Hatch End
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| Hatch End | |
  Hatch End shown within Greater London |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| London borough | Harrow |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PINNER |
| Postcode district | HA5 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| European Parliament | London |
| UK Parliament | Harrow West |
| London Assembly | Brent and Harrow |
| List of places: UK • England • 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
Hatch End includes a diverse variety of restaurants and furniture shops.
It is home to the Harrow Arts Centre, a complex which centres around a large theatre and a smaller studio theatre. Music, dance, theatre, comedy and literature events are all hosted here, along with many workshops and summer schemes run during the holidays.
The represented cuisines include Italian, Greek, Chinese, American and Indian. The suburb's architecture includes Letchford House built in 1670. Hatch End railway station, which is served by London Overground, is a listed building once owned by the London and North Western Railway (LNWR).
Local concerns include the opening of a new Tesco Express, which many locals were against, due to the belief that it would close down the homegrown shops that had already developed in the area.
[edit] Geography
The nearest regional centre for higher order goods is Harrow, 3 miles to the south with two shopping malls and a 9 screen cinema along with numerous restaurants, entertainments 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 population (491st highest mean income of 630 election Wards in London{Paycheck 2004}). Many of the residents have moved to the area from districts closer to central London in search of a better quality of suburban 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 Hatch End 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] Transport and locale
[edit] Nearby places
[edit] Nearest train stations
- Hatch End railway station served by London Overground
- Headstone Lane railway station served by London Overground
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[edit] Main Bus routes
The following London bus routes serve Hatch End (correct at 7 August 2007):
- H12 South Harrow to Stanmore
- H14 Hatch End to Northwick Park Hospital
[edit] Trivia
- Pink Floyd keyboardist Rick Wright was born here.
- Footballer Jerome Thomas attended Hatch End High School.
- Mark Ramprakash attended Grimsdyke First and Middle School, and played for Bessborough CC
- Philip Eastwood was born here. He is an ambassador for disability children throughout Harrow.
- Melissa Carter attends Hatch End High School. She plays Lucy Beale in Eastenders
- The comedian and writer Barry Cryer lives in Hatch End.
- Isabella Beeton lived in Hatch End while writing her epic Book Of Household Management
[edit] References
| Section 14: | London Outer Orbital Path | Section 15: |
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| Moor Park | Hatch End | Elstree |
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