page_title: Finchley Central tube station
section_title: Cultural references
hierarchical_section_title: Finchley Central tube station / Cultural references
caption_attribution_description: English: Memorial plaque to Harry Beck, Finchley Central tube station, London (taken 11 August 2008).
context_page_description: Finchley Central is a London Underground station in the Church End area of Finchley, north London. The station is located on the High Barnet branch of the Northern line, between West Finchley and East Finchley stations; it is the junction for the short branch to Mill Hill East. The station is around 7 miles north-northwest of Charing Cross and is in Travelcard Zone 4.
  The station was opened on 22 August 1867 as part of the Great Northern Railway's line between Finsbury Park and Edgware stations. As part of London Underground's Northern Heights plan, Northern line trains started serving the station in 1940 and main line passenger services ended in 1941.
context_section_description: The station features in the Finchley Central mind game, which in turn became the basis for the game Mornington Crescent in the BBC Radio 4 series I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.
  The New Vaudeville Band's song  "Finchley Central" reached No. 11 in the UK singles charts in 1967.
  Harry Beck, designer of the original Tube map lived nearby and used the station in the 1930s. There is a commemorative plaque on Platform 3, together with a facsimile enamel panel of Beck's iconic 1933 design.
caption: Plaque commemorating Harry Beck
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