82-639: Roe Green Park is a park in the London Borough of Brent , northwest London, England. The Barn Hill Conservation Group maintain the Roe Green walled garden that is within the park. Roe Green Village was built between 1918 and 1920, using Prussian /German prisoners of war as cheap labour after World War I . The park was incorporated and thus taken under council control between 1935 and 1938. This now much used park in Kingsbury came about because of
164-621: A 1000-yard stretch of road (High Road). In 1971 the High Road was seen as being the 11th best place to shop in London. However, it had fallen to 24th place by 1987. Ealing Road remains important as a centre of South Asian jewellery and gold shops, attracting people from as far afield as Leicester , but otherwise the focus of shopping has shifted north and east to the more recent development of London Designer Outlet in Wembley Park , which
246-509: A car park were constructed on a concrete raft over the railway. The retail centre of Wembley (the High Road and north end of Ealing Road) has suffered from chronic traffic congestion and from the opening of neighbouring purpose-built shopping centres, first Brent Cross Shopping Centre in the 1970s and later the Harrow and Ealing Broadway shopping centres. Following continuing decline, Wembley had become unattractive and increasingly derelict by
328-415: A choice, 47.71% described themselves as Christian , 17.71% as Hindu , 12.26% as Muslim and 10% as having no religion . Among residents, 39.96% were in full-time employment and 7.86% in part-time employment – compared to a London average of 42.64% and 8.62%, respectively. Narrowly most residents included an owner-occupier in their household, with 23.17% of households owning their house outright, and
410-638: A clubhouse. Wembley is a short distance away from the Welsh Harp reservoir and open space, created in the early 19th century by damming the River Brent to provide water for the Grand Union Canal . Wembley is made up of six wards: Wembley Central , Alperton , Tokyngton , Barnhill, Preston and Sudbury . The town takes up the south-western quarter of the borough of Brent, being west of Harlesden and Willesden and south of Kenton . It
492-514: A further 31.33% owning with a mortgage. 10.59% were in local authority housing , with a further 13.29% renting from a housing association , or other registered social landlord. The 2021 census found that the borough has England and Wales's lowest proportion of people born in the UK, at 43.9%. The borough of Brent is extremely ethnically diverse, having changed greatly since 1951. In the 2011 census, those who identified as White British made up 18% of
574-575: A landmark for German bombers, but the concrete base of one of the masts can still be seen in Roe Green Park. A plaque to commemorate Baird's work here was unveiled next to this by Wembley History Society in the 1950s, which was moved to the Veterans' Club after damage by vandals. The park was in the news headlines in February 2002 when the fire-blistered body of an 18-year-old Sri Lankan man
656-608: A long planning and redevelopment process dogged by a series of funding problems and construction delays, the new stadium finally opened its doors in March 2007. Wembley Hill station was renamed 'Wembley Complex' in May 1978, before getting its present name of ' Wembley Stadium ' in May 1987. Wembley was also served by tram (route 62) and later trolleybus (route 662) which ran through the Harrow Road from Sudbury to Paddington until
738-548: A mixture of residential, industrial and commercial land. Wembley National Stadium is in the borough; on match days the fire safety of over 90,000 people falls to the London Fire Brigade. The Wembley station covers the largest area in the borough, 19.1 km (7.4 sq mi). Two pumping appliances, a fire rescue unit and an aerial ladder platform are based there. Willesden, for its more typical area covered (10.5 km (4.1 sq mi)), responded to over
820-617: A new joint main line with the Great Western Railway began. Local passenger services from London Marylebone were added from March 1906, when new stations were opened, including 'Wembley Hill', next to what later became the site of Wembley Stadium – the national stadium of English sport – which opened for the FA Cup Final of April 1923, remaining open for 77 years until it closed for reconstruction in October 2000. After
