Monument TowerHill
Shadwell
TowerGateway
Westferry
LimehouseKensington(Olympia)
BaronsCourt
GloucesterRoad
High StreetKensington
PiccadillyCircus
SloaneSquare
St. JamessPark
Westminster
Hyde Park Corner
Knightsbridge
GreenPark Cannon Street
MansionHouse
LeicesterSquare
Blackfriars
Temple
Embankment
Covent Garden
New Cross
NorthGreenwich
West IndiaQuay
Canary Wharf
Heron Quays
South Quays
Crossharbour &London Arena
Mudchute
Island Gardens
Cutty Sark
Greenwich
Deptford Bridge
Elverson Road
Lewisham
Beckton Park
Cyprus
Gallions Reach
Beckton
London Bridge Rotherhithe
CanadaWater
Wapping
Bermondsey
CharingCross
Surrey Quays
New CrossGate
Honor Oak Park
Forest Hill
Sydenham
Brockley
West CroydonCrystal Palace
Penge West
Anerley
Norwood Junction
Queens RoadPeckham
Peckham Rye
Denmark Hill
WandsworthRoad
Clapham High Street Stockwell
ClaphamJunction
ImperialWharf
WoodLane
SouthHampstead
KilburnHigh Road
WestSilvertown
RoyalVictoria
EmiratesRoyal Docks
King George V
Pontoon Dock
LondonCity Airport
EmiratesGreenwichPeninsula
Upper Holloway
CrouchHill
HarringayGreen Lanes
LeytonstoneHigh Road
LeytonMidland RoadWalthamstowQueens Road
WanstedPark
South Tottenham
ShoreditchHigh Street
Hoxton
Haggerston
Dalston Junction
StratfordInternational
Star Lane
AbbeyRoad
StratfordHigh Street
WoodgrangePark
Devons Road
Langdon Park
WoolwichArsenal
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River Thames
Morden
South Wimbledon
Colliers Wood
Tooting Broadway
Tooting Bec
Balham
Clapham South
Clapham Common
Clapham North
Park Royal
North Ealing
WestActon
EastActon
Ealing Broadway
Ealing Common
South Ealing
Boston Manor
Osterley
Hounslow East
Hounslow Central
Gunnersbury
Kew Gardens
Richmond
Wimbledon
Brixton
OvalKennington
Elephant & Castle
BoroughLambethNorth
Wimbledon Park
Southfields
East Putney
PutneyBridge
ParsonsGreen
Fulham Broadway
West Brompton
Hounslow West
Hatton Cross
ChiswickPark
ActonTown
ActonCentral
SouthActon
Goldhawk Road
Hammersmith
TurnhamGreen
StamfordBrook
RavenscourtPark
WestKensington
SouthKensington
EarlsCourt
Victoria
Waterloo
Pimlico
Vauxhall
HeathrowTerminals
1,2,3
Southwark
ShepherdsBush
Chesham
Chorleywood
Watford
Croxley
Moor Park
Northwood
Northwood Hills
West Ruislip
Uxbridge Ickenham
South Ruislip
Northolt
Greenford
Perivale
Hanger Lane
NorthActon WhiteCity
Northfields
Ruislip
Ruislip Manor
Eastcote
Pinner
North Harrow
West Harrow
South Harrow
Kenton
BrondesburyPark
South Kenton
Harrow &Wealdstone
North Wembley
Wembley Central
WembleyPark
Stonebridge Park
Harlesden
Maida Vale
Warwick Avenue
Royal Oak
Westbourne Park
Ladbroke Grove
Latimer Road
Willesden JunctionSudbury Hill
Sudbury Town
Alperton
Rayners Lane
Harrow-on-the-Hill
NorthwickPark
PrestonRoad
Rickmansworth
Chalfont& Latimer
Ruislip Gardens
HollandPark
MarbleArchQueensway
OxfordCircus
RegentsPark
Marylebone
Bayswater
Warren StreetEustonSquare
GoodgeStreet
RussellSquare
Holborn
BrondesburyKensal Rise
Paddington
EdgwareRoad
Kensal Green
Queens ParkKilburn Park
ShepherdsBush
NottingHill Gate
LancasterGate
BondStreet
TottenhamCourt Road
Stanmore Edgware
Burnt Oak
Colindale
Hendon Central
Brent Cross
Mill Hill East
Golders Green
Hampstead
HampsteadHeath
GospelOak
Belsize ParkKentish
Town West
CamdenRoad
Kings CrossSt. Pancras
Chalk Farm
Camden Town
MorningtonCrescent
Canons Park
Queensbury
Kingsbury
Neasden
Dollis Hill
Willesden Green
Kilburn
Finchley Road
Swiss Cottage
St. Johns Wood
Finchley Road& Frognal
WestHampstead
Baker Street
ChanceryLane
St. Pauls
Bank
GreatPortlandStreet
Euston
High Barnet
Cockfosters
Oakwood
Southgate
Arnos Grove
Wood Green
Bounds Green
Turnpike Lane
TottenhamHale
BlackhorseRoad
WalthamstowCentral
FinsburyPark
SevenSisters
ManorHouse
Arsenal
Holloway Road
CaledonianRoad
Totteridge & Whetstone
Woodside Park
West Finchley
Finchley Central
East Finchley
Highgate
Archway
Tufnell Park
Kentish Town
Epping
Theydon Bols
Debden
Loughton
