49-561: Wealdstone ( / ˈ w iː l d s t oʊ n / ) is a district located in the centre of the London Borough of Harrow , England. It is located just north of Harrow town centre and is south of Harrow Weald , west of Belmont and Kenton , and east of Headstone . The area accommodates most of Harrow's industrial and business designated land. Wealdstone was the location of the Kodak Harrow factory; it closed in 2016. Wealdstone
98-480: A Music Service which provides instrumental tuition for 15% of all Harrow state sector pupils (the national figure is 8% of all state pupils receiving instrumental tuition) and a range of ensemble opportunities for pupils. The independent schools of the Borough are dominated by the presence of Harrow School and John Lyon School for boys and North London Collegiate School for girls which consistently rank as among
147-578: A car or van, 1.6%. Harrow is twinned with: A coat of arms was granted to Harrow Urban District Council in 1938. Supporters to the arms were granted in 1954, when the urban district was incorporated as a municipal borough. The municipal borough became the London Borough of Harrow in 1965, with unaltered boundaries, and thus the council retained use of the arms. The arms are also used by Harrow Borough F.C. The motto reads as "Salus Populi Suprema Lex" which translates from Latin as "The well-being of
196-408: A handful of large tertiary colleges. For a long time the secondary schools of Harrow did not feature integrated sixth form education, with all school leavers having to join the tertiary colleges such as Harrow College and Stanmore College , or the faith-based St Dominic's Sixth Form College . The tertiary system was implemented in 1987 after years of discussions and delays, with Harrow becoming
245-476: A home stadium of their own, Wealdstone FC is now based nearby in Ruislip , having abandoned plans to relocate within the borough of Harrow at Prince Edward Fields, Canons Park , now the home stadium of Barnet FC . Former players include Stuart Pearce , Vinnie Jones and Jermaine Beckford . Wealdstone is the youngest ward in the borough of Harrow. It is also the most deprived part of the borough. According to
294-618: A petition to save the station. However, opponents were unsuccessful and the station was closed. Wealdstone formerly had the highest crime rate in the borough, as the town suffered from antisocial behaviour and drug crime, higher than the borough's average. However, the Wealdstone Antisocial Behaviour Partnership (WASP), started by the Metropolitan Police to tackle crime in the town in 2010, saw impressive results with crime figures below
343-407: A subsequent failure to raise enough funds to build a new one, the club moved to Elstree in 2011. Harrow also had a professional rugby league team when London Broncos played at The Hive Stadium in 2014 and 2015. The club relocated to Ealing from 2016 onwards. The borough is often perceived as having a good educational record, and features many state-funded primary and secondary schools as well as
392-665: A world food zone and outside radio broadcast. Faith in Harrow (2021) Harrow is the most religiously diverse local authority area in the UK, with a 62% chance that two random people are from different religions, according to Office for National Statistics, October 2006. According to the 2011 census, 25.3% of Harrow's population identified themselves as Hindu - the highest in the UK. A large number of Jewish people live in Stanmore and Hatch End . The Stanmore and Canons Park Synagogue boasts
441-540: Is a London borough in northwest London , England ; it forms part of Outer London . It borders four other London boroughs – Barnet to the east of ancient Watling Street (now the A5 road) , Brent to the southeast, Ealing to the south and Hillingdon to the west and the Hertfordshire districts of Three Rivers and Hertsmere to the north. The local authority is Harrow London Borough Council . The London borough
490-451: Is a diverse borough, having 63.8% of its population from the BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) communities, with the largest group being of Indian ethnicity (specifically those from Gujarat and South India ). The borough can also claim to have the largest concentration of Sri Lankan Tamils in the UK and Ireland as well as having the highest density of Gujarati Hindus in the UK. Wards with
539-737: Is a major centre of the British skateboarding scene and draws visitors from all over the country. In 1903, Wealdstone FC played at the College Farm ground situated in Locket Road, then later played in Belmont Road before moving in 1922 to Lower Mead , which was located behind the Dominion/ABC cinema (now closed) on Station Road, prior to its controversial sale to Tesco for retail development in 1991. After many years of without
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#1732780962269588-607: Is centred on the High Street, and much traffic is bypassed from here by the George Gange Way flyover built in 1996. Its western boundary is formed by Harrow View, across which Headstone Manor lies, whereas on the east is Byron Park and the Belmont Trail . Harrow & Wealdstone station and the council offices are located at its southern end. The eponymous Weald Stone is a sarsen stone , positioned to mark