902-499: A new unit in the redeveloped Central Square. Purpose-built Brent Civic Centre near the stadium was completed in 2013, with all Brent administration moving to this complex. As a result, other offices were closed. The Chesterfield House block on Park Lane that was used as council offices, built in the 1960s replacing a Methodist church that moved further down the road, was demolished in 2017 and replaced by 21 and 26 storey blocks of apartments. Brent House, an office complex on High Road,
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#1732780509341984-523: A petition calling for Wembley to regain its independence or else join with the London Borough of Harrow with which it had historic administrative links, had better transport integration and had shared common suburban interests. The 1994, the Boundary Commission considered this, and other requests, considering a wide range of options including restoring independence to the districts, or joining them to different neighbouring boroughs – an option
1066-489: A separate civil parish from 1894, incorporated as a municipal borough of Middlesex in 1937. In 1965, when local government in London was reformed , the area merged with the Municipal Borough of Willesden , which was separated by the River Brent , to create the London Borough of Brent , one of the 32 local government districts of Greater London. The estate of Wembley Park was largely pleasure grounds when
1148-672: A thousand incidents in 2006/2007. Two pumping appliances reside there. Park Royal, with its one pumping appliance and an incident response unit covers 8.1 km (3.1 sq mi). Within the borough, 4,105 incidents occurred in 2006/2007. Like most of northwest London, Brent is served extensively by the London Underground . 21 tube stations are located in Brent, all served by either the Metropolitan, Jubilee, Bakerloo or Piccadilly Lines. All of them are surface level, with
1230-672: Is a sales channel for 15 European countries, is in Brent Civic Centre in Wembley Park. Wembley has two local non-League football clubs, Wembley F.C. and South Kilburn F.C. , that both play at Vale Farm stadium in nearby Sudbury . Nearby is Vale Farm Sports Centre. There once were two golf clubs in Wembley. Wembley Golf Club, founded in 1896, was situated north of the Metropolitan Railway line in what
1312-486: Is about the singer's childhood, and includes the lyric "I hear my mamma call/In Kingsbury Park". 51°35′13″N 0°16′16″W / 51.587°N 0.271°W / 51.587; -0.271 London Borough of Brent Brent ( / b r ɛ n t / ) is a borough in north-west London , England. It is known for landmarks such as Wembley Stadium , the Swaminarayan Temple and
1394-422: Is adequate rainfall year-round. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is " Cfb ". (Marine West Coast Climate/ Oceanic climate ). Behind Tower Hamlets , Brent has the highest poverty rate in London after housing costs. It was the borough with the highest average unemployment rate in 2022 with 7%. More than one in three households live in poverty, 9% above the London average, and 14% above
1476-598: Is also east of Greenford and Northolt in the neighbouring London Borough of Ealing . The area is identified in the Mayor of London 's London Plan as one of thirty-five major centres in Greater London. Wembley is part of both HA0 and HA9 post codes , and has its own post town. Wembley is known for its high degree of ethnic and religious diversity, and the population includes a large number of people of Asian, Afro-Caribbean and Eastern European origin. According to
1558-506: Is focused on the " Wembley Park " site which includes Wembley Stadium and Wembley Arena , about a mile northeast from Wembley town centre. The Original Wembley Stadium closed in October 2000 and was demolished in 2003. The new Wembley stadium was designed by a consortium including engineering consultant Mott MacDonald and built by the Australian firm Multiplex. It cost £798 million and opened in 2007. Grade II-listed Wembley Arena, now
1640-514: Is integral to and archetypal of the once well-advertised – mainly Middlesex – Metroland . After years of debate, the 1923 stadium was replaced by a modernised stadium with a grand, skyline arch which opened in 2007; it is home to the England national football team , hosts latter and/or final stages of annual competitions such as the FA Cup and has the greatest capacity nationwide. In
1722-681: Is now the Fryent Country Park . The club closed in the late 1920s. Wembley Park Golf Club was founded in 1912 in Sir Edward Watkin 's Wembley Park pleasure gardens, improving on the 9-hole course that had opened, along with Watkin's Wembley Park, in 1896. The course itself became the site of the British Empire Exhibition. The rugby union club, Wasps RFC , was based at Repton Avenue in Sudbury from
