67-560: Brent Cross Shopping Centre is a large shopping centre in Hendon , north London , owned by Hammerson and Abrdn . Located by the Brent Cross interchange, it opened in 1976 as the UK's first out-of-town shopping centre. Brent Cross attracted 15–16 million shoppers a year as of 2011 and has one of the largest incomes per unit area of retail space in the country. Brent Cross Shopping Centre
134-494: A Sustainable Brent Cross Cricklewood was formed. Consequently, the developers added supplementary documents to the application; Barnet Council again extended the deadline for objections and twice postponed the committee meeting to consider the application. The council officers formally recommended approval of the application and the planning committee approved it on 19 November 2009. The Council issued planning consent on 26 October 2010. The developers first made their plans for
201-979: A city. It is believed that the first casualty in the Battle of Britain was an RAF Hurricane pilot from Hendon. It closed to flying in 1968 and is now the site of the RAF Museum , as well as the housing developments at Grahame Park and Beaufort Park. Also, numerous bus routes link Brent Cross Shopping Centre to the West End of London and the new Wembley Stadium . Buses run as far south as Central London , as far east as Edmonton , as far west as Pinner and as far north as Watford Junction and Chipping Barnet . Bus routes are: Brent Street : 83, 183, 240, N5, N83 Hendon Central Circus : 83, 113, 143, 186, 324, 326, N5, N83, N113 The Burroughs : 125, 143, 183, 326 West Hendon Broadway : 32, 83, 142, 183, N5, N16, N83 Brent Cross Cricklewood Brent Cross Cricklewood
268-472: A fire in 1861. Brent Street had a parish pump , which was in disrepair in 1818 owing to the numerous thirsty travellers using the road, and from 1796 there was a cage for criminals (removed in 1883), which stood at the junction of Brent Street and Bell Lane and is now commemorated by a blue plaque . By the 1850s there were at least 13 shops in Brent Street. Congregationalists built a chapel (1855) and
335-477: A further 1,500 had been passed. Thus the district developed, and the area around the station became an important shopping centre for Hendon. Brent Street was part of a northern route out of London, and at the Quadrant a seven-mile stone – the last piece of physical evidence for the road – is set into a wall. Much of the original small hamlet in Brent Street, which had been there since at least 1613, burned down in
402-600: A new timetable in which the shopping centre expansion would come later in the development. Construction began in 2020, with the first residential buildings planned to complete in 2024. In 2003, planning permission for a 27,000 sq m extension to the shopping centre alone was rejected by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister , because of its over reliance on car transport, and because sentiment had moved away from "out-of-town" shopping centres – which Brent Cross
469-455: A priest, and a church building was documented in 1157. The oldest fabric of the present church is 13th century. The 50 ft tower (c1450) was much restored in the 18th century when the weathercock in the form of a "Lamb and Flag", the badge of St John, was added. However, the church is dedicated to St Mary, an enigma that defies local historians to this day. It may be a sign of the (heretical) cult of Mary Magdalene said to have been promoted by
536-548: A public park, with rumours of a secret tunnel. A number of picturesque 18th- and 19th-century houses survive. The Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ established the Convent of St Joseph, in 1882, and had added a school by 1900. Hendon Town Hall was built in 1900 from designs by T. H. Watson . Hendon's first proper fire station (1914) was built to designs by A. Welch , and superseded another close by in Church End . Next to
603-514: A school in New Brent Street (1856), which later moved and became Bell Lane Board School (1901). Tenby House is the last of three large properties that were built between Finchley Lane and Victoria Road. The Victoria Estate was developed around Victoria and Stratford Roads in the 1870s and 1880s. The cricketer and footballer Denis Compton was brought up here and lived in 47 Alexandra Road, attending Bell Lane Primary School.New Brent Street
670-581: A significant Irish community in this area. Another pub, the Midland Hotel , close to Hendon station, was opened in 1890 by The Midland Railway Company to provide liquid refreshment for commuters using the Midland Railway. At the time when both of these pubs were open The Midland Arms ( The Claddagh Ring ) was known as The Upper Midland and The Midland Hotel was known as The Lower Midland. The Irish connection with Hendon goes back at least to
737-446: Is a new town centre development under construction in Hendon and Cricklewood , London , United Kingdom . The development is planned to cost around £4.5 billion to construct and will include 6,700 homes, workspace for 25,000 people, four parks, transport improvements and a 592,000 sq ft (55,000 m ) extension of Brent Cross Shopping Centre . The developers of the scheme are Hammerson and Standard Life . Construction
