Hendon

Worth seeing in and around Hendon

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
   Middlesex University

   Middlesex University, branded as Middlesex University London, is a public research university based in Hendon, northwest London, England. The university also has campuses in Dubai and Mauritius.

   700 m · university in London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
2. 02
   RAF Museum London

   The Royal Air Force Museum London is located on the former Hendon Aerodrome, in North London's Borough of Barnet. It includes five buildings and hangars showing the history of aviation and the Royal Air Force.

   1.9 km · aviation museum in London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
3. 03
   UCL Observatory

   UCL Observatory at Mill Hill in London is an astronomical teaching observatory. It is part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London.

   3.5 km · observatory at Mill Hill in London, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture

   The Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture was a museum in North London, England, housing one of the most comprehensive collections of 19th- and 20th-century decorative arts for the home. The collections included the Silver Studio collection of designs for wallpapers and textiles, the Charles Hasler collection, and the Crown Wallpaper Archive.

   1.8 km · museum and archive in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   East Finchley Cemetery

   East Finchley Cemetery is a cemetery and crematorium in East End Road, East Finchley. Although it is in the London Borough of Barnet, it is owned and managed by the City of Westminster.

   3 km · cemetery in East Finchley, London, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St Jude's Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb

   The Parish Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, is the parish church of Hampstead Garden Suburb in north London. The suburb was founded in 1907 by Henrietta Barnett to be a model community where all classes of people could live together in attractive surroundings and social harmony.

   2.5 km · church in London Borough of Barnet, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Brent Reservoir

   The Brent Reservoir is a reservoir in North West London. It straddles the boundary between the boroughs of Brent and Barnet and is owned by the Canal & River Trust.

   2.1 km · reservoir which straddles the boundary between the London boroughs of Brent and Barnet, in England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Old St Andrew's Church

   Old St Andrew's Church, Kingsbury, is a Romanian Orthodox and former Anglican church in Kingsbury in the London Borough of Brent, Greater London, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

   3 km · Grade I listed church in Kingsbury, London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Avenue House

   Avenue House is a large Victorian mansion situated on East End Road in Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet. Built in 1859 on land formerly known as Temple Croft Field, it was acquired in 1874 by ink magnate and philanthropist Henry Charles Stephens who later enlarged and improved the house and grounds with advice from well-known landscape gardener Robert Marnock.

   2.5 km · grade II listed house in Finchley, London, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Free Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb

    The Free Church is a building located in Hampstead Garden Suburb, Barnet, London. It was built to a design by Sir Edwin Lutyens starting in 1911, and, like St Jude's Church at the opposite side of Central Square, is a Grade I listed building.

    2.4 km · church in London Borough of Barnet, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Hendon

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 21 km · London Luton (LTN), 34 km · London Stansted (STN), 46 km

Stations

Burnt Oak tube station, 3.4 km · Colindale tube station, 2.2 km · Dollis Hill tube station, 3.7 km · Golders Green tube station, 2.5 km · Kingsbury tube station, 3.7 km

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  12 km · quickest by road, 58 min · £1.5–2
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  151 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £16–21
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