Preston, Middlesex

Preston
Middlesex
Preston Road
Location
Grid reference:	TQ175855
Location:	51°34’15"N, 0°17’42"W
Data
Post town:	Wembley / Harrow
Postcode:	HA3, HA9
Dialling code:	020
Local Government
Council:	Brent
Parliamentary constituency:	Brent North

Preston is a Middlesex village which has become a mere residential locality in the great metropolitan conurbation that fills most o the county. It is effectively now the northern part of Wembley.

This is a residential suburb, containing Preston Road tube station (on the Metropolitan Line) with some stores on either side. The area to the station's north is covered under the HA3 postcode and is, along with the area around South Kenton station to the west, running into contiguous Kenton.

Sir John Lyon, founder of Harrow School, was born in Preston.

Preston Park

Preston Park is a public park of 19 acres; a grassed area with scattered trees, with two sports pavilions and a children's playground.

Pitures

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  Preston Road station building
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  Preston Park
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  Preston Park playground
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  Montpelier Rise, with typical 1930s semi-detached housing
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  Woodcock Hill