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#1732775893132804-486: Is home to rugby union club Saracens F.C. based at Copthall , and is also home to Middlesex University . It is represented in parliament by its namesake constituency which also includes Edgware and Mill Hill . The name means the high place or down, and Hendon's motto is Endeavour . Hendon was historically a civil parish in the hundred of Gore , county of Middlesex . The manor is described in Domesday (1087), but
871-402: Is now located. The Poor Law workhouse ceased to be operational when 'Hendon Union Workhouse' opened in 1835, in what was then 'Red Hill' and is now Burnt Oak . With the foundation of a Local Board in 1879, the buildings were later used as offices. In this same period, three religious institutions were established. The first was a Methodist chapel in 1827, which was reached by the footpath of
938-442: Is now part of Middlesex University . Hendon War Memorial was unveiled on St George's Day , 23 April 1922, and was moved to its present location in 1962. West Hendon Broadway is part of the arterial A5 road (or Edgware Road ), which was Watling Street during Roman Britain . In the 18th century two public houses named "Welsh Harp" were built, giving the popular nickname of the nearby Brent Reservoir . Hendon railway station
1005-572: Is the Greyhound pub, which was rebuilt in 1898. Originally called the Church House, it was used for vestry meetings from the 1600s to 1878. In 1676 the inn, by then known as the Greyhound , burned down in a fire. In 1855 a fire brigade was established, renamed the Hendon volunteer fire brigade in 1866, and a manual fire engine was kept in a building near the church. Further west, adjacent to
1072-459: The Greyhound pub, is the oldest building in Hendon, a 17th-century farmhouse which became the former Church Farmhouse Museum (1955–2011), now part of the campus of nearby Middlesex University . The Claddagh Ring pub, originally known as The Midland Arms , in Church Road, Hendon, is somewhat more than nine miles from Athenry (see photo). The sign is genuinely Irish, giving pleasure to
1139-701: The Midland Main Line , followed by the London Underground further east under the name Hendon Central in 1923. Brent Street emerged as its commercial centre by the 1890s. A social polarity was developed between the uphill areas of Hendon and the lowlands around the railway station. Hendon is located by numerous arterial roads, namely the A41 , A406 (North Circular) , the A1 and the M1 motorway . Today Hendon
1206-418: The West End , Croydon , Kingston upon Thames and Bromley . In 2013 it was reported that it received 14 million visitors a year. It was ranked the UK's 9th best shopping centre in 2019 by GlobalData . The original three department stores when Brent Cross opened – Fenwick , John Lewis and Marks & Spencer – remain at the site. The former two have anchored the shopping centre since the beginning. By
1273-493: The 1860s, and by the end of the 19th century the estate saw further development by C.F. Hancock, including houses. On Parson Street, St Swithans was for many years a convent and training house of the Sisters of Nazareth . It is now a Jewish School. Further north is Holders Hill House, now Hasmonean High School . This busy area around a major road junction contains parades of shops and Hendon Central Underground station . Before
1340-420: The 18th century, some of the immediate estate surrounding Hendon Place was auctioned off for large houses, with much of the land being used for building other mansions. Of these, Hendon Hall (later a hotel owned by Hand Picked Hotels but now demolished), built in 1756 at the corner of Ashley Lane, was the last remaining and perhaps the best known. The suggestion that David Garrick , the actor, lived here while he
1407-517: The 1930s). In December 1969, planning permission was granted for the development of a new shopping precinct on Brent Street to be called Sentinel Square, at a cost of £1.5 million, and within a year the old Rose and Crown pub, the Classic Cinema (once called the Gala), and a number of shops had been replaced with a collection of modernist shops and a Tesco supermarket. The Odeon at the Quadrant
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#17327758931321474-584: The 1990s, the centre was facing increasing competition from other large out-of-town shopping centres in the region, such as the Lakeside Shopping Centre . Work to extend the centre was begun in 1994 and was completed by 1996, giving it a capacity for 120 stores as well as a new multi-storey car park, replacing the older one, which added 2,000 new spaces. In addition, the low ceiling inside was replaced by glass to let more natural light in. On 14 December 1991, four explosive devices were planted in
1541-402: The 2011 census in Hendon ward, 60% of the population was white, with White British the largest group at 35%, followed by 25% Other White. 17% was Indian, 7% Black African, 5% Other Asian and 4% Chinese. Hendon has a high Jewish population. The West Hendon ward is more diverse with over half of the population being of minority ethnic heritage. Hendon is served by Hendon Central tube station on
