Brondesbury

Brondesbury

Brondesbury railway station in the 1960s
Brondesbury
 Brondesbury shown within Greater London
Population 13,023 (Brondesbury & Brondesbury Park)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ245845
London borough Brent
Camden
Ceremonial county Greater London
RegionLondon
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district NW6
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
EU Parliament London
UK ParliamentHampstead and Kilburn
London Assembly Brent and Harrow
Barnet and Camden
List of places
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Coordinates: 51°32′44″N 0°12′21″W / 51.54567°N 0.20597°W / 51.54567; -0.20597

Brondesbury together with Brondesbury Park is an affluent suburb in the north west of London, England. Brondesbury is some 4 miles north west of Charing Cross in the London Boroughs of Brent and Camden. Like many London suburbs it was a rural area until the coming of the railway in the Victorian era.[2] Housing began to be built in earnest in Brondesbury in the 1860s and it soon became seen as a desirable area in which to live, especially for London's Jewish community.[3] Brondesbury is a predominantly residential area.

Giles, Giles & Fripp, the forerunner to the band King Crimson, named their album The Brondesbury Tapes after the area.[4]

Transport

Rail/Underground

Brondesbury has two railway stations served by London Overground's North London Line services with trains to Richmond, Highbury & Islington and Stratford.

The London Underground's Kilburn station served by the Jubilee line is a few meters from Brondesbury station on Kilburn High Road.

Geography

Location

Districts around Brondesbury
Willesden Green Willesden Green, Cricklewood West Hampstead
Kensal Rise, Brondesbury Park Kilburn, West Hampstead
   Brondesbury  
Queen's Park Kilburn Park, Kilburn Kilburn

References

  1. ↑ "A Profile of Brent" (PDF). London Borough of Brent. London Borough of Brent/ONS. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Willey, Russ. Chambers London Gazetter, p 65.
  3. ↑ Willey, Russ. Chambers London Gazetter, p 65.
  4. ↑ Willey, Russ. Chambers London Gazetter, p 65.
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