Which is London's most diverse Tube stop?

The Tube map has been reimagined to show which foreign languages you’re most likely to hear at each station.

Oliver O’Brien, a geography researcher at UCL (University College London), crunched data from the 2011 census to produce his Tube Tongues map.

It reveals that Turnpike Lane is the capital's most linguistically-diverse station, with 16 languages spoken by more than one per cent of the population there.

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Others included Pudding Mill Lane - 15 different languages spoken

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Leytonstone High Road - 13

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Swiss Cottage - 13

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Manor Park - 12

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East Ham - 12

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Neasden - 12

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Leytonstone - 12

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Walthamstow Central - 12

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Seven Sisters - 12

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Anyone hoping to overhear Japanese should head to West Acton, where 20.5 per cent of the local residents speak it, those wishing to listen to Panjabi should visit Southall, where it’s the first language of 21.7 per cent of locals, while someone wanting to hear Bengali should try Shadwell, where it’s spoken by 32.8 per cent of residents.

Southwest London is the place to hear French. It is the most spoken non-English language in the area surrounding South Kensington, Earl’s Court, Notting Hill Gate, Parsons Green, Barons Court and Putney Bridge, among others.

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Spanish is the most common foreign language near Edgware Road, North Acton, Maida Vale, St John’s Wood and Marble Arch stations.

O’Brien included all areas which lie “wholly or partly” within a 200-metre radius of each Tube station, while each circle is proportional in size to the percentage of people in that area that speak the language.

For a fuller breakdown of the different languages spoken, visitors can click on the icon. All languages spoken by at least one per cent of the surrounding population are listed in order.

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“This measure reveals the most linguistically diverse Tube station to be Turnpike Lane on the Piccadilly Line in north-east London, which has 16 languages spoken by more than one per cent of the population there, closely followed by Pudding Mill Lane with 15,” explains O’Brien on his blog.

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“By contrast, almost 98 per cent of people living near Theydon Bois, on the Central Line, speak English as their primary language. English is the most commonly spoken language at every Tube station, although at five stations – Southall, Alperton, Wembley Central, Upton Park and East Ham – the proportion is below 50 per cent.”

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O’Brien has previously produced maps that reveal which London Underground stations are the busiest and which journeys the most popular. To see his maps, visit http://ift.tt/1vIbPYp

Where second languages are most prevalent

Shadwell - 32.8% speak Bengali
Bromley-by-Bow - 28.5% speak Bengali
Whitechapel - 26.6% speak Bengali
Devons Road - 24.7% speak Bengali
Wembley Central - 22.8% speak Gujarati
Southall - 21.7% speak Panjabi
West Acton - 20.5% speak Japanese
Bethnall Green - 20.5% speak Bengali
Bow Road - 20.3% speak Bengali
Perivale - 19.3% speak Polish

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