Brent Cross Hotels

Brent Cross Station is in Golders Green, north London.  This is a suburban, middle class area with many open green spaces.  There is a strong Jewish influence in the area and many cafes and shops offer Kosher food.  There are also plenty of restaurants serving other types of food including Turkish, Korean and Italian. Brent Cross Shopping Centre offers everything you could want for a spot of retail therapy.

There is a good selection of hotels near Brent Cross Station, from 2 to 4 star.  Some are independent hotels or bed and breakfasts, and there are also the chain hotels of Holiday Inn.  You can get a room at one of the budget Brent Cross hotels for under £50, but for the 4 star properties you should expect to pay at least double that.  There is a good variety of accommodation to suit all pockets.  It would be a good place to stay for families that want a quiet, peaceful holiday.

Brent Cross Tube Station

Brent Cross tube station is in Golders Green, North West London.  It’s in Travelcard Zone 3.  It was originally called simply “Brent”, after a nearby river, and opened in 1923.  It was designed by the architect Stanley Heaps, who was responsible for many tube stations built in the first half of the 20th century.  Its name changed in 1976 to tie in with the opening of a local shopping centre.

Attractions

Brent Cross Shopping Centre can be reached via a series of footpaths from the station.  It was the first large enclosed shopping centre to be built in the UK, and at the time many people were dubious as to whether or not the idea would catch on.  But it proved to be popular and now has 110 stores and cafes including all the big high street names.

Clitterhouse Playing Fields has provisions for cricket, football and rugby as well as a children’s playground, and the area is currently being redeveloped to improve and expand the facilities.

Brent Reservoir is a sailing centre, although fishing is prohibited.  Woodfield Park overlooks the water.  There is another large green space nearby, the Silver Jubilee Park.

The Church Farmhouse Museum is a building from the mid-17th century.  It has 3 furnished period rooms including a kitchen with a huge open fireplace containing a clockwork spit jack and bread oven.  The refectory has a display of over a hundred Victorian kitchen utensils and the scullery contains laundry equipment such as washing dollies, flat irons and a linen press.

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