Oct 04

Look For Longer: Spot the London Tube Stations

Last week this bloke got in touch over email with a rather cryptic request, asking whether he could send me something in the post.

And because most of the post that arrives at my flat consists of BT bills, takeaway menus or a previous resident’s NHS test results, I was all “yeah, alright then – make my day”, even though it could have ended up being a lunchbox full of mould or something.

A few days later, this huge envelope arrives with a poster inside, and a hashtag printed at the bottom: #lookforlonger. It takes about half an hour of head scratching and going “I DON’T GET IT, WHAT THE HELL, COOL PIC THOUGH TOTALLY PUTTING IT UP IN MY ROOM” before it clicks: everything on the picture represents London tube stations.

Anyway, it transpired this week that it’s all part of a rather clever marketing campaign promoting procrastination in the workplace (ok CBS Outdoor but whatever) – and you’ll probably see this very poster at Embankment and other tube stations around London.

It’s also online as an incredibly addictive “spot the tube station” game which you can play here:

www.lookforlonger.com

My score currently stands at 50.

*Updated, Friday: 57. Still so far to go…

*Updated, Monday: Warning! Spoilers / help below.

Have a go. How many can you spot?

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Tags: answers, clues, Getting The Tube, lookforlonger

Amy

I found it this morning and I’m stuck on 37. It’s driving me crazy.
- sheloveslondon
  
  57 and stuck on the wizard on the hill. WHY IS THERE A WIZARD ON THE HILL?
  - soup
    
    Or you might ask: What is the wizard doing to the children?
    - sheloveslondon
      
      After this week’s news, that’s a very topical question. Got it now though.
      - Skittles
        
        I’m just missing the gardener with the bush, the flag on the building, the guns on the hill on the left and the windmill at the back. Got all the rest!
      - Bar
        
        I’ve got them all except the rabbit in the hole on the hill… Grrr!
      - JAS
        
        Where does a rabbit live?
      - sheloveslondon
        
        Got this one. You’ll kick yourself
      - http://twitter.com/tankmccormick Alex McCormick
        
        They live in a Warren… so Warren Street… is that what we’re doing here?
      - sheloveslondon
        
        Haha, nice try but not quite…
      - Girlukxx
        
        Where do rabbits live ??????
      - Ericbwong
        
        City bunnies now get their lettuce and carrots from the market in southwark
      - Jamescockburn82
        
        Whats the gardener with the bush? It’s driving me insane!
      - Elvisia
        
        What kind of tree is he watering?
      - Sydneysider
        
        Oak?
      - soup
        
        bay
http://twitter.com/Nielsch Niels N.

Stuck at 62 right now… It’s driving me nuts. This is a list of the clues I haven’t guessed yet:

- Fish
- White cross
- Orange
- White church arch on the hill
- Hay roll
- Football player
- Gunman on the roof
- Dead pig
- Dog with cake / pie
- Flame
- Mouse eating cheese
- Rabbit in the hole
- Wizard on hill
- sheloveslondon
  
  Re: mouse eating cheese, think of all the different types of cheese there are. I think the wizard stumped everyone! Gunman is shooting… What? Little clue! Stumped on the green dog too and the dead pig. With a bit of team work I think we can nail this one by Christmas…
  - http://twitter.com/Nielsch Niels N.
    
    Thanks, I figured out the gunman myself. I figured out the dead pig too. What do they make from pork? And in what state is the pig? Combine those two and you’ll have your answer.
  - http://twitter.com/Nielsch Niels N.
    
    Re: green dog, check out some of the known terrier breeds combined with the colour you’ve already mentioned.
- Girlukxx
  
  Cakepie….think of a type of sponge….
  - http://twitter.com/Nielsch Niels N.
    
    Yeah, got it already. Thanks!
- sheloveslondon
  
  Woohoo! Well done, do stop by again
Losriley

The flag in the flag of Cyprus. The Wizard TurnsThem Green.
Harlem0

What’s the flag
- Belly
  
  its an island in the med mostly occupied by people of greek & turkish descent
  - Hyped_up
    
    Whats the shard with the cross on it, it’s my last one
    - Jocalypso
      
      whitechapel. what’s the roll of hay???
Test

Stuck on the green dog? Anyone know
- http://twitter.com/Nielsch Niels N.
  
  Yes, I do. Here’s a little clue: you’re looking for a terrier breed combined with the colour you’ve already mentioned.
http://twitter.com/Nielsch Niels N.

