Queensbury is an area of northwest

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, England, in the southeast of the

London Borough of Harrow The London Borough of Harrow () is a London borough in northwest London, England; it forms part of Outer London. It borders four other London boroughs Barnet to the east of ancient Watling Street (now the A5 road), Brent to the southeast, Ea ...

on the boundary with the London Borough of Brent. The area is split between four postal districts: Harrow HA3, Stanmore HA7,

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HA8, and London NW9.

Geography and history

The Queensbury suburb was built by Percy Harold Edwards (1886-1937). The name was chosen in a newspaper competition he inaugurated. From 1916 Queensbury was the site of the Stag Lane Aerodrome. The area around Queensbury Circle and Honeypot Lane is in the

HA postcode area The HA postcode area, also known as the Harrow postcode area, is a group of ten postcode districts in England, within seven post towns. These cover part of northwest London, plus a very small part of south Hertfordshire. The main sorting office ...

and the area south east of Queensbury tube station is in the

NW postcode area The NW (North Western) postcode area, also known as the London NW postcode area, is a group of 13 postcode districts covering around 13,895 live postcodes within part of northwest London, England. It is the successor of the NW sector, originally ...

Queensbury tube station Queensbury is a London Underground station in Queensbury, London. It is on the Jubilee line, between Canons Park and Kingsbury stations, and in Travelcard Zone 4. History The station opened on 16 December 1934, two years after the neighbourin ...

is on the

Jubilee line The Jubilee line is a London Underground line that runs between in east London and in the suburban north-west, via the Docklands, South Bank and West End. Opened in 1979, it is the newest line on the Underground network, although some secti ...

. Queensbury neighbours the district of

Kingsbury Kingsbury may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Kingsbury, London, a district of northwest London in the borough of Brent ** Kingsbury tube station, London Underground station * Kingsbury, Warwickshire, a village and civil parish in Warwickshi ...

in the London Borough of Brent.

Queensbury tube station

The main focus of Queensbury is the area around the tube station. Queensbury did not exist as an area before the opening of the Stanmore branch as part of the Metropolitan line in 1932 (transferred to the

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in 1939, and then the Jubilee line in 1979. The station opened on 16 December 1934. The name Queensbury was adopted for the tube station to match neighbouring Kingsbury and has no historical basis. It had been selected by way of a newspaper competition. The parade of shops and houses built along with the station form a large crescent with a public green space in the centre. The area was developed in the 1930s and the architecture reflects this. Until May 2008 a roundabout in front of the station featured a prominent 1930s style mast bearing the London Underground emblem. The pavements and public space were redeveloped at that time losing some of the 1930s character. The tube station, and its local surroundings and characters were cited in the song "Queensbury Station" by the

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-based punk-jazz band The Magoo Brothers on their album "Beyond Believable", released in 1988. The song was written by

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and

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GEMA database listing for Queensbury Station song, work no.: 2181020-001

Other places

Queensbury Circle Parade is a roundabout and shops located north west of Queensbury Station, along Honeypot Lane. Queensbury sub-post office is located here.

Demographics

Queensbury is made up of two wards of its namesake in both London boroughs of Brent and Harrow, with a total population of 29,150 as of 2015. The area has a high ethnic diversity; as shown in the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Census, 72.9% of the population of Queensbury ward in Brent and 75% of Queensbury ward in Harrow were of minority background; the latter is the most diverse part of the borough of Harrow. The census showed the largest ethnic group in the Queensbury ward of Harrow were Indians, who comprised 43.2% of the population. The next largest ethnic groups were Other Asian (14.7%) and

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people (13.3%). In terms of religious affiliation, in 2011 the Queensbury ward was 42%

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, 28% Christian, and 14.3% Muslim.

Transport and locale

Nearby places

Burnt Oak Burnt Oak is a suburb of London, England, located northwest of Charing Cross. It lies to the west of the M1 motorway between Edgware and Colindale, located predominantly in the London Borough of Barnet, with parts comprising the London Boroughs ...

Colindale Colindale is a district in the London Borough of Barnet; its main shopping street on the A5 forming the borough boundary with neighbouring Brent. Colindale is a suburban area, and in recent years has had many new apartments built. It's also th ...

* Kenton *

* Stanmore *

The Hyde The Hyde is a locality in the London Borough of Barnet in London, England, and is also the name of its accompanying main road on the A5. It is located to the east of Kingsbury, west of Hendon and south of Colindale. The area contains Hyde Ho ...

Tube

Stations in the area are: * (

)

Buses

London Buses serving Queensbury are:

References

{{LB Brent Areas of London Districts of the London Borough of Harrow Districts of the London Borough of Brent