Harlesden

Worth seeing in and around Harlesden

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.

   3.1 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.

   3.1 km · Global concert raised massive funds for famine and had Queen's Iconic performance · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium

   Loftus Road, currently known as MATRADE Loftus Road Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Shepherd's Bush, West London, Greater London, England, which is home to Queens Park Rangers Football Club, with a capacity of 18,439. In 1981, it became the first stadium in British professional football to have an artificial pitch of Omniturf installed.

   3.2 km · football stadium in London · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   3.4 km · indoor arena adjacent to Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London · Wikipedia
5. 05
   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.

   3.1 km · 1992 benefit concert · Wikipedia
6. 06
   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.

   1.6 km · Hindu temple · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Kensal Green Cemetery

   Kensal Green Cemetery is a cemetery in the Kensal Green area of North Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in London, England. Inspired by Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, it was founded by the barrister George Frederick Carden.

   1.8 km · cemetery in Kensal Green, in the west of London, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Trellick Tower

   Trellick Tower is a Grade II* listed tower block on the Cheltenham Estate in Kensal Town, London. Opened in 1972, it was commissioned by the Greater London Council and designed in the Brutalist style by architect Ernő Goldfinger.

   3.2 km · Tower block in the Brutalist style in Kensal Town, London · Wikipedia
9. 09
   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.

   3.1 km · benefit concert in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Westfield London

    Westfield London, sometimes referred to as Westfield White City, is a large shopping centre in White City, West London, England, developed by the Westfield Group at a cost of £1.6bn, on a brownfield site formerly the home of the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition. The site is bounded by the West Cross Route, the Westway and Wood Lane.

    3.7 km · shopping centre in White City, London · Wikipedia

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Getting to Harlesden

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 16 km · London Luton (LTN), 39 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 43 km

Stations

Wembley Central station, 3.8 km · Wembley Park tube station, 3.8 km · Willesden Junction station, 500 m · Queen's Park station, 3 km · Shepherd's Bush Market tube station, 3.7 km

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  154 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £17–22
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