637-470: The Brent and Harrow constituency. Its site on and near the green belt and ease of access to central London (20 minutes by train to Marylebone and 12 minutes to Euston via West Midlands Trains ) make Harrow a convenient place to live. Rising property prices in all London areas have helped to see a large increase in property redevelopment of its existing Edwardian and 1920s to 1940s housing stock. Harrow
686-616: The London Borough of Sutton 's 35.1% (highest proportion nationally) and Bournemouth 's 34.6%. The first and only contemporary artist-led gallery in Harrow was set up in 2010 by the Usurp Art Collective. The space is called the Usurp Art Gallery & Studios and is based in West Harrow, a bohemian part of Harrow. Usurp Art provides professional support to artists and runs the only public artists studios in
735-686: The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and Ladbrokes , which formally has its headquarters in Harrow. Crime figures are generally lower compared to the Greater London average; the borough had 2,618 notifiable offences in April 2009, compared with an average of 2,204 across London's boroughs. Between the annual year of June 2017 to June 2018, Harrow was ranked 28th out of the 32 London boroughs in terms of number of criminal offences, and recording just one murder in
784-683: The United Kingdom in 1973 to study at University College London . He joined the Labour Party in 1977 and was elected to Harrow London Borough Council as a councillor for Kenton East Ward in 1994. Shah was Leader of Harrow Council from 2004 to 2006, and remained the Harrow Labour Group Leader until June 2008. He was elected as a member of the London Assembly at the 2008 assembly elections , taking
833-719: The 2011 census, the largest ethnic group in Wealdstone ward is White British (25%), followed by 20% Indian and 13% Other Asian. Wealdstone ward is within the Harrow West constituency, currently represented by Labour MP Gareth Thomas . However smaller parts of the district west of High Street and north of Locket Road are in the Harrow Weald ward, which is in Harrow East constituency and represented by Conservative MP Bob Blackman . The Holy Trinity Church of England
882-598: The London Assembly asked then-Mayor of London Boris Johnson about his thoughts on the closure. Johnson responded: Let's be clear - the closing of a police station is always a very difficult decision. People understandably are reassured by the physical presence of a corner police station. But the Met's real estate portfolio is ageing, and modern policing is these days more reliant on resources other than just bricks and mortar. Gareth Thomas , MP for Harrow West , launched
931-424: The London Borough of Harrow are: Whitefriars High School (co-ed); Bentley Wood High School (girls); Canons High School (co-ed); Harrow High School (co-ed); Hatch End High School (co-ed); Nower Hill High School (co-ed); Park High School (co-ed); Rooks Heath School (co-ed); Whitmore High School (co-ed). Mountview High School in Wealdstone - a comprehensive school formed out of Whitefriars Secondary Modern in
980-477: The area was demolished in 1996 and now replaced by Harrow Crown Court . At the junction of Graham Road with High Street was located the former Herga Cinema which opened in 1939 but closed in 1951. The building was gutted by fire in the early 1960s, later renovated and variously used throughout its later life as commercial premises until Harrow Council confirmed in 2018 that the building was to be demolished and replaced by flats. The bypass of Wealdstone High Street
1029-466: The area. The Bakerloo and Jubilee lines terminate in the borough, at Harrow and Stanmore respectively. Meanwhile, the Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines pass through the southern edge of the borough on shared track before both terminating at Uxbridge . The Northern line terminates just outside Harrow at Edgware tube station in the London Borough of Barnet . The London Overground also serves
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#17327809622691078-410: The average in the borough. Wealdstone was one of only four Harrow wards to show a fall in reported Crime from April 2015 to March 2016. The Harrow Leisure Centre is located in Wealdstone and facilities include swimming , badminton , snooker , martial arts and a gym run by Harper's Fitness. One of the country's oldest remaining skate parks, Harrow Skate Park , is next to the leisure centre. The park
1127-533: The best schools in the country. Notable independent primary schools include Orley Farm School and Reddiford School, both of which are co-educational . There are also a number of voluntary aided schools in the Borough. These include: Salvatorian College (Roman Catholic, boys), Sacred Heart Language College (Roman Catholic, girls) and Moriah Jewish Day School (Jewish, co-ed). There are two special needs high schools; Kingsley High School (co-ed) and Shaftesbury High School (co-ed). Other state secondary schools in
1176-476: The borough was transferred from Middlesex to Greater London under the London Government Act 1963 . It kept the same boundaries, but was renamed the London Borough of Harrow, becoming one of the 32 London Boroughs. It was the only London borough which comprised a single pre-1965 district with no changes to its boundaries. There has since been an adjustment to the borough's northern boundary, where