1608-640: The 21st century, and the ruins of the shopping centre are used as a local market for the anarchist enclave of Norlonto ('North London Town'). Hendon Hendon is an urban area in the London Borough of Barnet , northwest London 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Charing Cross . Hendon was an ancient manor and parish in the county of Middlesex and a former borough , the Municipal Borough of Hendon ; it has been part of Greater London since 1965. Hendon falls almost entirely within
1675-596: The Edgware Branch of the Northern line (Zone 3/4 on the London Underground network) and by Hendon railway station on National Rail 's Thameslink service . Numerous minicab companies operate within Hendon. The main routes that go through Hendon are the A1 (Great North Road); A41 (North Western Avenue), also at various stretches called Hendon Way and Watford Way as well as the A406 ( North Circular Road );
1742-711: The Environment Agency warned residents of flooding along the River Brent from Hendon to Brentford , after a day of notably heavy rain. Several premises were temporarily flooded in Brentford and Perivale . There are two large public parks, Hendon Park in the south and Sunny Hill Park in the north; the latter is separated by the A41 trunk road from the Copthall complex and its adjacent fields. According to
1809-622: The London Borough of Barnet. In 1976, Brent Cross Shopping Centre was built and opened at the southern end of Hendon, to the north of the North Circular Road . Hendon and District Archaeological Society has found a number of interesting Roman artifacts at Church End but nothing conclusive, and the Saxon settlement near to St Mary's Church may not be a continuation of its Roman predecessor. The Domesday Survey mentions
1876-766: The NW4 postcode, while the West Hendon part falls in NW9. Colindale to the northwest was once considered part of Hendon but is today separated by the M1 motorway . The district is most famous for the London Aerodrome which later became the RAF Hendon ; from 1972 the site of the RAF station was gradually handed over to housing development and to the RAF Museum . The railways reached Hendon in 1868 with Hendon station on
1943-663: The Templars and their successors. Eastern extensions carried out between 1913–15 to designs by architect Temple Moore have greatly expanded the church. Sir Stamford Raffles , founder of Singapore in 1819, died at his home in nearby Mill Hill and is buried in the church. Another grave of distinction in the churchyard is that of football manager Herbert Chapman who had great success in charge of Northampton Town , Leeds City , Huddersfield Town and finally Arsenal before his sudden death from pneumonia in 1934. Bram Stoker may well have had St Mary's graveyard in mind when he created
2010-625: The West Hendon housing area, further north on the A5 road , has been dealt with separately. The Brent Cross developers are the owners of Brent Cross shopping centre ( Hammerson and Standard Life Investments . Barnet Council owns the freehold of the shopping centre, and much of the land to the south of the North Circular Road. In March 2008 the developers presented and published a new planning application, partly in outline and without
2077-646: The White Bear, which was so-called from 1736, and was rebuilt in 1932. Here, the ' leet courts ', based on feudal tradition, were held as late as 1916, to ensure the rights of the Lord of the Manor to control the increasingly emancipated peasantry, to punish transgressors, and to fix ' Quit-Rent ' for those who had built on manorial land and wastes. By 1697 the inn was the location for Hendon's Whitsun fair . Originally an un-chartered hiring fair for local hay farmers, it
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2144-510: The area formed a popular retail district during this time. West Hendon was devastated by a Luftwaffe bomb in 1941. To the north, the Hyde was the site of Hendon's courthouse opening in 1913 and an open-air swimming pool build by 1922. In 1925 Duple Coachbuilders opened a factory here and were one of the largest employers in Hendon with 800 workers. The coachbuilders even named one of its products "Hendonian". This factory closed in 1970. During
2211-587: The area. The local planning authority's estimate of "29,100 additional vehicles" (for a 12-hour weekday period) has been a mobilising issue for local environmental, transport and residential groups, in their opposition to the planned redevelopment. The plans were jointly promoted by the Greater London Authority , the major land owners, developers and the local authority, and became Supplementary Planning Guidance, and incorporated into Barnet's Unitary Development Plan . Since then, redevelopment of
2278-416: The centre a "futuristic concept", and its features such as the indoor fountain and air conditioning were noted. Richard Hyman, a retail analyst, said that Brent Cross's significance "can't be overstated. Before Brent Cross there was nothing like it." Upon opening, Brent Cross had 75 stores and was open until late every weekday despite the mid-1970s UK recession. Brent Cross was unusual at the time in that it