Buckhurst Hill
Woodford
SouthWoodford
Snaresbrook
Leytonstone
Upminster Bridge
Upminster
Hornchurch
Elm Park
DagenhamEast
DagenhamHeathway
Becontree
Upney
Leyton
Stratford
RodingValley
Redbridge
GantsHill
Wanstead
Chigwell
Grange Hill
Hainault
Fairlop
Barkingside
Newbury Park
Canonbury
HackneyCentral
Homerton HackneyWick
DalstonKingsland
Highbury &Islington
CaledonianRoad &
Barnsbury
Angel
Barking
East Ham
Upton Park
Plaistow
West Ham
BowRoad
StepneyGreen
Whitechapel
PuddingMill Lane
BowChurch
BlackwallCanningTown
Custom House
Prince Regent
Royal Albert
PoplarEastIndia
Bromley-by-Bow
All Saints
Mile End
AldgateEast
Aldgate
BethnalGreenLiverpool
Street
OldStreetFarringdon
Barbican
Moorgate
Monument TowerHill
Shadwell
TowerGateway
Westferry
LimehouseKensington(Olympia)
BaronsCourt
GloucesterRoad
High StreetKensington
PiccadillyCircus
SloaneSquare
St. JamessPark
Westminster
Hyde Park Corner
Knightsbridge
GreenPark Cannon Street
MansionHouse
LeicesterSquare
Blackfriars
Temple
Embankment
Covent Garden
New Cross
NorthGreenwich
West IndiaQuay
Canary Wharf
Heron Quays
South Quays
Crossharbour &London Arena
Mudchute
Island Gardens
Cutty Sark
Greenwich
Deptford Bridge
Elverson Road
Lewisham
Beckton Park
Cyprus
Gallions Reach
Beckton
London Bridge Rotherhithe
CanadaWater
Wapping
Bermondsey
CharingCross
Surrey Quays
New CrossGate
Honor Oak Park
Forest Hill
Sydenham
Brockley
West CroydonCrystal Palace
Penge West
Anerley
Norwood Junction
Queens RoadPeckham
Peckham Rye
Denmark Hill
WandsworthRoad
Clapham High Street Stockwell
ClaphamJunction
ImperialWharf
WoodLane
SouthHampstead
KilburnHigh Road
WestSilvertown
RoyalVictoria
EmiratesRoyal Docks
King George V
Pontoon Dock
LondonCity Airport
EmiratesGreenwichPeninsula
Upper Holloway
CrouchHill
HarringayGreen Lanes
LeytonstoneHigh Road
LeytonMidland RoadWalthamstowQueens Road
WanstedPark
South Tottenham
ShoreditchHigh Street
Hoxton
Haggerston
Dalston Junction
StratfordInternational
Star Lane
AbbeyRoad
StratfordHigh Street
WoodgrangePark
Devons Road
Langdon Park
WoolwichArsenal
Key to languages
Global cities
As the top-ranked global city, London is a magnet for rich and
poor from all over the world. To some, its openness is a model for
all which aspire to join the elite club of cities with global
impact in finance, technological innovation and cultural reach. To
others it is a cautionary tale showing how unrestricted flows of
people and capital can make a city unliveable for its original
residents.
This Tube tongues graphic shows Londons diversity by displaying
the second most common languages (after English) spoken by
residents, according to the 2011 census. Each blob represents the
most popular second language within 200 metres of stations of the
London Underground, with the size of the blob representing the
proportion of people who speak that language. Only the inner three
zones of the London transport area are shown.
The map shows language, not necessarily origin. The high
concentration of Bengali speakers in east London points to people
of Bangladeshi heritage. But the Portuguese blobs may refer to
people from Portugal or Brazil or Angola. Similarly French may
refer to all French-speaking countries. But since London is now the
sixth biggest French city and has a resident member of the National
Assembly to represent expatriates, it is a fair bet that many are
from France.
Many parts of London display dramatic linguistic diversity.
Around Turnpike Lane 16 languages are spoken by more than one per
cent of the population, topped by Polish at 6.7 per cent.
The map was created by Oliver OBrien, a researcher at UCL
Department of Geography. www.oobrien.com
Mind the language gap: a Tube map of diversity
FrenchPortugueseSpanishItalianPolishRomanianTurkishArabicPersianUrduPunjabiBengali
GujaratiTamilCantoneseChineseJapaneseTagalogSomaliNepaleseLithuanianYiddishAfrikaansGreek
% of speakers
10%
15%
20%
25%
5%