1225-508: The borough's secondary schools, which led to the first admission of school sixth form students in September 2008. Both Catholic faith-based Salvatorian College and Sacred Heart Language College were unaffected, the students of which could transfer to St Dominic's Sixth Form College. From September 2010, the primary sector was modified to enable transfer to secondary education at age 11 in line with other London Boroughs. The Borough has
1274-647: The borough, sharing track with the Bakerloo line between Queens Park and Harrow & Wealdstone before it continues beyond the latter station to eventually terminate at Watford Junction. The numerous National Rail , London Overground and London Underground stations in the borough are: In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: driving a car or van, 27.5% of all residents aged 16–74; underground, metro, light rail, tram, 5.9%; bus, minibus or coach, 5.9%; train, 4.5%; on foot, 4.3%; work mainly at or from home, 3.5%; passenger in
1323-653: The borough. It is a flagship project for Arts Council England. There are 289 listed buildings located in the London Borough of Harrow, including more than 80 in Harrow-on-the-Hill ward and over 50 in Pinner ward . Grade I and II* buildings in the borough include the Church of St Lawrence, Stanmore and Headstone Manor , and Grade II listed buildings include Bentley Priory , Grim's Dyke and Harrow and Wealdstone station . Major employers included Kodak ,
1372-430: The constituency seat of Brent and Harrow , beating Conservative incumbent Bob Blackman . He was re-elected in 2012 and 2016 . He later challenged Blackman for his Harrow East parliamentary seat at the 2017 general election , and was defeated by just 1,757 votes. With the deferral of 2020 London Assembly election he was elected chair of London Assembly on the 15 May 2020 succeeding Jennette Arnold . Shah
1421-462: The county of Middlesex . Harrow on the Hill was the largest of the three parishes. Pinner was a chapelry of Harrow on the Hill until 1766 when it was made a separate parish. The central part of the parish of Harrow on the Hill was made a local board district in 1850, with an elected board overseeing public health and responsible for the provision of infrastructure. The local board district covered
1470-532: The early 1970s - closed in 1986 with the site being partially redeveloped into industrial units. The catchment area was dispersed between Nower Hill and Hatch End Schools. Middle schools include Whitchurch Middle School . All of Harrow's pupils have the chance to be elected onto the Harrow Youth Parliament. This is a group of around 50 young people in the Borough who come together to work on projects that benefit other young people. They are also
1519-578: The first London borough with a complete change to tertiary; the Pinner Observer called it an education "revolution". There have been critics of the tertiary colleges, with many arguing the standard of education does not continue the standard set by the Borough's secondary schools. The council eventually went into another re-organisation, creating the Harrow Sixth Form Collegiate, a co-ordinated partnership between many of
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1568-501: The high street in 2015. A mural commemorating Queen Victoria was painted on the railway bridge in 2004 by local children. Possibly the most prominent building in Wealdstone is the former Police Station in the high street. The site was built in 1909 and has been Grade II listed since 1998. It is known for its distinctive style and features. In 2003, plans by the Metropolitan Police to close Wealdstone police station
1617-472: The high street's decline since the opening of the bypass and the abandonment by Sainsbury's of a new supermarket project in 2001, which traders hoped would help revitalise Wealdstone. Later that year, Harrow Council secured funding for a community centre including a library at the site of a former Safeway . It opened in 2004 as the Wealdstone Centre. Asda eventually opened a smaller supermarket on
1666-479: The highest white British population were: The lowest wards meanwhile were: Since 2005, on the last Sunday in June Harrow Council hosts Under One Sky - Harrow's largest festival, to celebrate and the joint communities of Harrow. This has a programme of dance, world music, sports activity, youth music, spoken word, free children's activity, a carnival parade, information and stalls, health promotion,
1715-569: The housing stock in central Wealdstone consists of Victorian and Edwardian terraces along with new flatted developments in High Street and George Gange Way. The Kodak Harrow factory was located in Wealdstone until its closure in 2016. This, along with nearby factories of Winsor & Newton (a facility of the artists' materials company which closed in 2010), Whitefriars Glass and Hamilton Brush Works, turned Wealdstone into Harrow's industrial centre. Waverley Industrial Estate still contains industry today. A Her Majesty's Stationery Office factory in
1764-615: The largest membership of any single synagogue in the whole of Europe . Harrow also has a sizable Muslim community, about 1 in 10 of its population. As per the 2011 census, Harrow has a larger than average Jewish, Hindu and Muslim population. In a national detailed Land Use Survey by the Office for National Statistics in 2005 it was found that the London Borough of Harrow had the second highest proportion of land being domestic gardens: 34.7% of all 326 districts in England; this compared with
