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Sandy Lane, HARROW, HA3 9UQ

Leading from Fryent Country Park.

Although this is an official cycle path you can't cross the railway to get to Kingsbury as it involves climbing two flights of stairs. I expect people have tried it but then it leads into Barn Hill which is mainly grass and few paths which isn't much fun trying to cycle across.

Served by route 79 towards Wembley.

As you can see, the sign points to Preston and The Mall Community Centre, although few people realise that is the official name of the area it is still used from the original buildings here at least.

Formerly there was a semi-detached pair of houses here similar to those further along, but with a large side garden to the end house.

Fryent Country Park has been kept to show how much of Middlesex looked before the suburban expansion of London in the 1920s and 1930s. There are 23 hay meadows and seven miles of hedgerows, four woods and 20 ponds. The branch between Wembley Park and Stanmore was opened by the Metropolitan Railway in 1932. It was much harder to construct than anticipated and amongst the heavy works was the diversion of the Wealdstone Brook. It became part of the Bakerloo Line in 1939 when that line was extended from Baker Street to Finchley Road, from there taking over the Metropolitan's old slow tracks to Wembley Park before the Bakerloo continued to Stanmore. In 1979 it became part of the Jubilee Line to Charing Cross, and in 1999 was linked to Stratford by the Jubilee Line Extension. The houses in the distance are in Tookey Close, beyond a recreation ground.

Although few people are aware of it, the area between Wembley Park and Kenton is called Preston on the map, as illustrated by Preston Road and Preston Hill which cross it.