{"id":768230,"date":"2026-09-12T10:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T10:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/768230\/"},"modified":"2026-09-12T10:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T10:22:12","slug":"northern-line-extension-to-morden-holds-centenary-treasure-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/768230\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern line extension to Morden holds centenary treasure hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The centenary of the Northern line extension to Morden in south London is to be celebrated with a special treasure hunt along the route.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Participants can explore the history, architecture and heritage of the Art Deco style stations between Morden and Clapham South, which opened 100 years ago, on 13 September 1926.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The seven stations on the route &#8211; also including South Wimbledon, Colliers Wood, Tooting Broadway, Tooting Bec and and Balham, were designed by architect Charles Holden and built in a modernist style, marking a change of direction for Underground design.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Transport for London (TfL) event on Saturday will explore spots along the route and showcase Holden&#8217;s architecture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ending at Clapham South, participants who have completed the challenge will have the chance of winning a commemorative prize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The centenary of the Northern line extension to Morden in south London is to be celebrated with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":768231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-768230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}