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Brondesbury Park

Suburb of London, England

Summary

Suburb of London, England

Field	Value
official_name	Brondesbury Park
country	England
region	London
area_total_km2	1.7224
population	13,023
population_ref	Brondesbury Park electoral ward
os_grid_reference	TQ175855
coordinates
london_borough	Brent
dial_code	020
static_image_name	Brondesbury Park Station.jpg
static_image_caption	Brondesbury Park railway station
constituency_westminster	Brent East
postcode_area	NW
postcode_district	NW6
post_town	LONDON

Brondesbury Park is a suburb in the London Borough of Brent, centred on Brondesbury Park railway station and the street, an avenue, which shares its name. The area has a number of open spaces, primarily Queen's Park and Tiverton Green.

Humphry Repton's Brondesbury Park

Main article: Brondesbury

Brondesbury Park is an alternate name for its manor, a specially empowered division of the large parish of Willesden as one of its eight prebends. The manor house is long-demolished. Landscape designer Humphry Repton transformed the focal 10 acre of Brondesbury Park, a varying demesne but in most years 54 acre in the 18th and 19th century, when he designed the garden. The house had been bought by his client Lady (Sarah) Salusbury's in 1789. Repton produced one of his famous 'Red Books' for the manor house, which has been republished, along with his Red Book for Glemham Hall in Suffolk.

Repton planned a garden with views across London, but Lady Salusbury wanted shade rather than sweeping views. The grounds of Lady Salusbury's house only amounted to 10 acre. Repton found very few trees, so had planted hundreds of mature trees and shrubs. Lady Salusbury was so delighted with the work that she gave Repton a bonus of £50.

Some street names allude to the inclosed private park (garden) dominating the north of the area and notable manorial owners. The street named Brondesbury Park leads into Salusbury Road.

Repton also worked on Wembley Park including what became Wembley Stadium today in the same borough.

Politics

The electoral ward of Brondesbury Park returns two councillors to sit on Brent Council.

After the 2022 council election the two elected councillors are from the Labour Party, Erica Gbajumo and Ryan Hack.

Since the 2024 general election, the ward has formed part of the re-established seat of Brent East.

Surrounding areas

Willesden, to the north-west
Mapesbury, to the north (where used)
Kilburn / Brondesbury, to the east. Kilburn is traditionally the linear settlement along the A5 there.
Queen's Park, to the south
Kensal Green and Harlesden, to the west

References

"Land and population". (UK Government) National Statistics.
Repton, Humphry. (1994). "The Red Books for Brandsbury and Glemham Hall". Dumbarton Oaks Reprints and Facsimiles in Landscape Architecture.
(1985). "Evidence for a Surviving Humphry Repton Landscape: Barnhills Park, Wembley". Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society.
"Ward councillors - Brondesbury Park".

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