2345-421: The civil parish of Edgware was abolished and its area was added to the great civil parish of Hendon. This meant Hendon covered everywhere from Edgware and Mill Hill down to Golders Green, Childs Hill and Hampstead Garden Suburb . Hendon became an urban district in 1894. In 1932 the urban district became the Municipal Borough of Hendon . The municipal borough was abolished in 1965 and the area became part of
2412-571: The coming of the Underground the area was just open fields. The station opened in 1923, built at the junction of the new Watford Way and a road from Brent Street to the Midland Railway station at West Hendon. A large roundabout was built in front of the station and shops and offices were built. London Electric railways referred to it as the Piccadilly Circus of North West London. During 1923, 687 houses, etc. had been built and plans for
2479-611: The development area, formally objected. Although the planning application stresses the importance of walking, cycling and public transport, specialist organisations such as the London Cycling Campaign and the Campaign for Better Transport also objected. Local residents and Friends of the Earth objected to the proposals for a new waste facility on the edge of the development and a coalition of objectors Coalition for
2546-533: The development public in October 2006. Planning proposals for the development were submitted to Barnet London Borough Council on 25 March 2008. In March 2009 Mayor of London Boris Johnson signalled his support in principle to the development, subject to certain concerns regarding the design, social housing and transport links being addressed. The scheme received outline planning permission from Barnet London Borough Council on 20 November 2009. On 16 March 2010
2613-594: The development. Preparatory works, such as demolition of the old industrial estate, water supply and drainage, began in 2020. The Exploratory Park, a new public park, opened in August 2020. In October 2020, the developers Argent Related released their plans for the new town, including facilities for sport and play, pedestrian-friendly routes and being a net zero carbon town by 2030. The first residential buildings are planning to finish construction in 2024. An investment of around £500 million in transport infrastructure
2680-561: The doors and here is prettiness and femininity – just as soulless and just as commercialised as the filth outside, but a veritable perfumed nirvana. Brent Cross quickly became a popular attraction for people in London and the South East, and a blueprint for shopping centres across Europe. Despite its age and dated appearance, it has remained a popular retail centre ever since. It was ranked as London's 5th largest retail centre in 2005, behind
2747-426: The early 19th century when many of that country came here to make the hay, for which Hendon was then famous. The Burroughs was a distinct hamlet until the 1890s, and appears on an 1873 Ordnance Survey map of the area. The name, known from 1316 until the 19th century as 'the burrows', doubtless refers to the keeping of rabbit warrens . There was an inn and brew-house by the 16th century for travellers, very possibly
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2814-616: The fictional "Kingstead", the uneasy resting place of Lucy Westenra , in his book Dracula . However, St Mary's graveyard is also the resting place of a more benign spirit, Coventry Patmore 's wife Emily, the model for the poem The Angel in the House (1854), and upon whom the Victorian ideal of domesticity "the Angel of the Hearth" is based. Adjacent to the church at the top of Greyhound Hill
2881-523: The last two have a junction that is called the Brent Cross flyover and is known as a traffic blackspot. Further north is the site of Hendon Aerodrome in an area of Hendon now known as Colindale . It was famous for the first airmail delivery; the first parachute descent from a powered aircraft; the first night flights; and, from RAF Hendon during World War II the RAF provided the first aerial defence of
2948-557: The name 'Hendun' – meaning 'at the highest hill' – is of earlier origin. Evidence of Roman settlement was discovered by members of the Hendon and District Archaeological Society and others; an urn burial of a headless child was found in Sunny Hill Park . The Midland Railway and the Great Northern Railways were built through Hendon in the 1860s. The underground ( Northern line ) arrived at Golders Green to
3015-737: The required transport assessment which was to follow shortly. When that appeared in November 2008 Barnet Council extended the deadline for comments and objections. (A planning application of this size requires the approval of the local borough and the Mayor of London, and can also be reviewed by the Secretary of State for the Environment). The Greater London Authority 's report included criticisms and challenges from Transport for London . The London boroughs of Brent and Camden , whose roads border