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#17327805093411804-555: Is part of the Stadium's complex and also includes a fully pedestrianised street near the Stadium. The regenerations were co-funded by Brent Council to add an attractive shopping destination. The Wembley Sunday Market was a popular market held weekly from the 1970s until 2014 and run by Wendy Fair Markets. The market was ousted by the landowners, Quintain, in favour of the London Designer Outlet development. The market
1886-467: The 1991 census , 49.2% of the Wembley Central ward identified themselves as Asian (39% Indian). The ward along with neighbouring Tokyngton (eastern Wembley) and Alperton were in the top 10 most diverse in London. In the 2001 census , 78.6% of the ward identified themselves as being of black or minority ethnic ( BME ) groups. The White British population of Wembley Central (792 people, 5.3% of
1968-513: The Harrow Road south of it. Much of the surrounding area remained wooded. In 1547 there were but six houses in Wembley. Though small, it was one of the wealthiest parts of Harrow. At the dissolution of the monasteries in 1543, the manor of Wembley fell to Richard Andrews and Leonard Chamberlain , who sold it to Richard Page, Esq. , of Harrow on the Hill , the same year. There was a mill on Wembley Hill by 1673. The Page family continued as lords of
2050-629: The Kiln Theatre . It also contains the Welsh Harp reservoir and the Park Royal commercial estate. The local authority is Brent London Borough Council . Brent's population was estimated to be 339,800 as at 2021. Major districts are Kilburn , Willesden , Wembley and Harlesden , with sub-districts Stonebridge , Kingsbury , Kensal Green , Neasden , and Queen's Park . Brent has a mixture of residential , industrial and commercial land. It includes many districts of inner-city character in
2132-534: The London & Birmingham Railway reached Wembley in the mid-19th century, when the place gained its first church. Slightly south-west of the old core, the main station was originally called Sudbury, but today is known as Wembley Central . By the 1920s, the nearby long High Road hosted a wide array of shops and Wembley was a large suburb of London . Wembley then, within three decades, became an integral outer district of London, in density and contiguity. Wembley formed
2214-404: The London Borough of Camden . Before the 2010 United Kingdom general election it was divided into three constituencies contained wholly within the borough – Brent South , Brent East and Brent North . In 1801, the civil parishes that form the modern borough had a total population of 2,022. This rose slowly throughout the nineteenth century, as the district became built up; reaching 5,646 in
2296-612: The Metropolitan Railway reached this part in 1894. It was chosen to host the British Empire Exhibition in 1924, resulting in the development of landmarks including the Empire Stadium, later known as Wembley Stadium , which became an iconic football stadium. Suburban protection of public parkland and low-to-mid building density of all but high-rise western Wembley Park means most of Wembley
2378-601: The North Circular Road , which passed along the Brent valley, close to the boundary between the two, increased this sense of separation. The clash quickly turned political amid the plans to build Chalkhill Estate , as Wembley was Conservative while Willesden was Labour ; the balance of power between the two parties contributed to the borough council becoming a byword for polarised politics. The unpopularity persisted and in 1989 more than ten thousand people signed
2460-493: The West Coast Main Line ) was opened from London Euston through Wembley to Hemel Hempstead , and completed to Birmingham Curzon Street the following year. The changing names of the local station demonstrated the increasing importance of the 'Wembley' name. 'Sudbury' station opened in 1845, renamed as 'Sudbury and Wembley' in 1882, renamed as 'Wembley for Sudbury' in 1910, renamed as 'Wembley Central' in 1948, at
2542-497: The original Wembley Stadium , remained, but nearly all have now been removed, to make way for redevelopment. Most of the rest of Wembley's housing consists of inter-war semi-detached houses and terraces and of modern apartment blocks, with a significant minority of detached houses. Expansion in the town centre continued. In 1929 the Majestic Theatre was opened, later becoming Odeon Wembley cinema. It closed in 1961 and
