Life at the end of the line

Like Timbuktu, Shangri-la and Outer Mongolia, they're places you've heard of, but never been to.

Down on the Tube platform, their names appear pixelated in muddy orange. But what happens when you get there?

'The good life starts at the Tube's end,' said a recent survey. Out, it seems, is in.

These neighbourhoods seethe with the kind of things that Central London dwellers have all but forgotten about.

Benches without drunks slumped on them. Family-run shops. Parking spaces. Trees. And you get a seat on the Tube on the way to work. Quality of life indeed.

Here's we give you the definitive guide to life at the end of the line!