Property, Houses and Flats for Sale in Kingsbury, North West London

Kingsbury has the atmosphere of a semi-rural village but with the transport, roads and amenities of a thriving city.

Living in Kingsbury

Dating back to the Bronze Age, green and leafy King's Manor, from which Kingsbury derives its name, has the same leafy feel as Golders Green to the east but without the hefty price tag.

Fryent Country Park is a great green lung that separates Kingsbury from Wembley to the south and gives the area a true sense of country life, complemented by Roe Green Park, Kingsbury Green, where summer fêtes are held, Silver Jubilee Park, Queensbury Park, Barn Hill Open Space, and numerous playing fields.

Reflecting Kingsbury's popularity with families, there are plenty of local primary schools and for older children, Kingsbury High School.

Kingsbury has a good choice of local restaurants and shops but, for a more intense shopping experience, Brent Cross shopping centre lies to the east of Junction 1 of the M1.

Kingsbury Community Hospital is on the A4140 Honeypot Lane and Northwick Park and St Mark's Hospitals are nearby in neighbouring Harrow.

Property in Kingsbury starts with flats above shops and in purpose built apartment houses some, of which, are ex-local authority. There are also flats in converted semi-detached houses, both pre and post war.

Complete houses that offer three bedrooms are typically contemporary, purpose-built terraces, although you can find more traditional, bow-fronted properties. At the top end, Kingsbury offers detached houses that reflect various construction periods from the 20th century, usually set within good-sized gardens.

Transport

Residents in Kingsbury benefit from excellent road links to the A5, the M1 and the North Circular Road.

Kingsbury Station is served by the Jubilee Line of the London Underground which provides a swift link into London's West End.

Kenton station, to the west, is served by the Bakerloo Line and by the London Overground which connects (south-east) to Euston Station and (north) to Watford Junction.

For full details of public transport in the Kingsbury area including bus routes please visit http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/default.aspx.

For details of mainline trains serving Euston and Watford Junction, please visit http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/.

History and culture

It was not until after the First World War that Kingsbury started to be developed. Aircraft manufacturing was established adjacent to Hendon Aerodrome and, in the 1920s, the road network was improved to cater for the British Empire Exhibition in nearby Wembley.

John Logie Baird experimented with television transmissions from a stable block belonging to Kingsbury Manor, which is now the Veterans Club in Roe Green Park.

From 1923 to 1979, Kingsbury Road was the location of Vanden Plas, body manufacturers for Bentley cars. The site is now Kingsbury Trading Estate.

Notable people associated with Kingsbury include England cricketer, Mike Gatting, pop singer Keisha Buchanan of the Sugarbabes and footballer Stuart Pearce.

For current information regarding Kingsbury, which is in the London Borough of Brent, please visit http://www.brent.gov.uk/.