Just need the cheese and the white church facade or gate on the hill and I’m done…
- Girlukxx
  
  Leicester cheese shape square…., leicester sq.
Elvisia

What is the well? I have 74 and just need that one!
- http://twitter.com/Nielsch Niels N.
  
  I believe it’s Stockwell
  - Elvisia
    
    Thank you! Someone has said it was Shadwell!!
Jamescockburn82

What the hell is the gardener with the bush?!!!!
- officerlola
  
  It’s meant to be a man watering a bay bush…
aks

whats the white buildings in the background of marble arch? this last one is killing me
- Ericbwong
  
  building maketh a city
Lucilemeyer

what is the beak in the tree ? helpp guys i only need one more !
- Ericbwong
  
  on rather than in ….. Beak-on-tree
Mpainterchase

man with rope and tv??
- Ericbwong
  
  Think of it as a screen rather than a TV and what the rope is doing to it.
Sydneysider

woman with big hairdo???? and fish on the road?? what tree is the man watering??! only 4 more to go and yeap it’s soo addictive
- sheloveslondon
  
  Think about the different types of fish there are…especially ones with “red” in the name, the woman with the big hairdo – it’s quite high, and in some parts of the world we have another name for “hair”
  - Sydneysider
    
    haha got the hair one, thanks! still stuck on the fish – snapper??!
    - Sydneysider
      
      herring?
      - sheloveslondon
        
        and the colour?
      - Sydneysider
        
        finally! cheeky CBS people! thanks )
      - sheloveslondon
        
        No problemo!
Morjen

What is the Swiss looking girl with the beers? Help!
- xy
  
  She’s a maid with ale ….
Morjen

Cant get the White Cross either!
- Sean
  
  new cross
  - And
    
    That’s harsh, as New Cross isn’t an Underground nor DLR station. No wonder I was stumped on my 75th. I got the red herring but missed this other red herring!
Morjen

Just need the Fish on the road… PLEASE HELP!
- http://twitter.com/missmossy missmossy
  
  This one is a little controversial! Focus on the colour of the fish, and what type of fish it is.
- Bmorris
  
  did you get it? Its beyond bugging me
- Kerrydixon76
  
  the fish is red herring get it
- Georgiadearevalo
  
  red herring
5h4n

What is the white gate behind Marylebone?
- soup
  
  its is a structure that spans a space and supports a load
  - sheloveslondon
    
    Nice work. I think some of our clues are more inventive than the game itself sometimes.
    - soup
      
      I agree. Its so much fun doing this. Its another way of prolonging the puzzle; and procrastinating.
      
      The footballer was the most difficult for me. And the girl in drindl had me thinking oktoberfest!
      - sheloveslondon
        
        Also, I wonder how many people repeatedly typed “Highgate” getting more and more frustrated at the game being broken until they noticed the plane was part of it.
      - Paulmollitt
        
        I did! This got me so frustrated!
W Best

What is bale of straw on hill please
- Stevie_D
  
  Hay nought = Hainault
http://twitter.com/P__Ho Paula Holmes

I’m stuck on the hay bale , gunner and footballer!
- http://twitter.com/missmossy missmossy
  
  1. It is indeed hay. Can you think of a tube stop with that sound in its name?
  2. Focus on what is coming out of the gun
  3. It’s not so much about him being a footballer, it’s about what he’s physically doing, an action-word…
  - naz
    
    im still lost on the footballer as so many pple gave hint…please help!!
    - officerlola
      
      Check out his knee, what position it’s in. Is it down or…?
Isabel_Q

It took me an whole day to get 73/75. My brain is currently on strike, so could anyone help me with the last two? what is the guns/weapons on the green hill left? and what is the broken drum near the well?
- Lee
  
  Snaresbroke
- soup
  
  a collection of guns/weapons!
  the drum is a snare
  - Isabel_Q
    
    I got the snare drum one! Thank you!
    But the guns on the hill still confusing me, I need more clue ;’(
    - sheloveslondon
      
      A collection of guns is a single word that is exactly the same as a north London tube station. Piccadilly line.
      - Isabel_Q
        
        Got it! Thank you!!
      - sheloveslondon
        
        If anyone fancies another puzzle, perhaps you can help me with this one: http://sheloveslondon.com/2012/10/what-are-these-spiky-things-on-the-top-of-london-bus-stops-please/
Leroy Mccarthy

