Hatch End
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| Hatch End | |
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| Location | |
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| OS grid reference: | TQ125915 |
| Latitude: | 51.611046° |
| Longitude: | -0.374381° |
| Administration | |
| London borough: | Harrow |
| County level: | Greater London |
| Region: | London |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Greater London |
| Historic county: | Middlesex (1965) |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Metropolitan Police |
| Fire brigade: | London Fire Brigade |
| Ambulance service: | London Ambulance |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | PINNER |
| Postal district: | HA5 |
| Dialling code: | 020 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Harrow West |
| London Assembly: | Brent and Harrow |
| European Parliament: | London |
| London | List of places in London | |
Hatch End is a place in the London Borough of Harrow, located 13 miles north west of Charing Cross in Central London. The suburb is part of the Pinner post town.
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[edit] Attractions
It includes a diverse variety of restaurants, furniture shops, a sports shop and a Jewish-American style deli.
Hatch End is home to the Harrow Arts Centre, a complex which centres around a large theatre. Music, dance, theatre, comedy and literature events are all hosted here, along with many workshops and summer schemes run during the holidays.
The Fish and Chip shop Sea Pebbles is located in Hatch End. Other represented cuisines include Italian, Greek, Chinese, American and Indian. The suburb's architecture includes Letchford House built in 1670. Hatch End Station, which is served by Silverlink Metro, is a listed building once owned by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).
[edit] Geography
The nearest regional centre for higher order goods is Harrow, which is situated 3 miles south and has two shopping malls and a 9 screen cinema along with numerous eateries, entertainment and bookshops. Due to its location on the very edge of Greater London less than a mile from the boundary of Hertfordshire, it is close to Watford (3 miles north) which also serves as a regional retail centre. Pinner (1.7 miles south west) contains more local amenities not present in Hatch End, including a Woolworths, a DIY centre, a bookshop and two gift shops. Pinner also is the nearest London Underground station to Hatch End, and the two towns are linked by the H12 bus service.
[edit] Demographics
Hatch End is an outer suburban area which has experienced a rise in population since the early twentieth century due to the demographic processes of suburbanisation and urban-rural migration. It is served by good transport links into London Euston and therefore has a predominantly white, affluent [citation needed] population, many whom have moved to the area from suburbs closer to central London in search of a better quality of life [citation needed].
Day to day migration movements involve the daily commute into London. Its tree lined streets, open spaces and proximity to rural countryside as well as its leisure amenities and restaurants make it one of the most desirable places to live in the capital [citation needed]. Migrants into the area often cannot afford to move into detached properties which themselves account for 31% of the total housing stock in Hatch End. On the whole the area is safer, cleaner and less polluted than inner city suburbs, and has a lower crime rate.
54% of the population are Christian. The area is also one of many North-West London Jewish communities, of which Jews make up 12% of the population. Consequently the area has two synagogues (a third in neighbouring Pinner) and a kosher butcher. The suburb is home to a Hindu community which represents 12% of the population, although this figure is comparatively low compared to the borough average of 20%.
[edit] Nearby places
[edit] Transport
Nearest train stations:
- Hatch End railway station served by Silverlink
- Headstone Lane railway station served by Silverlink
Main bus routes:
- H12 (Towards South Harrow and Stanmore)
- H14 (Towards Northwick Park)
[edit] Trivia
- Pink Floyd keyboardist Rick Wright was born here.
[edit] References
| Section 14: | London Outer Orbital Path | Section 15: |
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| Moor Park | Hatch End | Elstree |
