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Cricklewood
Sign in to saveCricklewood is a town in North West London, England, in the London Boroughs of Barnet and Brent. The Crown pub, now the Clayton Crown Hotel, is a local landmark and lies north-west of Charing Cross.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Greater London
- UK place.region
- London
- UK place.official_name
- Cricklewood
- UK place.london_borough
- Barnet
- UK place.london_borough1
- Brent
- UK place.static_image_name
- Crown Moran Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 1024763.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Clayton Crown Hotel, Cricklewood
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Brent East
- UK place.constituency_westminster2
- Finchley and Golders Green
- UK place.post_town
- LONDON
- UK place.postcode_area
- NW
- UK place.postcode_district
- NW2 NW6
- UK place.dial_code
- 020
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ235855
- UK place.london_borough3
- Camden
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Origin and setting
- Urban development east of Edgware Road
- Urban development west of Edgware Road
- Industrial history
- Recent developments
- Attractions and amenities
- Local groups and associations
- Geography
- Transport
- Thameslink stations
- Tube Stations
- Railway station
- Road
- Bus
- Politics
- Notable residents
- Films made at Cricklewood Studios
- References
- External links
Cricklewood is a town in North West London, England, in the London Boroughs of Barnet and Brent. The Crown pub, now the Clayton Crown Hotel, is a local landmark and lies north-west of Charing Cross.
Cricklewood was a small rural hamlet around Edgware Road, the Roman road which was later called Watling Street and which forms the boundary of the two boroughs that share Cricklewood. The area urbanised after the arrival of the surface and underground railways in nearby Willesden Green in the 1870s. The shops on Cricklewood Broadway, as Edgware Road is known here, contrast with quieter surrounding streets of largely late-Victorian, Edwardian, and 1930s housing. The area has strong links with Ireland due to a sizeable Irish population. The Gladstone Park lies on the area's western periphery.