Edgware Road (London) on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
Edgware Road is a major road in London, England. The route originated as part of Roman roads in Britain, Roman Watling Street and, unusually in London, it runs for 10 miles in an almost perfectly straight line. Forming part of the modern A5 road (Great Britain), A5 road, Edgware Road undergoes several name changes along its length, including Maida Vale, Kilburn High Road, Shoot Up Hill and Cricklewood Broadway; but the road is, as a whole, known as the Edgware Road, as it is the road to Edgware.
The road runs from central to suburban London, beginning at Marble Arch in the City of Westminster and heading north to Edgware in the London Borough of Barnet. It is used as the boundary for four London boroughs: London Borough of Harrow, Harrow and London Borough of Brent, Brent to the west, and London Borough of Barnet, Barnet and London Borough of Camden, Camden to the east.
The road runs north-west from Marble Arch to Edgware on the outskirts of London. It crosses the Harrow Road and Marylebone Road, passing beneath the Westway (London)#Route, Marylebone flyover. The road passes through the areas of Maida Vale, London, England, Maida Vale, Kilburn, London, Kilburn and Cricklewood. It then crosses the A406 road, North Circular Road before West Hendon at Staples Corner. After this, the road continues in the same direction, through the Hyde, Colindale, Burnt Oak, and then reaches Edgware.
The southernmost part of the Edgware Road forms part of the London Inner Ring Road and as such is part of the boundary of the London congestion charge zone. However, when the zone was extended in February 2007, the road became part of the "free through routes" which allows vehicles to cross the zone during its hours of operation without paying the charge.
The southern part of the road between Marble Arch and Maida Vale, London, England, Maida Vale, noted for its distinct Middle Eastern cuisine and many late-night bars and ''Hookah, shisha'' cafes, is known to Londoners by nicknames such as ''Little Cairo'',Telegraph: Never talk about what you wear...
/ref> ''Little Beirut''This Is London: Little Beirut
/ref> and, especially near London borough of Camden, Camden, ''Little Cyprus''. As it passes through the various neighbourhoods, the road name changes several times, becoming Maida Vale, London, England, Maida Vale, Kilburn High Road and Shoot-Up Hill (in Kilburn), and Cricklewood Broadway (in Cricklewood), before becoming Edgware Road once again with intermittent stretches as West Hendon Broadway, and the Hyde. Along the entire route, it retains its identity as the A5 road (Great Britain), A5 road under the Great Britain road numbering scheme. The A5 continues beyond the end of the Edgware Road, following the old Roman road for much of its route and terminating at Holyhead, Wales (a port for Ireland).
Prehistoric Britain, Before the Romans, today's Edgware Road began as an ancient trackway within the Forest of Middlesex, Great Middlesex Forest. The Romans later Roman roads in Britain, incorporated the track into Watling Street.
Many centuries later, the road was improved by the turnpike trust, Edgware-Kilburn turnpike trust in 1711, and a number of the local inns, some of which still exist, functioned as stops for coaches, although they would have been quite close to the starting point of coach routes from London.
During the 18th century, it was a destination for Huguenot#Asylum in Britain and Ireland, Huguenot migrants. By 1811, Thomas Telford produced a re-design for what was then known as a section of the London to Holyhead road, a redesign considered one of the most important feats of pre-Victorian era, Victorian engineering. Telford's redesign emerged only a year after the area saw the establishment of Great Britain's first Indian restaurant.
The area began to attract Arab diaspora, Arab migrants in the late 19th century during a period of increased trade with the Ottoman Empire. The trend continued with the arrival of Egyptians and Iraqis in the 1950s, and greatly expanded beginning in the 1970s and continuing to the present when events including the Lebanese Civil War, the Iranian Revolution, overthrow of the Shah of Iran, and Algerian Civil War, unrest in Algeria brought more Arabs to the area. They established the present-day mix of bars and Hookah, shisha cafes, which make the area known to Londoners by nicknames such as "Little Cairo" and "Little Beirut." These shisha cafés have been hard hit by the enforcement of the England-wide smoking ban in 2007.