I can’t figure out the man with the tv, help me please i’ve got 74
Alex

Stuck on red herring and man with the screen then Im done!! any help much appreciated!
- Alex
  
  answered one of my questions without realising – who knew that existed?! help me out with the final one?!
  - sheloveslondon
    
    Haha! Forget the man holding it, think about what’s tying…or…another word for tying…the screen.
    - Leroy Mccarthy
      
      still lost heeelp
Leroy Mccarthy

all done
- sheloveslondon
  
  We’re proud of you Leroy.
- Bmorris
  
  please tell me what the girl holding beer is and the fish
JB

what is the Cook with the platter?? Really annoying me!!
- sheloveslondon
  
  Is he a cook, or maybe he’s into baking?
Suzie_Lloyd

on 69 now and stuck on the last few – the gunner on top of mansion house, burning tree on the hill, the hay bale, footballer, four nuns, the bride on the hill help!
- sheloveslondon
  
  Have a read through the comments, there’s quite a few on your list that have been covered or hinted at already… Re: the bride, who’s she marrying? What’s the gunner shooting? What shape is the hay in? Where do nuns hang out? What’s the footballer doing?
  - Glasgow1975
    
    the footballer & the nuns are driving me insane!
- Gideon M Sher
  
  1) DLR station…. what is he “chute”ing. 2) what type of tree is it and what happens to something when you cook it for too long? 3) find any station which starts with the sound “hay” 4) Well, his limb certainly isn’t down…. 5) where do nuns live? 6) Occasion when a bride and groom get together, however the groom is a part of the human body!
  
  Please help me with mine! the tower/pillar behind the the cottage of some type of cheese and the man with the rope!!!!!
http://twitter.com/stacytg Stacy H

Still can’t get the footballer – maybe it’s an action I don’t know, as I’m American? And the farmer with a shrub, and the shark in the road…
- soup
  
  The footballer had me stumped me too. Try working around the position of his right limb.
  
  is he a farmer? he has a staff in his hand…
  
  The shark is buried in a parking space
J F

I’m going mad trying to find the final few! I need 1. The thing that looks like chips by the barking dog. 2. The bale of hay rolling down the hill 3. the man shooting his gun 5. The Windmill and 6. The man with the TV wrapped in rope. Pllllleaasee help it’s driving me mad!
- Gideon M Sher
  
  Hi JF….. 1) What type of machinery are they and what colour are they? Flip those answers round and your have your answer 2) Stupid station that I have never heard of….. what is it made of…… and what is its shape? 3) Its a DLR station… what is he “chute”ing 4) what is the windmill on?…… now please give me more clues for my ones!
  - JF
    
    TV one is hard. Past tense of bind & a piece of grassy land that sounds like screen.
    
    That tower behind the hill is monumentally difficult…
    
    I have 74- out of 75 and I can’t find the last one – I mean I don’t know where it is – help!
Anonymous

What is the shard with a cross?
- soup
  
  the shard with a cross is a religious place of prayer and worship
Gideon M Sher

Two left for me…..

The tower behind the cottage of a certain type of cheese and still cant get the tv/screen rope….. help please!!!!
- Ian Bell
  
  the tower is real and commemorates the great fire of london and with the tv one, you are right to refer to it as a screen and its not a tied screen its a …….screen
FB

Only two left! I need ‘Pressed’ and the big palace type building in the centre background – looks like something out of Aladin! Help please!
- soup
  
  And you have it “Pressed” on road.
  
  The big palace type building is a city
- JF
  
  Where would Aladin say his prayers? and think about pressed as a verb then find what it might be prest-on.
GG

Two left for me toooo…

The giant piggy bank and the big building above it… They’re both so big and no one else has asked about them so I feel I’m missing something obvious!
- sheloveslondon
  
  The giant piggy… Hmmmmm
  - GG
    
    Yes I got them last night… Silly me!
    - GG
      
      Incidentally, I was wondering why they hadn’t done that station as it’d be easy to add in… turns out they did!
Chris Stephens

Still stuck on three. 1. the fire on the road 2. the dead pig 3. the glue sticking the road down.
- TinTin
  
  Fire in road = Kilburn, Dead Pig = Hampstead, Glue in road + Bond Street
Alan

Which station is represented by the glue on the road?
- TinTin
  
  Bond Street
Bogey_bridge2k

What is kens arm?! It’s my last one
- Stephlacendan
  
  it’s not ken’s arm, it’s barbie & ken……
- Miss_dcampbell
  
  who is ken linking arms with??
TinTin

i’m stuck on the white building face on top of the hill behind Mary- le bone, please help
Mccfpritchard

hI, PLEASE HELP!!

