Willesden Green
District of London
England - United Kingdom

Kensal Green Cemetery

Kensal Green Cemetery is a cemetery in Kensal Green, in the west of London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Inspired by the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris and founded by the barrister George Frederick Carden, Kensal Green Cemetery was opened in 1833 and comprises 72 acres of beautiful grounds including two conservation areas and an adjoining canal. Kensal Green Cemetery is home to 33 species of bird and other wildlife.

Located at 51.5286, -0.2241 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Cemeteries in London, Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery, Parks and open spaces in Kensington and Chelsea, 1832 establishments in England, Grade II* listed buildings in London, Grade II listed buildings in London, Anglican cemeteries

Brent East (UK Parliament constituency)

Brent East was a parliamentary constituency in northwest London; it was replaced by Brent Central for the 2010 general election. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.

Located at 51.55, -0.23 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Politics of Brent, United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1974, United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 2010, Parliamentary constituencies in London (historic)

George Busk

George Busk RN FRS (12 August 1807 – 10 August 1886) was a British Naval surgeon, zoologist and palaeontologist.

Located at 51.5286, -0.2241 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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1807 births, 1886 deaths, 19th-century British medical doctors, 19th-century English people, Alumni of the Medical College of St Bartholomew's Hospital, British paleontologists, British surgeons, British zoologists, Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery, English biologists, English surgeons, Fellows of the Royal Society, Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lyell Medal winners, Members of the Linnean Society of London, Fellows of the Ethnological Society of London, People from Saint Petersburg, Royal Medal winners, Wollaston Medal winners, 19th-century Royal Navy personnel

Louis Brennan

Louis Brennan CB (28 January 1852 – 17 January 1932) was an Irish-Australian mechanical engineer and inventor.

Located at 51.5297, -0.228953 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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1852 births, 1932 deaths, Australian inventors, Australian engineers, Engineers from Melbourne, Australian people in rail transport, People from Castlebar, Companions of the Order of the Bath

Willesden Jewish Cemetery

Willesden Jewish Cemetery is a cemetery for Jews in Beaconsfield Road, Willesden, London Borough of Brent. It opened in 1873 on a 20-acre site. More properly, it is the Willesden United Synagogue Cemetery.

Located at 51.5447, -0.2399 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Cemeteries in London, Jewish cemeteries in the United Kingdom, Judaism in London, 1873 establishments in England, Buildings and structures in Brent, Religion in Brent, Parks and open spaces in Brent

Post Office Research Station

The Post Office Research Station at Dollis Hill, London, was first established in 1925 and opened by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald in 1933. In 1943 the world's first programmable electronic computer, Colossus Mark 1 was built by Tommy Flowers and his team, followed in 1944 and 1945 by nine Colossus Mark 2s. These were used at Bletchley Park in Cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher.

Located at 51.5616, -0.238401 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Former buildings and structures of Brent, History of computing, 20th century in London, 1921 establishments in the United Kingdom, 1921 in London

Municipal Borough of Willesden

Willesden was a local government district in the county of Middlesex, England from 1874 to 1965. It formed part of the Metropolitan Police District and London postal district. Willesden was part of the built-up area of London and bordered the County of London to the east and south. It was formed as a Local government district in 1874, became an urban district in 1894 and was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1933. In 1901 the population was 114,811.

Located at 51.548, -0.244 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894, Districts abolished by the London Government Act 1963, Municipal boroughs of England

Paddock (war rooms)

Paddock is the codeword for an alternative Cabinet War Room bunker for Winston Churchill's World War II government located in Dollis Hill, northwest London under the Post Office Research Station. It was constructed in 1939 but only rarely used during the war, with only two meetings of the War Cabinet being held there. It was abandoned in 1944.

