Northwick Avenue, Kenton
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Northwick Avenue, Kenton
Image: © Stephen McKay Taken: 20 Jan 2023
Classic Metro-land suburbia: these houses are close to the entrance to the Metropolitan Line's Northwick Park station. Each of the semi-detached pairs differ in detail, and some have been extended and altered over time, but the overall architectural style is firmly from the inter-war years of the 20th century. All the houses in this view have paved over front gardens and it is now quite rare to find this type of house in the London suburbs with an actual garden at the front. This has consequences for drainage but otherwise the streets would be hopelessly clogged with parked vehicles. The Northwick name comes from Northwick Park in Gloucestershire, the seat of the original landowners here, the Churchill-Rushout family.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.579171
Longitude
-0.318666