One of the two Edgware Road tube stations was one of the sites of the 7 July 2005 London bombings, 7 July bombings. A bomb was detonated on a train leaving the Edgware Road tube station (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines), tube station serving the Circle line (London Underground), Circle, District line, District and Hammersmith & City line, Hammersmith & City lines and heading for Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines), Paddington tube station. Six people were killed in the blast: Colin Morley, 52, Jennifer Vanda Ann Nicholson, 24, Johnathan Downey, 34, Laura Webb, 29, Michael Brewster, 52, and David Foulkes, 22. The perpetrator was the ringleader of the 7 July bombings, Mohammed Siddique Khan. On the first anniversary of the bombings, a memorial plaque to the victims was unveiled at the station.
a 2006 planning document (in Portable Document Format, PDF format) from the City of Westminster website The London postal district, postal codes of the area are W postcode area, W1, W2, NW postcode area, NW1 and NW postcode area, NW2. The part of the road between Marble Arch and the Marylebone Flyover also separates the areas of Marylebone and Bayswater.
Edgware Road is well represented in terms of communities from across the Middle East and North Africa. BBC: Arabic London
retrieved 7 October 2007
Edgware Road has several London bus routes, and is intersected by several London Underground lines along its length or nearby. A number of schemes have been put forward in the past to construct an Edgware Road Tube schemes, Underground railway line underneath Edgware Road, including a plan to extend the Bakerloo line north to Cricklewood and an unusual proposal to build an underground monorail system, but these schemes did not succeed. Today, London Buses provide the only public transport along the length of the road.
Go west for a taste of Arabia – while it lasts
from thelondonpaper {{coord, 51.5133, -0.1604, type:landmark_region:GB-WSM, display=title Streets in the City of Westminster Streets in the London Borough of Brent Streets in the London Borough of Camden Streets in the London Borough of Barnet District centres of London
Route
The road runs north-west from Marble Arch to Edgware on the outskirts of London. It crosses the Harrow Road and Marylebone Road, passing beneath the Westway (London)#Route, Marylebone flyover. The road passes through the areas of Maida Vale, London, England, Maida Vale, Kilburn, London, Kilburn and Cricklewood. It then crosses the A406 road, North Circular Road before West Hendon at Staples Corner. After this, the road continues in the same direction, through the Hyde, Colindale, Burnt Oak, and then reaches Edgware.
The southernmost part of the Edgware Road forms part of the London Inner Ring Road and as such is part of the boundary of the London congestion charge zone. However, when the zone was extended in February 2007, the road became part of the "free through routes" which allows vehicles to cross the zone during its hours of operation without paying the charge.
The southern part of the road between Marble Arch and Maida Vale, London, England, Maida Vale, noted for its distinct Middle Eastern cuisine and many late-night bars and ''Hookah, shisha'' cafes, is known to Londoners by nicknames such as ''Little Cairo'',Telegraph: Never talk about what you wear.../ref> ''Little Beirut''This Is London: Little Beirut
/ref> and, especially near London borough of Camden, Camden, ''Little Cyprus''. As it passes through the various neighbourhoods, the road name changes several times, becoming Maida Vale, London, England, Maida Vale, Kilburn High Road and Shoot-Up Hill (in Kilburn), and Cricklewood Broadway (in Cricklewood), before becoming Edgware Road once again with intermittent stretches as West Hendon Broadway, and the Hyde. Along the entire route, it retains its identity as the A5 road (Great Britain), A5 road under the Great Britain road numbering scheme. The A5 continues beyond the end of the Edgware Road, following the old Roman road for much of its route and terminating at Holyhead, Wales (a port for Ireland).
History
Prehistoric Britain, Before the Romans, today's Edgware Road began as an ancient trackway within the Forest of Middlesex, Great Middlesex Forest. The Romans later Roman roads in Britain, incorporated the track into Watling Street.
Many centuries later, the road was improved by the turnpike trust, Edgware-Kilburn turnpike trust in 1711, and a number of the local inns, some of which still exist, functioned as stops for coaches, although they would have been quite close to the starting point of coach routes from London.
