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flag A deep London Tube station, abandoned in 1906 over local opposition, remains sealed beneath Hampstead Heath.

flag A planned Tube station between Hampstead and Golders Green, designed to be the deepest on the network at 67 meters, was abandoned in 1906 after opposition over tunneling beneath Hampstead Heath. flag Though approved in 1903 and partially built, local resistance led by philanthropist Dame Henrietta Barnett, who helped preserve the area, undermined the project’s housing development rationale. flag The unfinished station later stored secret government archives during World War II and, in the 1950s, connected to a Cold War-era emergency control center via a 197-step staircase and disguised entrance. flag Today, it remains sealed beneath Hampstead near the Old Bull and Bush pub, with Northern Line trains passing without stopping.

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