Alperton () is an

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of north west

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, England, within the

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. It forms the southern part of the town of

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and is west north-west of

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. It includes a handful of high-rise and many

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buildings as well as streets of low-rise houses with gardens. It adjoins the

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, which is fed by the

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Toponymy

The name ''Alperton'' means "farmstead or estate associated with a man named Ealhbeorht", deriving from an

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personal name and ''tūn'', meaning farmstead or village in

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Demography

Alperton, Shree Sanatan Hindu Mandir - geograph

Alperton has one of the capital's highest populations from black or minority ethnic groups ( BME). In the 1991 census, 43.2% of Alperton

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's population was Asian, only one point less than White.

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s formed 31.5% in 1991 and 32.4% in 2001, with white having decreased to 27.8%. According to the 2011 census, the largest ethnic group was Indian, 42% of the population, well above Brent's average of 18%. Other Asian was second largest at 17%. The most spoken foreign language was Gujarati, by 3,213 residents, followed by Tamil, spoken by 1,001 residents. In the 2011 census 47.7% of residents are of the

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faith, Christians: 27.2% and Muslims: 11.9%.

Transport

Road

Ealing Road (A4089) and Bridgewater Road (A4005) are major roads that run through Alperton. Alperton Lane (B456) is another useful thoroughfare. The A406

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passes by the east of Alperton. The

runs through Alperton and the Grand Union Walk is its old towpath, which was originally used by horses drawing the canal barges, and is now a recreational facility that serves Alperton.

Trains

Alperton station is on the

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and located in the district. Other close stations include

Hanger Lane Hanger Lane is a major road in Ealing, London, England. The majority of the road forms the westernmost part of the A406 North Circular Road, running north from the A4020 Uxbridge Road at Ealing Common to the A40 Western Avenue at the Hanger L ...

( Central line) to the south; Stonebridge Park (

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& Watford DC Line) to the east; and Wembley Central (Bakerloo line,

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's Watford DC Line,

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) to the north.

Notable people

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, drummer with

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, lived in Alperton as a boy. *

Chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

endgame study In the game of chess, an endgame study, or just study, is a composed position—that is, one that has been made up rather than played in an actual game—presented as a sort of puzzle, in which the aim of the solver is to find the essentially uniq ...

composer and author John Roycroft was born in Alperton *

Gary Waddock Gary Patrick Waddock ( ; born 17 March 1962) is a former professional footballer. He is assistant head coach of Cambridge United. A former midfielder, he spent most of his career playing for Queens Park Rangers and Luton Town. He also had s ...

, former footballer and now manager of

Aldershot Town Aldershot Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in the spring ...

, grew up in Alperton * Footballer Joe Wiggins (1909–82) was born in Alperton

In popular culture

Alperton, The Pleasure Boat public house - geograph

The towpath of the

in Alperton has been used for various scenes in the

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Toponymy

Demography

Transport

Road

Trains

Notable people

In popular culture

Schools

Locale

Neighbouring areas

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