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2624-530: The 1920s until 1996. Apart from Wembley's earliest church, which is to St John the Evangelist of 1846 (see above) another listed building is what was Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church built in 1904, designed by Thomas Collcutt and Stanley Hemp. It is made mainly of brick and the design was influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement . It is listed in the initial, mainstream, Grade II category since 1993. It
2706-502: The 1980s. Its factories included Glacier Metals (bearings), Wolf Power Tools, Sunbeam Electrical Appliances, Griffin & George (laboratory equipment) and GEC (whose research laboratories, opened in 1923, were one of the first of their type in the United Kingdom ). What had been Wembley Park hosted the British Empire Exhibition of 1924–1925. Until the 2000s, remnants of the many reinforced concrete buildings, including
2788-490: The 32 London Boroughs. The borough of Willesden had evolved from a local government district created in 1874 for the parish of Willesden. Such districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894 . To coincide with the 1894 Act coming into force, an urban district called Wembley was created, covering the two parishes of Kingsbury and Wembley, the latter being created at
2870-578: The Commission preferred. Wembley and Harrow were felt to be a natural match, and the London Borough of Harrow supported these proposals and called for a boundary rationalisation with Barnet so that the A5 Road (Watling Street) formed the enlarged borough's entire eastern boundary. Willesden was harder to satisfactorily match with a neighbour, with Ealing considered the most natural choice,
2952-579: The England average. Diageo has its head office in Park Royal and in Brent, on a former Guinness brewery property. The brewery was closed in 2004; it had produced beer since 1936. Diageo planned to move its head office to Brent from Central London when the lease on the Central London office expired in 2010. Recycling has been compulsory in Brent since 2008. Brent has three fire stations: Park Royal , Wembley and Willesden . Brent has
3034-746: The Kingsbury Road edge of the park between the swimming pool and the Kingsbury Manor lodge, as emergency housing for families, and it was only around 1960 that local residents could enjoy the use of all of the park again. The pool was closed in 1988 and demolished a few years later, replaced by green pitches. John Logie Baird , the television pioneer, leased the former stables and coach house at Kingsbury Manor in 1928. He employed H. Barton-Chapple to take charge of his experiments there, which included designing and building prototype TV receivers. In May 1929, two 25-metre high masts were erected, and
3116-522: The London Assembly constituency of Brent and Harrow . Wembley formed part of the large ancient parish of Harrow on the Hill in the Gore hundred of Middlesex . In 1894 Wembley was split from Harrow, creating a new parish and urban district . It included Alperton , Preston , North Wembley , South Kenton , Tokyngton , Sudbury , Wembley Park and Northwick Park . The urban district included
3198-588: The SSE Arena, has been sensitively refurbished in keeping with its Art Deco style. In 2004, Brent Council approved a mixed use plan by Buro Happold for the development of 55 acres (223,000 m ) adjacent to the stadium, which was presented by Quintain Limited . Wembley falls within the UK Parliament constituency of Brent North , currently represented by Barry Gardiner MP ( Labour ). It falls within
3280-407: The Wembley Central ward, the unemployment rate stood at 5.3%. Of the 4,380 households, 2,065 of the properties were tenure owned, 1,469 was privately rented and 684 was socially rented from the council. The largest religion was Hinduism (45%) followed by Christianity (25%). The median age was 32. By far the most spoken foreign language was Gujarati . Wembley Central only covers Wembley town centre and
3362-654: The abandonment of the networks. The route is now mostly served by bus route 18 which is also one of the busiest bus routes in all of London today. The 1937-built fire brigade headquarters of Middlesex County Council on Harrow Road, in Moderne style, is now a fire station of the London Fire Brigade . It is statutorily recognised and protected in the initial category, Grade II, of listed building . Wembley, in common with much of northwest London, had an extensive manufacturing industry, but much of it closed in
