Brondesbury

Brondesbury
Brondesbury railway station in the 1960s
Brondesbury  Brondesbury shown within Greater London
Population	13,023 (Brondesbury & Brondesbury Park)[1]
OS grid reference	TQ245845
London borough	Brent
	Camden
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	NW6
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Hampstead and Kilburn
London Assembly	Brent and Harrow
	Barnet and Camden
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Coordinates: 51°32′44″N 0°12′21″W / 51.54567°N 0.20597°W

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

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

Transport

Rail/Underground

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

• Brondesbury Station
• Brondesbury Park Station

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

Geography

Location

References

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