3082-464: The same name. The second was a Roman Catholic chapel, later called Our Lady of Dolours (1863, remodelled 1927). There were a handful of shops nearby by the 1880s. The modern Methodist chapel, designed by Welch & Lander, was built in 1937. Grove House (or Hendon Grove), built before 1753, was a private psychiatric hospital by 1900; it was demolished in 1933, having already lost much of its original frontage for building. The remaining estate became
3149-716: The shopping centre by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). The bombs were discovered and defused before they could be detonated. On 6 November 2012, six people on three motorbikes entered the shopping centre and smashed the windows at jewellers Fraser Hart. An estimated £2 million worth of jewellery was stolen. Brent Cross shopping centre was planned to be extended as a part of the Brent Cross Cricklewood regeneration scheme. The John Lewis and Fenwick Department stores were to remain in their current location, Marks & Spencer
3216-484: The shopping centre complex has been deemed "hostile" in modern times. The Brent Cross Cricklewood regeneration scheme aims to improve the local environment, and a new Brent Cross West Thameslink station opened in December 2023. The interior of the shopping centre was featured in the 1994 film London by Patrick Keiller . It shows the former large fountain and stained glass on the roof, which were removed in 1996. It
3283-691: The shopping centre. There would be more shops (retaining the old shopping centre), but also extensive new housing and offices, and attempts would also be made to regenerate West Hendon and Cricklewood . The document stated that, It is forecast that the land use proposals within the Framework will generate 132,800 new person trips per 12-hour weekday into the area, including 29,100 additional vehicles. An additional 35,800 passengers per day will arrive by bus and 28,900 passengers will arrive by rail or underground. Walking and cycle journeys will be shorter in distance and many of these will be made entirely within
3350-401: The site of The Load of Hay ) is said to have been built in 1713. It is believed it had been a lodge for drovers bringing cattle up to London, and it was known as Albert Cottage until 1923. Near to Brent Green was Goodyers House (demolished in 1934), named after an important Hendon family. Where Goodyers House was is now a cul-de-sac called Goodyers Gardens with about 10 or 11 houses. Number 11
3417-516: The south in 1907, the line being extended to Hendon Central, Colindale and Edgware in 1923–24. Much of the area developed into a suburb of London and now the area is mostly built-up with some countryside in the Mill Hill area, such as the Copthall playing fields. Hendon's industry was mostly centred on manufacturing, and included motor and aviation works, and developed from the 1880s. In 1931
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#17327758931323484-410: The then Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government John Denham issued a 'stop notice' directing Barnet London Borough Council not to grant planning permission to Brent Cross Cricklewood without specific authorisation. In June 2010 it was announced that the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles would not be recommending the holding of a public inquiry for
3551-550: The town hall is Hendon Library , built in 1929 to designs by T. M. Wilson . It was considerably rebuilt internally during 1972–3 and 2003–4. Eileen Colwell , the pioneer children's librarian, worked for many years at Hendon from the 1930s. Between 1937 and 1939, the Middlesex County Council built 'Hendon Technical Institute' (designed by (H. W. Burchett), which became 'Hendon College', then in 1973 an Institute of technology called 'Hendon Polytechnic', and it
3618-507: The whole scheme was put on hold in July 2018. The Brent Cross bus station is adjacent to the shopping centre and is served by 14 different day bus routes with links throughout North London and to West London, the West End, and Hertfordshire. The shopping centre is surrounded by a "spaghetti junction" of trunk roads typical from the time it was built. As a result, pedestrian access to and from
3685-620: Was lord of the manor (1765–1779) is without foundation. A small obelisk in the hotel garden dedicated to William Shakespeare and David Garrick originally stood in Manor Hall Road until 1957. A ceiling painting by Tiepolo , Olympia and the Four Continents , was uncovered in 1954, and is now in the Met; but two other large ceiling paintings are still in the house. A Mr. Somerville laid out Waverley Grove and Tenterden Grove in
3752-437: Was also renowned for dancing and country sports, and was immortalised in the lines of a song of the 1810s: There was cockfighting during the 1820s, and horse racing in the 1860s; by this time, haymakers were usually contracted directly from Ireland . From 1735 until 1934 a poorhouse with six cottages used to house older parishioners (and sometimes wrongly called ' alms-houses ') stood where Quadrant Close (occupied by 1936)