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3444-518: The borough and separated the former boroughs of Wembley and Willesden. The local authority is Brent Council, which is based at Brent Civic Centre in the Wembley Park area of the borough. Since 2000, for elections to the London Assembly , the borough forms part of the Brent and Harrow constituency. The borough includes three parliamentary constituencies: Brent North , Brent Central and Hampstead and Kilburn , which includes part of
3526-581: The borough's population. 18% identified as other White, 5% were of mixed heritage, those of South Asian heritage comprised about 33%, those of African and Caribbean heritage about 19%, and other ethnic groups about 7%. White ethnicities were relatively high in the wards of Mapesbury (straddling Willesden Green and Cricklewood ), Brondesbury Park, Queen's Park and Kilburn. Black ethnicities in highest proportion were in Stonebridge, Harlesden and Kensal Green wards. Asian ethnicities in highest proportion were in
3608-409: The century's end. However the large Indian community in the town maintained a growing jewellery market with their shops on Ealing Road. A British Army recruitment centre led away from the High Road and came under attack by an IRA bomb in 1990, seeing a soldier die and four people injured (see 1990 Wembley bombing ). The town's regeneration is one of the major development projects in London in
3690-724: The early 21st century the London Designer Outlet pedestrianised plaza was built. Wembley is derived from the Old English proper name "Wemba" and the Old English "lea" for meadow or clearing. The name was first mentioned in the charter of 825 of Selvin. A further instance may be seen in the Plea Rolls of the Common Pleas, as Wambeleye. The village of Wembley grew up on the hill by the clearing with
3772-529: The early 21st century, as specified in the London Plan published by the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone in 2004. A shopping plaza along High Road, an attractive shopping district in the 1950s, suffered slow decline by the 1980s and was therefore poorly maintained. Its Marks & Spencer department store closed in 2005 after 71 years trading. In a bid to reverse Wembley's fortunes, in the mid-2000s plans were created and approved to completely regenerate
3854-493: The east and a more distinct suburban character in the west, part of which formed part of the early 20th century Metroland developments. The London Borough of Brent was created in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963 , covering the combined area of the former Municipal Borough of Wembley and the Municipal Borough of Willesden . The area was transferred from Middlesex to Greater London to become one of
3936-652: The eastern side of Wembley, but only built a station, Wembley Park , in 1894. There are now three physically separate services, the London to Aylesbury Line , the Metropolitan line and the Jubilee line . Only the latter two services have platforms at Wembley Park station. Anne and Frances Copland, who in 1843 inherited Sudbury Lodge and its lands, gave a plot for a church to serve the southern part of Harrow parish. In spite of less support from local farmers, who preferred part of Lord Northwick's property on Wembley Hill,
4018-399: The exception of Kilburn Park tube station in the southeast of the borough. This number is the second highest of all London boroughs behind Westminster, which has 32 stations within its boundaries. The numerous London Underground , London Overground and National Rail stations in the borough are: In March 2011, the plurality of residents aged 16–74 were not in employment, 38.9%. After that,
4100-532: The first international moving picture transmissions, from Berlin in Germany to England, were received here. The following year, the first combined sound and vision signals were received. For many years afterwards the former stables were known as Kingsbury Manor Studio, and are now the home of Kingsbury Veterans' Club. The masts were taken down at the start of the Second World War, as they would have been
4182-610: The largest Jewish school in Europe. There is also an Islamic school called Islamia Primary School founded by Cat Stevens . The following table shows the religious identity of residents residing in Brent according to the 2001, 2011 and the 2021 censuses. According to the House of Commons survey of female genital mutilation , in the year to 31 March 2016, Brent represented the highest number of attendees, by current residence or visiting location, to medical services, at 1,250, 545 more than
