Metro-land was published annually from 1915 until 1932 featuring evocative descriptions and photographs of historic villages and rural vistas of the areas served by the Metropolitan Railway This 1924 edition was published just as the property and leisure boom was under way and also had the extra purpose of promoting The British Empire Exhibition of 1924 at Wembley,

"What is Metro-land? The following pages are intended as a response to such a question; but no mere description, however faithful, can impart the charm of the beautiful, but still little known, country on the "Metro" so fully as a personal visit to Metro-land, the rural Arcadia. A leading feature of this handbook is the "Country Homes in Metroland" section containing full particulars of the varied and beautiful residential districts served by the system. This section also deals with the manifold activities of the Metropolitan Railway Country Estates, Ltd., who are developing, with skilful care, certain choice Estates aggregating about 627 acres. This energetic Company has built numerous houses, both large and small,w hich can be acquired on payment of an agreed deposit with the balance spread over a period of years as rent."--pp.9-10.

From Barnet to Richmond, explore the history of London's Metro-Land A Guide to Modernism in Metro-Land is your essential pocket guide to the modernist architecture of London's suburbs. Inspired by John Betjeman's 1973 documentary Metro-Land and the writing of Ian Nairn, it examines the growth of the city's suburbs from the 1920s up to the present day – a story that is closely interwoven with the development of innovative architecture in Britain – through its most remarkable modernist buildings. Featuring work by architects such as Charles Holden, Erno Goldfinger and Norman Foster, the book covers nine London boroughs and two counties: Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. It is designed to help you explore Metro-Land's modernist heritage, featuring short descriptions of each building alongside maps of the areas covered, and more than 100 colour photographs.