Need the following:

Hay bale

Iton

3 gold boxes

Green boxes in air

guns on hill

green leafy circles

stone coming up through earth

Please help, so frustrating!!!
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=536711671 Steph Smith
  
  the hay bale is in the shape of a nought
  
  the gold boxes are actually black chip friers
  
  the green boxes are pieces of wood
  
  guns on the hill is a place where arms/ammo is made
  
  the stone is actually a fin being buried in a parking space
  
  HTH
- Miss_dcampbell
  
  One tonne of what?
  
  Green leafy circles are actually Q’s
Handbag

This one took me so long cos I thought ken was the first part but it’s 2nd and think of who he is with and you will kick yourself as I did. Also, can anyone help

I can’t really see the station behind the green P sign bottom left. On iPad not clear are they funnels/pots? Are they white or silver? Is that a font or fountain. Do any of those things matter? Just 5 to go…
- Miss_dcampbell
  
  Dont theses loos look a little wet?
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=536711671 Steph Smith
  
  it’s a toilet and the liquid that you want
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=536711671 Steph Smith

I’m stuck on 4, can anyone help please?

1. the rabbit
2. the fire in a hole in the road (thought it was holburn, but saying nearly?) 3. the can in the road4. and the one between PRESSED and the cake… I can’t even tell what it is! lol
- Miss_dcambell
  
  You mean the can on the road?
- Mccfpritchard
  
  1 spelling wrong
  pressed, clue in the word
  cake, clue is sponge cake
  - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=536711671 Steph Smith
    
    thank you. it’s the silver thing with red on it between pressed and the cake i’m stuck on now and the rabbit?
    - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=536711671 Steph Smith
      
      worked out the rabbit, just the last one foxing me now!
      - Jennihoney1
        
        What was the rabbit?
      - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=536711671 Steph Smith
        
        it’s where a rabbit lives, (not a warren)
    - David
      
      Canada Water
- essence
  
  the rabbit is borough, fire in road is holbornm u need to correct the spelling,
- Anna
  
  2. spell it differently!
  
  4. it’s a leaf in a puddle…
- Nimrod57
  
  1. not sure about the rabbit.
  2. its says nearly because you spelt Holborn wrong
  3. can on the street…hmmm?
  4. I’m still stuck on these
- jojo
  
  1. Warren Street
  2. Holborn
  3.Cannon Street
  4. Preston Road
  5. Baker Street?
  Can anyone help with the dead pig and the man carrying the TV? Thanks!
Mccfpritchard

Just the following to go now………..

I ton in the air

guns on hill on the left

green leafy circles on left
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=536711671 Steph Smith
  
  it’s 1 ton of brix, i mean bricks….
  guns on the hill is a place where arms/ammo is made, with a football club named the same
  the green leafy circles are actually letters…..
- Mccfpritchard
  
  Thank you but still stuck on the guns/ football club!!
  - Mccfpritchard
    
    Got it! Thank you!
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=536711671 Steph Smith

so now more of us are getting the 75, just wondered what everyone’s last one was? mine was the red emblem on the water on the floor! Took me ages and lots of clues lol
Cosmosmallpiece

The can on the road, and the buildings through Marble Arch? You might have found it easy, I found the others easy, but not these two.
- emzee
  
  What colour is the city….?
Cosmosmallpiece

got the city; now the can?
Cosmosmallpiece

DUNNIT over and out….
Heinvic

I have one left to get and appear to be the only one who cannot get the lady with the beers….aahhh
- sheloveslondon
  
  Lady with beers? Or a Maid with Ale?
Emilylouiseford

please help me with the fish and the 2 chess pieces!! please please- i’ve read all the comments but i’m just not getting it.. please
- Heinvic
  
  The fish really is say what you seee (didn’t know it was a station) …colour and type of fish.
  - Matty
    
    its not a station, that’s the whole point
- sheloveslondon
  
  For the chess pieces, think what sort of chess pieces they are and what they’re doing…they look like Kings to me, and they’re crossing the road…(and tip on the fish, it’s not a tube station, more something that crops up in puzzles from time to time)
Alice2411

what is the man with the screen???? everyone keeps saying its a screen znd its tied up with rope… i am NOT getting it!!!
- sheloveslondon
  
  It’s not tied up. It’s bound.
sheloveslondon

Another puzzle, anyone? http://sheloveslondon.com/2012/10/what-are-these-spiky-things-on-the-top-of-london-bus-stops-please/
CT45

Ok….. last 2 that don’t seem to have been mentioned and they are all I need, maybe i’m letting myself down here?!

