IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Borrowdale Avenue, HARROW, HA3 7PX
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Borrowdale Avenue, HA3 7PX by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (17 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Details
Distance
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Conifer by Grasmere Gardens, Belmont
In the back garden of a house on Kenton Lane
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 13 Jan 2021
0.09 miles
4
Bonsai style tree on Grasmere Gardens, Belmont
The weeping branches have all been cut to make a fringe.
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 13 Jan 2021
0.11 miles
5
The route of the former Harrow & Stanmore Railway
In the 1880s the village of Great Stanmore attracted the attention of the London hotel and restaurant magnate Frederick Gordon. In 1882 he bought the Bentley Priory estate with the intention of converting it into a country resort for his London hotel guests. He realised the project would not prosper without some improvement in railway communication.
The Harrow & Stanmore Railway was authorised in 1886 from a junction with the up slow line at Harrow. The first train left Harrow for Stanmore on 18th December 1890. However, there was no sign by the early 20th century of any traffic potential. Gordon's enterprise at Stanmore failed and the line's business was very light. A few houses appeared near the station but the Bentley Priory hotel failed and Gordon moved in with his wife and 11 children. Gordon died in 1904. The country between Harrow and Stanmore remained almost entirely open until well into the 1920s.
In response to house builders, a wooden halt was opened on 12th September 1932 called Belmont where the branch passed under Kenton Lane. With the building of low cost housing in the area Belmont became and remained the main traffic generator for the branch. The station was rebuilt by 1937.
Sunday trains were permanently withdrawn from 27th July 1947. After 13th September 1952 the station at Stanmore saw only a daily freight train and these continued until August 1964 - track lifting started soon afterwards. Ordinary bookings from Belmont faded away almost completely from the early 1960s. Closure of the line from Belmont to Harrow & Wealdstone was included in the Beeching report and the last passenger train ran on 3rd October 1964. Belmont station was demolished in July 1966. The trackbed between Christchurch Avenue and Vernon Drive has now been made into a path called the Belmont Trail. For more information see http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/belmont/
This is just past Dobbin Close. It would seem that the flats on the left have been built across part of the former route.
Image: © Marathon
Taken: 11 Nov 2015
0.12 miles
6
London Borough of Harrow : Mountbel Road
Looking up Mountbel Road from Kenton Lane.
Image: © Lewis Clarke
Taken: 3 Oct 2018
0.13 miles
7
Spring blossom on Kenton Lane, Belmont
Outside St Joseph's School, barricaded for covid.
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 23 Apr 2021
0.16 miles
8
London Borough of Harrow : Beverley Gardens
Looking along Beverley Gardens from Kenton Lane.
Image: © Lewis Clarke
Taken: 3 Oct 2018
0.18 miles
9
Belmont Road at the junction of Borrowdale Avenue
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 13 Jan 2021
0.19 miles
10
Bungalow on Grasmere Gardens, Belmont
With a bonus in the front garden. Maybe they have house guests?
Image: © David Howard
Taken: 13 Jan 2021
0.20 miles