Burnt Oak
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Overview
Odd-sounding station on the Northern Line.
Burnt Oak is modelled on nearby Edgware, and the high street is so similar, that many travellers get confused on departing the tube station, believing they haven't actually gone anywhere.
Named after an incident in the 15th century, when King Henry V had a local tree burnt at the stake for being a witch, the last such instance of "tree burning" in the famously botanically-sceptic Plantagenet royal family. Ironically, a barbeque underneath the replacement oak organised by Queen Helen Mirren in 2005 to mark the 575th anniversary of the incident saw a number of steaks getting burned at the tree due to the actions of a shoddy catering firm.
Things to do near Burnt Oak
You can visit the local market (held every Saturday), which sells a wide range of exotic smells and hoovers (prices start at £35). Access to the market is gained by crossing the most polluted waterway in the Western hemisphere, which contains more empty cans of white cider than it does water.
Alternatively, head for the "local" watering hole, the improbably named Bald Faced Stag, for a quiet pint and a loud and sustained volley of support for Queen's Park Rangers FC.
Friki Vedict
A controversial 1 and 1/4 Celtic Crosses for Burnt Oak. Or was it Edgware?
