Kingsbury
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For other uses, see Kingsbury (disambiguation).
Kingsbury is a place in the London Borough of Brent, north-west London. Its name means "The King's Manor".
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[edit] Nearest places
[edit] Nearest tube station
[edit] Transport Connections
Kingsbury tube station is located on the Kingsbury Road, A4006. There are also many buses which operate within the area of Kingsbury, Kingsbury Green and Kingsbury Circle. These London Buses routes include the 83,302,204,183,305,79 and the N98(Night Bus). These buses provide transport to such areas as Edgware, Hendon, Harrow and Wembley.
[edit] Local Parks
- Barn Hill Open Space
- Fryent Country Park
- Kingsbury Green Recreation Ground
- Roe Green Park
- Silver Jubilee Park
[edit] Schools
- Kingsbury High School
- Jews' Free School (JFS)
- Fryent Primary School
- Oliver Goldsmith Primary School
- Kingsbury Green Primary School
- Roe Green Primary School
- St Robert Southwell Primary School
[edit] History
- John Logie Baird's experimental transmissions from England to Berlin, Germany were transmitted from the stable block of Kingsbury Manor, now the Veterans Club in Roe Green Park.
- Oliver Goldsmith lived at Hyde Farm in Kingsbury from 1771 to 1774.
- David William Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield was buried at St. Andrew's churchyard in 1840.
[edit] External links
- Kingsbury heritage
- Kingsbury history
- Highfort Court, Buck Lane. Designed in the style of a fortified castle by local architect E. G. Trobridge
