Dollis Hill

Dollis Hill
Park Side, which runs down from Dollis Hill Lane beside Gladstone Park
Dollis Hill is located in Greater London
Dollis Hill
Dollis Hill
Location within Greater London
Population14,425 (2011 Census. Ward)[1]
OS grid referenceTQ225865
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLONDON
Postcode districtNW2, NW10
Dialling code020
PoliceMetropolitan
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UK Parliament
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51°33′51″N 0°14′03″W / 51.5641°N 0.2341°W / 51.5641; -0.2341

Dollis Hill is an area in northwest London, which consists of the streets surrounding the 35 hectares (86 acres) Gladstone Park. It is served by a London Underground station, Dollis Hill, on the Jubilee line, providing good links to central London. It is in the London Borough of Brent, close to Willesden Green, Neasden and Cricklewood, and is in the postal districts of NW2 and NW10 [2]

The area is mainly residential (Edwardian terraced and 1920s/30s semi-detached houses) with a restaurant, greengrocer and convenience stores near the underground station. The Dollis Hill ward has the highest Irish population in London.[3]

Dollis Hill played a part in the Second World War as the code-breaking computer used at Bletchley Park was built at the Post Office Research Station in Dollis Hill and the rarely used alternative Cabinet War Room bunker for Winston Churchill's government was dug underground here.

  1. ^ "Brent Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  2. ^ https://www.britain-visitor.com/london-parks-gardens/gladstone-park
  3. ^ "Demographics". Hidden London. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2019.