Kenton Road is a main road in the

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. It lies in the areas of Harrow and Kenton.

Route and landmarks

Its eastern end is the border of Kenton in

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(in NW9) in

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. Kenton Road is the A4006, apart from a short stretch west of Northwick Park

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, which is a small part of the A404. The road east of the Kenton

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Church originally followed the route of what is now Woodgrange Avenue and was a continuation of Kenton Lane before being upgraded, re-positioned and renamed in the early 20th century as an eastward extension of the original Kenton Road. On the north side of the road, almost opposite

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is the Traveller's Rest

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. Approximately further along the A4006, also on the north side of the road, at the junction with St Leonard's Avenue, is the parish church of St Mary-the-Virgin, Kenton, built in 1935-1936 by the architect Harold Gibbons and a local firm of builders, Melsom & Rosier. Approximately further on, on the south side of the Kenton Road is All Saints Catholic Church, built in 1963. About another further on is the Greek Orthodox Church of St Panteleimon. Originally a mission church of the Church of England parish, it was acquired in recent years by the Greek community, which has replaced it with a traditional Greek Basilica complete with bronze dome (2011). Houses in Kenton Road - geograph

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