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Colindale Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Colindale

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Colindale history

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Colindale was essentially the dale between Mill Hill and The Burroughs. By the middle of the 20th century it had come to include that part of the Edgware Road between The Hyde and Burnt Oak. The area is named after a 16th-century family of the same name.

Manufacturing

Garston’s Ltd established a trunk factory in 1901, as well as a row of cottages called Leatherville. By 1914 there was already housing between Colindale Avenue and Annesley Avenue, mostly to house the workers of such endeavours. Franco Illuminated Signs opened on Aerodrome Road in 1922, having made the lights for the Franco British Exhibition of 1908. Frigidaire started in a wooden shack in 1923, employing 11 people.

Suburban expansion

After the tube station opened, development as a London suburb was rapid, and by 1939 much of the western side was semi-detached housing. Colindale Primary School opened in Colindeep Lane in 1921, with a new building constructed in Woodfield Avenue in 1933. St Matthias started as a mission church in 1905, and rebuilt between 1971 and 1973.

Today

Colindale houses many of North London’s largest institutions, including the Royal Air Force Museum, Public Health England’s Centre for Infections and the Peel Centre. The British Library’s newspaper depository was also in the area until it was closed in 2013. The Oriental City was a mecca for London’s East Asian community until its 2008 closure.

Colindale geography / climate

A small brook, a tributary of the River Brent called the Silk Stream, runs north to South. The area is home to several parks including Montrose Playing Fields, Silkstream Park, Heybourne Park and Colindale Park.

You can visit Colindale places with Walkfo Colindale to hear history at Colindale’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Colindale has 122 places to visit in our interactive Colindale map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Colindale, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Colindale places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Colindale & the surrounding areas.

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122 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Colindale tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Colindale

  

Best Colindale places to visit

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Colindale has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Colindale’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Colindale’s information audio spots:

Temple Fortune Temple Fortune is a place in the London Borough of Barnet to the north of Golders Green. It is principally a shopping district used by residents of the Hampstead Garden Suburb. Religious buildings include the Catholic Church of St Edward the Confessor, St. Mary & Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church and North Western Reform Synagogue.

Church End, Finchley Church End is an old village, now a suburban development, centred 7 miles (11 km) north-northwest of Charing Cross. Aside from its church it centres on Finchley Central Underground station.

Claremont Road Ground The Claremont Road Ground was a former football ground in Cricklewood, UK. It was the home ground for Hendon Football Club for 81years before being demolished in 2006.

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