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Location: Queen's Park, City of Westminster, London, England
Coordinates: 51.5338°N 0.2026°W
Queen's Park:
Queen's Park is an area of northwest London, located on the boundary between the London Borough of Brent and the City of Westminster.
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History of Queen's Park:
The northern half of Queen's Park was developed by developer Solomon Barnett, who developed much of Kilburn. The two-storey terraced houses east of the park, developed between 1895 and 1900, typically have clean, classical lines. Those west of the park, developed between 1900 and 1905, tend to be more Gothic in style. Barnett's wife was from the West Country, and many of the roads he developed are named either for places she knew (e.g. Torbay, Tiverton. Honiton) or popular poets of the time (e.g. Tennyson). The first occupants of the area in late Victorian times were typically lower middle class clerical workers, school-teachers, insurance company employees and bank clerks. Currently Queen's Park is home to a diverse demographic and many architectural styles. Zog House, the revolutionary split-level eco home is located on Donaldson Road. The streets around the park which comprise the heart of Queens park is a conservation area.
The northern part of Queens Park is very different to the area south of Kilburn Lane. The northern part lies in the borough of Brent and has traditionally been made up of family houses. It has remained a secret oasis until recent years. The southern part, in the borough of Westminster, was made up of multi tenanted properties and over the past 20 years a large proportion of these multi-occupancy properties have been converted back to single family use and luxury flats. There is hardly any social housing in the streets around Queens park itself and the area was zoned as not suitable for social housing in the 1970s and 1980's as even then house prices were above average for the borough of Brent,which made them unaffordable for local Housing Associations. The main shopping streets of Salusbury Road and Chamberlayne Road have fewer convenience stores and more high-value shops and restaurants and is now more akin to how it was in the 1960s and 1970's when there were high class butchers, bakers and green grocers. The Organic Cafe restaurant and Worldy Wicked and Wise homeware and gift shop opened in the mid-90s. Local schools – some of which struggled to attract the children of wealthier local families in the past – are now over-subscribed. House prices have risen accordingly, with the common selling prices for 3/4 bedroom terraced houses to the east of the Park having recently surpassed £1,500,000[citation needed], whilst larger 5–7 bedroomed houses overlooking the park on the east side sell for millions. The area is still relatively undiscovered by non-residents, although it is extremely popular for its proximity to central London by direct London Underground link. The area has a well established community, and "almost village atmosphere" in the words of the local residents' association, QPARA......Wikipedia >>