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#17327805093414264-612: The least deprived in the borough, especially Barn Hill estate and North Wembley's Sudbury Court Estate. Local news in Wembley is provided by the Brent & Kilburn Times and the Harrow Times in print and online forms. The main shopping area was generally centred on Wembley High Road, Central Square, and Ealing Road. Unlike typical British high streets Wembley does not have a town centre network or pedestrianised high streets, with almost all commercial high street businesses along
4346-459: The local Ratepayers' Association, the Council negotiated with Mr Cloke to purchase some of his other land for a park, and in March 1935 two fields on the south side of Bacon Lane (about 21 acres) were bought for about £27,000, with Middlesex County Council contributing 25% of the money. As the entrance to this new park was from Roe Green, it was given the name "Roe Green Park". While the purchase
4428-521: The main forms of transport to work were: The Borough has three Non-League football clubs: Brent is twinned with: The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Brent. Wembley Wembley ( / ˈ w ɛ m b l i / ) is a large suburb in the London Borough of Brent , north-west London , 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Charing Cross . It includes
4510-406: The main problem being the lack of a focal point, with the industrial areas of Park Royal , Old Oak Common and North Acton forming a relatively ill-connected barrier between the two. The Commission concluded that there was insufficient justification for the disruption caused by the changes, and that such changes should only be considered during a comprehensive review of London's boundaries. Until
4592-430: The manor of Wembley for several centuries and eventually commissioned Humphry Repton (1752–1818) the landscape gardener to design what is now Wembley Park . Wembley Park thus derived its name from Repton's habit of referring to the areas he designed as "parks". The former Barley Mow pub was recorded in 1722 thus was the earliest long-lasting pub of Wembley. In 1837, the London & Birmingham Railway (now part of
4674-508: The mergers occurring during the creation of the modern London boroughs . Reasons for this included the limited road links between the two main areas of Wembley and Willesden (with the A4088 and A404 Harrow Road, the only major road links across the Brent valley boundary), the lack of a focal point or ‘heart’ for the borough and the contrasting characteristics; with Willesden more inner-city in nature, and Wembley more suburban. Widening schemes for
4756-567: The middle of the century. When the railways arrived the rate of population growth increased. The population took five decades to rebound to the more muted peak of the 1950s, when much industry relocated from London, further boosting the speed of the wave of new housing then built. Brent is the most diverse locality in the UK by country of birth. It in 2019 became the only local authority with over 50% of residents, namely 52%, born abroad. Large Asian and Indian, Black African, Black Caribbean, Irish, and Eastern European communities exist. 45 per cent of
4838-467: The neighbourhoods of Alperton , Kenton , North Wembley , Preston , Sudbury , Tokyngton and Wembley Park . The population was 102,856 in 2011. Wembley was for over 800 years part of the parish of Harrow on the Hill in Middlesex . Its heart, Wembley Green, was surrounded by agricultural manors and their hamlets. The small, narrow, Wembley High Street is a conservation area . The railways of
4920-419: The neighbouring parish of Kingsbury until 1901 and again from 1934. In 1937 it was incorporated as the Municipal Borough of Wembley . Wembley Town Hall on Forty Lane, built in 1938, became Brent Town Hall when the municipal boroughs of Wembley and Willesden were amalgamated in 1965 to form the London Borough of Brent and transferred to Greater London . Brent proved to be one of the more unpopular of
5002-625: The next-highest local authority, Bristol . In 2015, the BBC reported that some wards of Brent and four other London boroughs had rates of tuberculosis over ten times the national average, and higher than rates seen in Iraq and Rwanda . This table shows the stated ethnic group of respondents in the 1991 to 2021 censuses and estimates for 1966 and 1981 in Brent. Major districts of Brent include Kilburn , Willesden and Wembley . Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there