Located at 51.5622, -0.238586 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Former buildings and structures of Brent, Subterranean London, Fortifications of London, 1939 in London, World War II sites in the United Kingdom

A219 road

The A219, is a road in West London, England, which connects the A404 Harrow Road in Harlesden to the A24 in South Wimbledon. Running from North to South, it starts near Willesden Junction station, crosses the Grand Union Canal and runs through Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Fulham, crossing the River Thames at Putney Bridge. It continues through Putney and passes Wimbledon Common, and goes through Wimbledon to terminate just after South Wimbledon tube station at the A24.

Located at 51.5322, -0.2373 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Roads in England, Roads in London, Transport in Hammersmith and Fulham, Transport in Wandsworth, Transport in Merton

Sarah Fairbrother

Sarah Fairbrother (calling herself Louisa and known from 1859 as Mrs FitzGeorge; 31 October 1816 – 12 January 1890) was an English actress and the mistress of Prince George, Duke of Cambridge, a male-line grandson of George III. As the couple married in contravention of the Royal Marriages Act 1772, their marriage was not recognized under the law.

Located at 51.5288, -0.22738 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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1816 births, 1890 deaths, Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery, English stage actors, House of Hanover, Morganatic spouses, Mistresses of British royalty, English courtesans

Roundwood Park

Roundwood Park is a public park in Willesden, measuring a total of 26.5 arces, or approximately 10.27 hectares. It was originally known in the 19th century as Knowles Hill (its name coming from the Knowles Tower nearby), or Hunger Hill Common Field, and after much work by Oliver Claude Robson, became the Roundwood Park known to the public today (its name coming from the Roundwood House originally beside it).

Located at 51.54, -0.2375 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Parks and open spaces in Brent

Dudding Hill Line

The Dudding Hill Line (or 'Dudding Hill Loop') is a railway line in north-west London running from Acton to Cricklewood. The line has no scheduled passenger service, no stations, no electrification, and a 30 mph speed limit with semaphore signalling, and is lightly used by freight and very occasional passenger charter trains. It is roughly 4 miles long.

Located at 51.5569, -0.234017 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Railway lines in London, Railway lines opened in 1875, Standard gauge railways in England

Kuo Yuan

The Kuo Yuan was a Chinese restaurant on Willesden High Road, Willesden, London, England, which played an important part in the history of Chinese cuisine in the UK. In particular, it was the first restaurant in the UK to serve Pekinese dishes, including Peking Duck. Peking Duck is now served at most Chinese restaurants in the UK.

Located at 51.548, -0.236 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Restaurants established in 1963, Restaurants in London, Defunct restaurants, Chinese restaurants, Former buildings and structures of Brent, Chinese community in the United Kingdom

Dollis Hill House

Dollis Hill House was an early Nineteenth-Century farmhouse located in the North London suburb of Dollis Hill, on the northern boundary of Gladstone Park. Noteworthy guests such as William Ewart Gladstone and Mark Twain were once entertained there. By The 21st Century, the house was a derelict ruin, having been all but destroyed by fire in the 1990s. Dollis Hill House was a Grade II listed building and listed as grade A on the English Heritage Buildings at Risk Register.

Located at 51.5596, -0.237078 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Grade II listed buildings in London, Buildings on the Buildings at Risk Register, Houses in Brent, Demolished buildings and structures in London

Dudding Hill railway station

Dudding Hill railway station was a station in Neasden, west London on the Dudding Hill Line. It was opened in 1875 by the Midland Railway, originally as "Dudding Hill, for Willesden & Neasden". It shut to passengers in 1902, despite providing access to the neighbouring new Gladstone Park, and goods services ceased in 1964. Although the platforms were demolished, the station building survived into the 1980s, when the land was used for housing (Cornmow Drive was built on the site).

Located at 51.5548, -0.243266 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Brent, Former Midland Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1875, Railway stations closed in 1888, Railway stations opened in 1893, Railway stations closed in 1902

Torah Temimah Primary School

The (Avigdor Hirsch) Torah Temimah Primary School, located in the former Dollis Hill Synagogue, is a one form entry Voluntary Aided maintained primary school in the London Borough of Brent. It is a strictly Orthodox Jewish primary school for up to 204 boys aged 3–11. The school includes a Nursery.

