Queen's Park, London
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  Queen's Park shown within Greater London |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| London borough | Brent |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | NW6 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| European Parliament | London |
| London Assembly | Brent and Harrow |
| List of places: UK • England • London | |
Queen's Park is an area of North West London divided between the London Borough of Brent and the City of Westminster. The main thoroughfare of the area is Salusbury Road with Queen's Park station at one end and Brondesbury Park railway station at the other.
In the past the area was rather run down, however over the past 5 years dramatic urban regeneration has taken place now making Queen's Park very popular with young professional couples and families with young children, out-of-work actors and so called "media mummies and daddies" who are often stereotyped for their owning of luxury four wheel drive cars, which fill the streets of the area. House prices are average for London, with £700,000 - £850,000 being common selling prices for 3/4 bedroom terraced houses to the east of the Park (land values are slightly lower on the west hand side of the park, closer towards Kensal Rise), whilst larger 5-7 bedroomed houses overlooking the park on the east side sell for millions. The area is still relatively undiscovered by non-residents, although it is extremely popular for its proximity to central London by direct London Underground link. The area has a well established community, and "almost village atmosphere" in the words of the local residents' association, QPARA.
From 1982 to 1990 Programmes Ltd, the telemarketing operation of The Exegesis Programme, the LGAT undertaken by Carole Caplin, operated from Queens Studios in Salusbury Road.
Famous residents include Daniel Craig, Thandie Newton, Jade Jagger, Lily Allen, Alexandra Shulman, Annie Mac, Andy Akinwolere and Jade Downy.
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[edit] Queen's Park Estate
The part of Queen's Park which is in the City of Westminster is south of Queen's Park station and hence south of the railway line out of Euston. It includes the Queens Park Estate, built from 1874 by the Artizans and Labourers' General Dwellings Company. The architecture of that estate of some 2,000 small houses is distinctively Gothic-revival, with polychrome brickwork, pinnacles and turrets along the bigger roads. It retains Avenues 1-6 and originally had streets A-P. The street names have been made into full words, eg Alperton St, Barfett St, Caird Street etc. It was on this estate that the first QPR footballers had their homes. It stretches from Kilburn Lane down to the Harrow Road.
[edit] Religion
Queen's Park has a mosque on Chevening Road which came to prominence in June 2003. It was at this time that the founder and leader of the mosque, Abdul Majid al-Khoei went back to Iraq. His aim was to help in the reorganisation of the country. Only few weeks from his arrival he was brutally murdered. Tony Blair had visited the religious leader several times at the mosque. The area is also home to the Islamia school, which is a Muslim school, set up by Yusuf Islam, better known as the pop singer Cat Stevens. The mosque has been questioned for the fact that nearly all of the attendees live in other parts of London, and it has no links with the local community at all; residents are often angered by the parking problems caused by people flocking to religious celebrations.
[edit] Retail
Salusbury Road has an increasing number of shops, pubs, cafes and restaurants (including a branch of the infamously expensive bakery Baker and Spice.) The Queen's Park Farmers' Market has recently started operating on Sunday mornings in the grounds of Salusbury Road School, on Salusbury Road, and has proved to be popular with locals for stocking up on often organic, locally grown/produced produce.
[edit] Queen's Park
The main focus of the area is Queen's Park itself - a park with an area of 30 acres. Queens Park Rangers originally came from here, as the name implies, though they now play nearby in Shepherd's Bush. In 1879 The Royal Agricultural Society chose Willesden as the site of its annual show. A 100 acre site was designated at Kilburn, and on 30th of June the show was opened. Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales attended to view a working dairy, agricultral machinery and a wide range of farm animals. The show ran for a week, in extremely bad weather. Although it attracted 185,000 visitors, it made a loss of £15000. It was decided to set up a permanent venue for the show, and the Society chose a place in Twyford. A part of the Kilburn site (30 acres) became Queen's Park.
Queen's Park is now managed by the City of London Corporation. It has recently been named a Green Flag Park in recognition of the quality of its services and environment. Facilities in the park include six all-weather tennis courts, a pitch-and-putt course, a pétanque pitch, an ornamental garden, a children’s playground with paddling pool, a children's animal farm and a cafe.
[edit] Education
- For schools in Westminster see the main City of Westminster article.
[edit] Transport
Queen's Park station is a tube and Network Rail station in Travelcard Zone 2; it has direct links to south and central London via the Bakerloo Line or to Euston, Watford Junction and intermediate stations via London Overground trains (or to Harrow & Wealdstone station using Bakerloo Line trains).
[edit] Nearest places
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Queen's Park Community Website
- City of London Corporation - Queen's Park
- Islamia Primary School
- Queens Park Community School
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