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#17327805093415084-437: The nineteenth century, Wembley was rural. In broadest terms Wembley has eight main green spaces, all but the golf course being public (no farms or private parks exist). The formal five are King Edward VII Park, set out in 1914 slightly north of the centre (10.5 hectares), Barham Park (10.5 hectares), One Tree Hill Park, Sudbury Green and Brent River Park / Tokyngton Recreation Ground (20.26 hectares) has been restored, returning
5166-402: The place, carried out by construction company St. Modwen. The first phase, including construction of eighty-five homes, reconstruction of the plaza as a new public square and opening of new retail units including a TK Maxx , was completed in 2009. The rest was completed in phases until 2015 after nine years' time, with additional retail and housing units. The local Argos store also moved to
5248-426: The population was a minority ethnicity in the 1991 census, the most in England at the time. In 1991 17.2% were Indian, 10.2% were Black Caribbean and 9% were Irish. Brent was the only Outer London borough combining high proportions of Indian and Afro-Caribbean ethnicities. The 2001 UK Census found that the borough had a population of 263,464 residents, of whom 127,806 were male, and 135,658 female. Of those stating
5330-432: The population) in the 2011 census makes it the sixth least White British ward in London (seventh in the country). Other ethnicities include 7.0% Other White, 66.2% Asian (46.2% Indian), and 13.9% Black. In 2011, 86% of Wembley Central ward was of BAME background, which is the highest in Brent and 5th highest in Greater London. In Wembley the lowest BAME ward was Northwick Park, 68.8%. The 2011 census also showed that, in
5412-494: The population. It also has the largest Brazilian community in the UK; one of the largest Indian communities; a significant Afro-Caribbean community; and more recent Romanian , Polish and Somali communities. As of 2011, 41.5% identified themselves as Christian, 18.6% Muslim, 17.8% Hindu and 10.6% with no religion. Brent is home of the Neasden Temple , once the largest Hindu Mandir outside India; and JFS ,
5494-412: The rapid growth of suburban housing in this part of the district in the early 1930s. In 1933 the local Council identified a 5-acre (2.0 ha) site on the north side of Kingsbury Road for a park, but this was subject to plans for housing (Manor Close) by the developer, George Cloke. He had moved into Kingsbury Manor in 1929, and bought most of the land of Valley Farm the following year. Under pressure from
5576-571: The river to a more natural course. The informal three are Horsenden Hill , Vale Farm sports ground (30 hectares) and partly horse-grazed Barn Hill (19.9 hectares), east of which is its Kingsbury continuation: Fryent Country Park . Sudbury Golf Course abuts the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, with a towpath running into central London. Sudbury Squash and Tennis Club has outdoor tennis courts, an indoor squash court, and
5658-482: The same time from areas formerly in the ancient parish of Harrow on the Hill . Kingsbury seceded from the Wembley Urban District in 1900 to become its own urban district, but was reunited with the Wembley Urban District in 1934. Willesden was incorporated to become a municipal borough in 1933, as was Wembley in 1937. The modern borough takes its name from the River Brent which runs through
5740-400: The sisters' offer was accepted since they would bear all the cost of building. The church of Saint John the Evangelist, Wembley, designed by George Gilbert Scott and W. B. Moffatt, was consecrated in 1846, in which year Wembley became a parish. It was built of flint with stone dressings, in the Gothic style, and comprised chancel, nave, northeast chapel, and wooden bell turret. A north aisle
5822-422: The time of the Olympic Games . To modernise the service, a new Watford DC line was built alongside the main lines and Bakerloo line trains, and electric trains to Broad Street started in 1917. Electric trains to London Euston began running in 1922. Since 1917, there have been six platforms at what is now Wembley Central station . In 1880, the Metropolitan Railway opened its line from Baker Street through
5904-414: The two fields, the Council wanted to acquire further land, to make the park more accessible from the main shopping centre and Kingsbury Station. After three years of negotiations, they bought the 5-acre (2.0 ha) Westcroft field for £13,750 from another local developer, Henry Higinbotham, in 1938. In the same year, Kingsbury Manor and its 10-acre (4.0 ha) grounds were purchased from George Cloke. This
