The Tyburn is a stream in London, which runs underground from South Hampstead through St. James's Park to meet the River Thames at Pimlico near Vauxhall Bridge. It is not to be confused with the Tyburn Brook which is a tributary of the River Westbourne.
Before it was covered over, the Tyburn originally arose from the confluence of two precursor streams from the hills of Hampstead. At what is now St. James's Park, it split into three branches, two of which formed the island of Thorney on which Westminster Abbey was built. The Tyburn is now completely enclosed and flows through underground conduits for its entire length. Marylebone Lane (W1) follows the course of the Tyburn through part of Marylebone Village.
The Tyburn gave its name to the village of Tyburn, originally a manor of Marylebone, which was recorded in the Domesday Book and which stood approximately at the west end of what is now Oxford Street. It also gave its name to the predecessors of Oxford Street and Park Lane, which were formerly called Tyburn Road and Tyburn Lane respectively.
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| Next confluence upstream | River Thames | Next confluence downstream |
| Falconbrook (south) | Tyburn (stream) | River Effra (south) |
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