Hendon Area Guide
Hendon is eight miles north-west of central London with Edgware to the north, Hampstead Garden Suburb to the east, Cricklewood to the south and Kingsbury to the west.
Step away from all the traffic, however, and this is a place with a loyal following, a strong sense of community, a good choice of family homes and, in the Colindale area, one of London’s largest regeneration zones, backed by the Mayor and with some 10,000 new homes either built or in the pipeline.
Add to the mix plans to double the size of Brent Cross Shopping Centre with a £1.4 billion renovation including a new town square and a green bridge across the North Circular, and Hendon has a bright future.
Renting
Families and young professionals rent locally, and investors go for flats they can let to Middlesex Uni students. Rental yield is between four and five per cent.
Staying power
Hendon has a loyal fanbase and the wide choice of different types of home offers plenty of scope for moving up and down the property ladder.
Postcode
NW4 is the Hendon postcode. West of the M1 it becomes NW9, the Hyde postcode that covers West Hendon, Colindale and spreads westward to Kingsbury and parts of Queensbury.
Hendon Aerodrome played a key role in aviation history, while generations of bobbies proudly marched at passing out ceremonies at Hendon Police College.
Fairview New Homes has built 1,500 properties on the old Hendon Hospital site in Colindale Avenue, and is building 395 more at Edition, on the former British Newspaper Library site.
Near Hendon station, the West Hendon Estate is being rebuilt in a joint venture between Barratt Homes, Metropolitan housing association and Barnet council.
Hendon Waterside overlooks the peaceful Welsh Harp reservoir and will replace 680 council homes with 2,194 new homes, of which 1,651 will be for private sale.
“There are two town centres, around Hendon Central Tube station and then along Brent Street,” . “The Burroughs has an attractive civic centre with the town hall, library, fire station and lots of students coming and going to Middlesex University.”
Best roads
The largest detached houses are found in Downage; Ashley Lane – home of Hendon Hall Hotel where the England football team stayed before winning the 1966 World Cup – Brampton Grove; Wykeham Road, and Manor Hall Estate, the roads at the junction of Great North Road and Holders Hill Road.
Transport
Hendon benefits from many roads out of London, and from the North Circular. Hendon Central and Colindale Tube stations are on the Edgware branch of the Northern line.
Hendon station has Thameslink trains to St Pancras, Farringdon and Blackfriars. Hendon Central and Hendon are in Zone 3, with an annual travelcard to Zone 1 costing £1,520. Colindale is in Zone 4, and the travelcard costs £1,820.
Council
Barnet is Conservative controlled. Band D council tax for the 2016/2017 year is £1,397.07.
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