Alperton
Sign in to saveAlperton () is an area of north-west London, England, within the London Borough of Brent. It forms the southern part of the town of Wembley and is west north-west of Charing Cross, on the border with the London Borough of Ealing. It includes a handful of high-rise and many mid-rise buildings as well as streets of low-rise houses with gardens. It adjoins the Grand Union Canal's Paddington Arm, which is fed by the Brent Reservoir.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.charingX_distance_mi
- 7.6
- UK place.charingX_direction
- ESE
- UK place.official_name
- Alperton
- UK place.london_borough
- Brent
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Brent West
- UK place.population
- 14,017
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census. Ward)
- UK place.post_town
- WEMBLEY
- UK place.postcode_area
- HA
- UK place.postcode_district
- HA0
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ185835
- UK place.static_image_name
- Grand Union Canal at Alperton.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Middlesex House and Grand Union Apartments on the Grand Union Canal
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Alperton () is an area of north-west London, England, within the London Borough of Brent. It forms the southern part of the town of Wembley and is west north-west of Charing Cross, on the border with the London Borough of Ealing. It includes a handful of high-rise and many mid-rise buildings as well as streets of low-rise houses with gardens. It adjoins the Grand Union Canal's Paddington Arm, which is fed by the Brent Reservoir.
==Toponymy== The name Alperton means "farmstead or estate associated with a man named Ealhbeorht", deriving from an Anglo-Saxon personal name and tūn, meaning farmstead or village in Old English.