Alperton

Worth seeing in and around Alperton

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Wembley Stadium

   Wembley Stadium, branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons, is an association football stadium in Wembley, London, England. It opened in 2007 on the site of the original Wembley Stadium, which had stood from 1923 until 2000.

   2.2 km · stadium in London, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Live Aid

   Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fund-raising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.

   2.2 km · Global concert raised massive funds for famine and had Queen's Iconic performance · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Wembley Arena

   Wembley Arena is an indoor arena next to Wembley Stadium in Wembley, Greater London, England. The 12,500-seat facility is Greater London's second-largest indoor arena after the O2 Arena, and the ninth-largest in the United Kingdom.

   2.3 km · indoor arena adjacent to Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London · Wikipedia
4. 04
   The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness

   The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, also known as A Concert for Life, was a benefit concert by British rock band Queen and a number of supporting artists. It took place on 20 April 1992, at Wembley Stadium in London, England.

   2.2 km · 1992 benefit concert · Wikipedia
5. 05
   BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London

   BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is a Hindu temple in Neasden, London, England. Built entirely using traditional methods and materials, the Swaminarayan mandir has been described as being Britain's first authentic Hindu temple.

   2.8 km · Hindu temple · Wikipedia
6. 06
   University of West London

   The University of West London is a public research university in the England with campuses in Ealing, Brentford and Reading, Berkshire. The university has roots in 1860 when the Lady Byron School was founded, later Ealing College of Higher Education.

   3.7 km · university in Ealing, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Concert for Diana

   Concert for Diana was a benefit concert held at the then newly built Wembley Stadium in London, United Kingdom in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales, on 1 July 2007, which would have been her 46th birthday. 31 August that year brought the 10th anniversary of her death.

   2.3 km · benefit concert in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Watkin's Tower

   Watkin's Tower was a partially completed iron lattice tower in Wembley Park, Middlesex, England. Its construction was an ambitious project to create a 358-metre -high visitor attraction in Wembley Park to the north of the city, led by the railway entrepreneur Sir Edward Watkin.

   2.2 km · partially completed iron lattice tower in London, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

   The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute was a popular-music concert staged on 11 June 1988 at Wembley Stadium, London, and broadcast to 67 countries and an audience of 600 million. Marking the forthcoming 70th birthday of the imprisoned anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela, the concert was also referred to as Freedomfest, Free Nelson Mandela Concert and Mandela Day.

   2.3 km · 1988 popular-music concert in London · Wikipedia
10. 10
    London College of Music

    The London College of Music is a music school in London, England. It is one of eight separate schools that make up the University of West London.

    3.4 km · Conservatoire, part of the University of West London · Wikipedia

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Getting to Alperton

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 13 km · London Luton (LTN), 38 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 44 km

Stations

Wembley Central station, 1.4 km · Wembley Park tube station, 3 km · Willesden Junction station, 4 km · Ealing Common tube station, 3.4 km · Ealing Broadway station, 2.8 km

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  13 km · quickest by road, 49 min · £1.5–2
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  15 km · quickest by road, 47 min · £2–2.5
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