3819-460: Was also used to film the music video for "The Love Within", by the indie rock band Bloc Party , in 2015. The carpark of the shopping centre was used as a filming location for the 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies . The shopping centre was also featured in Ken MacLeod 's science-fiction novel The Star Fraction . The action takes place in a balkanized UK , in the middle of
3886-562: Was built on an undeveloped site rather than in a traditional town centre. The centre was built on a "concrete island" surrounded by the Brent Cross flyovers and the busy North Circular Road , but the centre's offering inside is what drew customers to it. The New Society magazine wrote about the centre in 1978: The massive and featureless rectangles of the Brent Cross Shopping Centre... come as no surprise. They are just as hideous as everything else. But step through
3953-456: Was considered to be. Brent Cross has been designated by the Mayor of London in his London Plan as a 'proposed opportunity area'. In a renewed effort to improve the area, the London Borough of Barnet approved a "Brent Cross, Cricklewood and West Hendon Development Framework" plan in 2004. This was to redevelop the whole Brent Cross district on both sides of the North Circular Road, not just
4020-497: Was developed by Hammerson and opened by the then Prince of Wales , now King Charles III , on 2 March 1976. The road adjacent to the shopping centre bears the name Prince Charles Drive to this day. It was the first out-of-town and American-style indoor shopping centre in the country, with its construction taking 19 years to complete at a cost of £20 million. While the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre in London predates it, that
4087-440: Was not considered to be a fully covered building. The scheme was strongly supported by the local authority of Barnet , but strongly opposed by local traders in Hendon . The centre started out with 800,000 sq ft (74,320 m) of retail space on a 52-acre (21 ha) site. Upon its recession -era opening in 1976, Brent Cross was praised by the public bringing a bold American-style concept to Britain. A local newspaper called
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#17327758931324154-619: Was opened in 1868 soon followed by Welsh Harp railway station , by the Midland Railway . This new district developed around the A5 and Hendon rail station became known as New Hendon by the 1880s. West Hendon Broadway was served by the Metropolitan Electric Tramways from 1904, which ran from Cricklewood to Edgware on the A5 and later extended northwards to Canons Park and southwards to Acton . Eventually
4221-496: Was opened in 1939 at what had been Cook's Corner in Parson Street. It was pulled down in 1979 and the site redeveloped for housing. Salisbury Plain is a piece of wasteland in front of The Load of Hay (a pub demolished in 2004), where animals destined for Smithfield were penned overnight. There is a small collection of 18th-century houses along Shirehall Lane, two with fire plaques. Penfold House in Brent Street (not far from
4288-468: Was planned to start in 2018 and be completed in 2021–22, but in March 2018 a delay was announced to January 2019. In July 2018 it was reported that the shopping centre would be delayed indefinitely. In March 2019, the government granted over £300 million to Brent Council to deliver the new station and other infrastructure necessary for the development. In November 2019, the developers and the council agreed
4355-595: Was the address of the local police office in 1855 (a later station, next to the Post Office at the corner of Brampton Grove and dating from 1884, was demolished in 2002). Christ Church was opened in October 1881 as a chapel of ease for St. Mary's, becoming a parish church in 1923. During the 20th century, a number of small factories were established in the area. The largest was Tilley Lamps Ltd (1915 to 1961), which employed around 300 people and manufactured pressure paraffin lamps (rather charmingly called Aladdin lamps in
4422-695: Was the main house when Goodyers House was still standing. Hendon Park was laid out on Step Fields, part of the Goodyers House estate, and was opened as Queen's Park in 1903. In July 1940, there was a particularly large propaganda rally held in Hendon Park – "Rout the Rumour". Hendon House was home to John Norden , a 16th-century cartographer, but was demolished and replaced with Hendon School. Famous alumni include Peter Mandelson , Rabbi Lionel Blue , and author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala . Hendon peaks at an elevation of about 85 metres (279 ft) around Church End, with surrounding areas going downhill, often steeply. The River Brent runs through Hendon. On 30 November 2009
4489-463: Was to move to a new location on the extended site, the bus station was to be relocated, and new parks, a "living bridge" across the North Circular Road and a cinema were all planned, along with new multi-storey car parks (with the existing surface carparks to be used for the shopping centre extension). Outline planning permission was achieved in 2010, and preparatory site clearance started in early 2018. Construction had been expected to start in 2018, but
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