5986-459: The wards of Alperton, Wembley Central and Kenton. Those who ethnically identify as BAME (Black, Asian and minority Ethnic) was as high as 86% in Wembley Central – one of the highest in London – and most other Brent wards have a majority BAME population. Queen's Park had the lowest BAME proportion, at 37.0%. Brent has the highest proportion of Irish residents in Britain, with 4% of
6068-412: The whole district is represented by five other wards. There are varying levels of social deprivation in the area. Places such as the central area and Chalkhill have had relatively high deprivation, with the latter having been troubled for a long time. In more recent years, regeneration has helped these areas fare better albeit with a higher general cost of living. Some parts of the town meanwhile are among
6150-422: Was a joint purchase with Middlesex County Council, who wanted to use the large, secluded house as a Maternity Hostel for unmarried mothers. The land for the park as it now exists had been acquired, but soon the outbreak of the Second World War meant that all of the park was ploughed up to provide allotments where local people could grow vegetables and fruit. After the war, twenty "pre-fab" bungalows were built along
6232-575: Was added in 1859 and a south aisle in 1900; extensions were made to the west to designs of G. P. Pratt in 1935. It has one church bell. In November 1905, the Great Central Railway (now, in this section, part of the Chiltern Main Line ) opened a new route for fast expresses that by-passed the congested Metropolitan Railway tracks. It ran between Neasden Junction, south of Wembley, and Northolt Junction, west of London, where
6314-681: Was converted into the Central Mosque Wembley in the late 1990s. To the south on Ealing Road is the Shree Sanatan Hindu Mandir , a major mandir opened in 2010. The Catholic church of Saint Joseph , a post-war church, became equally listed in 2016. The Ace Cafe is unusually a transport café, opened in 1938 and re-opening in 1997 after decades of closure. This venue has been used to hold and plan car and bike events by motoring enthusiasts, nationally and internationally. Wembley Point, formerly Station House,
6396-440: Was demolished, replaced by a C&A store (today a Wilko store). Another cinema in the town was an ABC cinema originally opened as The Regal in 1937, on Ealing Road, which operated until 1976. After this it operated for some years as an independent cinema showcasing Bollywood films. The building was demolished in 1987. During the 1960s, rebuilding of Wembley Central station, a block of flats, an open-plan shopping plaza, and
6478-420: Was found there. A year later, four other Sri Lankans – including ring-leader Senthamil Thillainathan – were found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment . Senthamil had also murdered another man in an axe attack in nearby Wembley eight months earlier. The video for the 2004 single "Round Here" from George Michael 's fifth solo album, Patience , features several clips of Roe Green Park. The song
6560-669: Was going through, Wembley Urban District Council decided to use part of the park fronting Kingsbury Road as the site for an open air swimming pool . In 1936 and 1937 Roe Green Park was used as the venue for a week-long Carnival and Fete to raise money for Wembley Hospital (which was run by a charity in these days before the National Health Service ) and also for brass band concerts on summer Sunday evenings, but these events were transferred to Silver Jubilee Park when work started on building Kingsbury Swimming Pool in 1938. The Olympic-sized pool opened in May 1939. After buying
6642-401: Was sold by the council sold Brent House to a developer called Henley Homes who demolished the building and also replaced it with residential apartments. Mahatma Gandhi House on Wembley Hill Road, another council office block, was also sold off. The listed Brent Town Hall was also disposed and became a French school, Lycée International de Londres Winston Churchill . The regeneration project
6724-590: Was then set up at the former Unisys tower near Stonebridge Park station before it was closed within a year by the council citing traffic disruption. IKEA Wembley is in the Brent Park retail area near North Circular Road, Neasden . It opened in 1988 and was the Swedish retailer's second store in the UK after the initial store in Warrington . The Air France-KLM European Sales and Service Centre, which
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