Located at 51.5588, -0.2325 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Primary schools in Brent, Jewish schools in England, Buildings and structures in Brent

Dollis Hill Synagogue

The Dollis Hill Synagogue is a former Orthodox Jewish house of worship in Dollis Hill, London, England. The congregation first came together in the early part of the 20th century, following an increase of Jewish immigration from the European continent to London. The congregation first met in a private house, then began to rent meeting halls in order to accommodate an increase in worshippers.

Located at 51.5587, -0.2323 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Religious buildings completed in 1938, Synagogues in London, Orthodox Judaism in London, Religion in Brent, 20th-century synagogues, Orthodox synagogues in England

Kensal Green and Harlesden railway station

Kensal Green & Harlesden was a railway station on the North London Line. It opened in 1861, and closed in 1873. On closure, it was replaced by Kensal Rise railway station.

Located at 51.5328, -0.2341 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Brent, Railway stations opened in 1861, Railway stations closed in 1873

The Islamic College

The Islamic College is a London-based academic institution specialising in Islamic Studies at both graduate and undergraduate level. Its degree programmes are accredited by Middlesex University.

Located at 51.546, -0.23056 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Further education colleges in London, Islamic schools in England

Gladstone Park, London

Gladstone Park is situated in the Dollis Hill area of north-west London. It is about 35 hectares (86 acres) in area Dollis Hill House is an early Nineteenth-Century farmhouse, located within the northern boundary of the park.

Located at 51.5577, -0.2362 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Parks and open spaces in Brent

Kensal Rise Library

Kensal Rise Library was a public library situated in London, United Kingdom, opened by American author Mark Twain in 1900. The site was donated by All Souls College, Oxford. The library has been threatened with closure, with a large campaign to save it led by figures including Alan Bennett, Philip Pullman, Zadie Smith, Nick Cave and Pet Shop Boys.

Located at 51.5339, -0.2261 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Libraries in Brent, Mark Twain, Public libraries in London

St Gabriels, Cricklewood

St Gabriels, Cricklewood Church of England is an Anglican church in Cricklewood, Brent, United Kingdom. Its website describes St Gabriels as a vibrant contemporary church, active in the heart of north London. St Gabriels has links to New Wine and Holy Trinity Brompton Church and its vicar, Jane Morris has been elected to the General Synod of the Church of England. The church has been positively reviewed by the ecumenical Ship of Fools website.

Located at 51.5525, -0.218056 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Churches in London, Churches in Brent

College Park, London

College Park is a small area located in the north of the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London and is near both Kensal Green station and Willesden Junction station. It borders the London Borough of Brent to the north and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to the east. It is part of College Park & Old Oak ward. The housing stock in College Park is largely bay-fronted Victorian terraced houses built in the late 1800s. Kenmont Primary School is located at the centre of College Park.

Located at 51.531, -0.23468 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Districts of Hammersmith and Fulham, Areas of London

Cricklewood Baptist Church

Cricklewood Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Cricklewood, London, and is part of the London Baptist Association. Built in 1907, the church had its first service on 5 January 1908. In 1930, a church hall was added and after the main church building was sold to property developers in 1990, the hall became the central place of worship for the congregation.

Located at 51.5546, -0.2248 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Baptist churches in London, Churches in Brent

Willesden Green Library Centre

Willesden Green Library Centre is a public library complex situated in Willesden Green, London, United Kingdom. The centre includes a public library, operated by Brent Council, a cinema and (formerly) an independent bookshop named The Willesden Bookshop. The Willesden Bookshop was forced to move to a new location as part of the proposed regeneration project.

Located at 51.5467, -0.228889 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
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Libraries in Brent, Public libraries in London