During the 18th century, it was a destination for Huguenot#Asylum in Britain and Ireland, Huguenot migrants. By 1811, Thomas Telford produced a re-design for what was then known as a section of the London to Holyhead road, a redesign considered one of the most important feats of pre-Victorian era, Victorian engineering. Telford's redesign emerged only a year after the area saw the establishment of Great Britain's first Indian restaurant.
The area began to attract Arab diaspora, Arab migrants in the late 19th century during a period of increased trade with the Ottoman Empire. The trend continued with the arrival of Egyptians and Iraqis in the 1950s, and greatly expanded beginning in the 1970s and continuing to the present when events including the Lebanese Civil War, the Iranian Revolution, overthrow of the Shah of Iran, and Algerian Civil War, unrest in Algeria brought more Arabs to the area. They established the present-day mix of bars and Hookah, shisha cafes, which make the area known to Londoners by nicknames such as "Little Cairo" and "Little Beirut." These shisha cafés have been hard hit by the enforcement of the England-wide smoking ban in 2007.
One of the two Edgware Road tube stations was one of the sites of the 7 July 2005 London bombings, 7 July bombings. A bomb was detonated on a train leaving the Edgware Road tube station (Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines), tube station serving the Circle line (London Underground), Circle, District line, District and Hammersmith & City line, Hammersmith & City lines and heading for Paddington tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines), Paddington tube station. Six people were killed in the blast: Colin Morley, 52, Jennifer Vanda Ann Nicholson, 24, Johnathan Downey, 34, Laura Webb, 29, Michael Brewster, 52, and David Foulkes, 22. The perpetrator was the ringleader of the 7 July bombings, Mohammed Siddique Khan. On the first anniversary of the bombings, a memorial plaque to the victims was unveiled at the station.
Districts and surrounding area
The name "Edgware Road" is used to refer to informally to this List of areas of London, area of London, meaning the area immediately to the north of Marble Arch. The district's northern boundary is the Marylebone Road, Marylebone flyover.Working for the future of Edgware Roada 2006 planning document (in Portable Document Format, PDF format) from the City of Westminster website The London postal district, postal codes of the area are W postcode area, W1, W2, NW postcode area, NW1 and NW postcode area, NW2. The part of the road between Marble Arch and the Marylebone Flyover also separates the areas of Marylebone and Bayswater.
Edgware Road is well represented in terms of communities from across the Middle East and North Africa. retrieved 7 October 2007
Transport
Edgware Road has several London bus routes, and is intersected by several London Underground lines along its length or nearby. A number of schemes have been put forward in the past to construct an Edgware Road Tube schemes, Underground railway line underneath Edgware Road, including a plan to extend the Bakerloo line north to Cricklewood and an unusual proposal to build an underground monorail system, but these schemes did not succeed. Today, London Buses provide the only public transport along the length of the road.
National Rail
Mainline and Overground rail stations: *Marylebone station (Chiltern Main Line) *Paddington station (Great Western Main Line) * (Midland Main Line) * (Midland Main Line) * (Watford DC line) * (Watford DC line)London Underground
*Edgware Road tube station (Bakerloo line), Edgware Road (Bakerloo line) * (Circle line (London Underground), Circle, District line, District and Hammersmith & City lines) * (Central line (London Underground), Central line) * (Bakerloo line) * (Bakerloo, Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines) * (Jubilee line) * (Bakerloo line)Bus routes
London Buses route N16, Night bus N16 is the only route to run the full length of the Edgware Road, from London Victoria station, Victoria station to Edgware. Day bus routes operating over a significant length of Edgware Road are: *London Buses route 6, 6 *London Buses route 7, 7 *London Buses route 16, 16 *London Buses route 23, 23 *London Buses route 32, 32 *London Buses route 36, 36 *London Buses route 98, 98 *London Buses route 189, 189 *London Buses route 316, 316 *London Buses route 332, 332 *London Buses route 414, 414 *London Buses route 436, 436References
External links
Go west for a taste of Arabia – while it lasts
from thelondonpaper {{coord, 51.5133, -0.1604, type:landmark_region:GB-WSM, display=title Streets in the City of Westminster Streets in the London Borough of Brent Streets in the London Borough of Camden Streets in the London Borough of Barnet District centres of London