1. The green “P” sign?!
2. Large building behind the windmill/ crown tree.

Help!
- soup
  
  1 The “P” is a sign for parking
  
  2 The large building is, I believe, a tower
Kimberleydevonshire

What is the fire in the hole?!!???!!! GAHHHH so near yet so far!
- emzee
  
  it’s a hole and it’s burning……
Kitkatzzzz

Help!! I’m sure the fire in the road is ‘KILBURN’ but it keeps coming up as wrong????

Also the red fish I cannot get this one…red herring???
- David
  
  It’s not a Kil, it’s a Hol
Sjh19

Help, I’m stuck on the green girder, the fire by the zebra crossing, the green dog and the broken drum…. 4 to go, I will finish this!!!!!
- officerlola
  
  Ok, the drum is a snare and it’s broke, so put those two together and you’ll have that one. The green girder is wood and it’s green. The dog is a breed of terrier that’s also ‘green,’, and I can’t get the fire by the zebra crossing at all! Grrr. Can you help us out with the fish?
Scarletta

I’m stuck! I need: 1. the can on the road; 2. the green Q’s; 3. the hay bale; 4. the football next to the ham; 5. the gate and plane.

Someone please help if you can! I fear I’m not going to be able to continue on with my life until I get all of these answers!
- Scarletta
  
  Scratch number 1, I figured it out…
Shiva Riahi

Any clues for the woman with the massive hair…it is my last one left and it is driving me mad!
- Daksina
  
  Her hair is very high…
emily

I have one missing it is killing me! I can help with the others! What I am looking for is the glue one! It’s not gloucester road!
- sheloveslondon
  
  Looks like it’s bonding something…
Luvlink09

Hi guys plz help the rabbit and the cake
- Cam
  
  The rabbit is living in a …..
  The cake is a popular type of sponge…
Cam

Help please! What are the leafy Q’s??!!
- Dave
  
  say what you see, Q`s in a garden! easy aint it
Dave

Help, I keep trying Shepherd`s bush for the guy in the robe with a bush in front of him and it gives me a nearly right! put me out of my agony someone please
Adichas

I need a clue for the plane in the sky please. AHHH!!
essence

what the windmill and the P sign and the woman in bridal dress on hill..anyone please i’m going crazy
- soup
  
  the windmill on the hill
  …the woman with a bone.
essence

the rish is red herring and the 2 chess pieces are kings cross- from essence
Kaishka

I really don’t understand why you people are cheating, why oh why?
- sheloveslondon
  
  It’s not really cheating when the people who made the game encourage you to ask for clues in order to solve it. But yes, providing the answers isn’t really in the spirit of it. The majority here aren’t doing that.
singer

Hi everyone,
I only have 2 left, and I’m not sure what they are!
Its the plane and gate at the top – are they part of the same clue? if so, i can’t find the last one!!
- sheloveslondon
  
  They’re part of the same clue! What sort of plane is it?
Kielak

Need help with the rat eating cheese, and the footballer…help pls
Baffled

I cannot work out the silver/white cross next to hatton cross and brent cross
- anon
  
  Did u get this as it’s the only 1 i have left?!!!
Clarke Cyril

have done all the clues that pop up but it is telling me that there is one more! Where? nothing popping up in picture
Clarke Cyril

Done it! On the Pub Wall! 75 Club Member!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Paula
  
  And what is it????!?!?!?!? What is it????? Clues please!!!!!!!
Paula

I got all the answers and still it says it´s only 74 out of 75! I scroll the mouse over the screen and there´s nothing else to guess Has this happened to anybody else???? Help!!!!!!!!!
- Terri
  
  same here Paula…………..did you get any responses???
Joyce

I’m stuck on the sign (bottom right) with four queens head and city of westminster?
Saymon1234

2 chess peices r Kings Cross St.Pancras
dave

stuck on 3 if anyone can help…
1. dog with the green face
2. windmill
3. what appears to be the taj mahal!!
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sara

what is the green light floating above the brigde?
plz help

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