1813-603: The neighbouring London Borough of Barnet in 2013 after disagreements with the local authority over their former home Underhill Stadium . Five of the 30 cricket clubs which play in the Middlesex County Cricket League are based in the London Borough of Harrow: Harrow, Harrow St Mary's, Harrow Town, Kenton and Stanmore. Hatch End Cricket Club previously played at Shaftesbury playing fields in Hatch End but following an arson attack on their clubhouse and
1862-541: The official youth voice for the council and are in constant communication with the council on all youth matters. The London Borough of Harrow was historically in the heart of an area known as " Metro-land " and therefore is very well served by the London Underground compared with other boroughs in Outer London . It is located near the northwestern extremity of the modern-day network, with 4 lines serving
1911-513: The old parish of Harrow on the Hill outside the urban district were therefore split into three new parishes called Harrow Weald , Wealdstone and Wembley (the latter now part of the London Borough of Brent ). Wealdstone and Wembley were both made into urban districts at the same time. The urban district was significantly enlarged by the Middlesex Review Order 1934 to take in the neighbouring urban district of Wealdstone and
1960-495: The original hilltop village and the adjoining hamlets of Roxeth , Sudbury and Greenhill . Greenhill subsequently developed into the modern town centre of Harrow following the opening of Harrow-on-the-Hill station there in 1880. Such districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894 , which also said that parishes could no longer straddle district boundaries. The parts of
2009-429: The parishes of Harrow Weald, Pinner, Great Stanmore and Little Stanmore. The urban district was renamed from 'Harrow on the Hill' to just 'Harrow' as part of the 1934 expansion. Harrow Urban District was incorporated as a municipal borough on 4 May 1954. At the 1961 census, the borough had a population of 209,080, making it the most populous local government district in the administrative county of Middlesex. In 1965
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2058-567: The people is the highest law." The following people and organisations have received the Freedom of the Borough of Harrow. Navin Shah Navin Fakirchand Shah CBE (born September 1946 ) is a former British Labour Party politician who served as chair of the London Assembly between May 2020 and May 2021, and a Member of the London Assembly for Brent and Harrow from 2008 to 2021 . Shah moved to
2107-516: The period. The Pinner South ward was recorded as having the lowest crime rate out of all wards of Greater London in 2014/15. The London Borough of Harrow has 4 non league football clubs, including Wealdstone FC who play at The Vale , Harrow Borough F.C. who play at Earlsmead Stadium and Rayners Lane F.C. who play at the Tithe Farm Social Club. Barnet F.C. are also based in Harrow, having moved into The Hive Stadium from
2156-600: The then boundary between the parishes of Harrow and Harrow Weald . It is located outside the Bombay Central restaurant, which was built as a public house (previously known as the Weald Stone Inn and prior to that, the Red Lion), outside 328 High Road, Harrow Weald. Wealdstone Urban District was created under the Local Government Act 1894 in 1894, and absorbed by Harrow Urban District in 1934. Much of
2205-653: The village of Elstree straddled Harrow and Hertfordshire ; on 1 April 1993 Elstree was placed entirely in Hertfordshire (and its district of Hertsmere ). The local authority is Harrow Council, which meets at the Harrow Arts Centre in Pinner and has its main offices at the Council Hub on Kenmore Avenue in Wealdstone. Since 2000, for elections to the London Assembly , the borough forms part of
2254-461: Was built in Gothic style in 1882. Schools include Sacred Heart Language College , Salvatorian College and Whitefriars School . There is one station in the district: Seven London Buses routes run during day, as well as a school bus (640). There are two night routes serving Wealdstone: 140 and N18 . London Borough of Harrow The London Borough of Harrow ( / ˈ h ær oʊ / )
2303-533: Was completed in late 1996. In 1997, supermarket chain Asda announced a grand scheme for a superstore in Wealdstone involving a redevelopment of the town centre which included the demolition of 60 small business establishments. The project divided opinion and was scrapped, but in a more modest scheme was revived later that year. Following lengthy negotiations and consultations, Asda dropped the plan in 1999 blaming Harrow Council. Local traders were reportedly "beleaguered" by
2352-405: Was formed in 1965, based on boundaries that had been established in 1934. The borough is made up of three towns: Harrow , Pinner and Stanmore , but also includes western parts of Edgware . The area of the modern borough broadly corresponds to the three ancient parishes of Harrow on the Hill , Great Stanmore and Little Stanmore (also known as Whitchurch), all of which were historically in
2401-549: Was met with by protests and opposition in the community. A petition against the closure received 200 signatures. The station eventually remained open, but the issue arose again in 2008 and 2011 amid police plans to sell the building. While the station was no longer open to the public, it still housed the Anti-Social Behaviour Partnership team. In May 2011, Navin Shah representing Brent and Harrow in
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