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Wembley
Total population
115,079
Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Wembley is a district in the London Borough of Brent, north-west London, 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Charing Cross. It includes the wards of Alperton, Barn Hill, Kenton, Northwick Park, Preston, Sudbury, Tokyngton and Wembley Central, Wembley Hill and Wembley Park. The population was 133,616 in 2021, an increase of 20,000 since 2011.
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History
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; font-size:85%; margin-left:10px; width:50%" |+Wembley (civil parish then Metropolitan Borough from its inception) population |- |colspan="2" | ◄ Split from Harrow on the Hill |- ! style="text-align:center;"| 1901 | style="text-align:center;"| 4,519 |- ! style="text-align:center;"| 1911 | style="text-align:center;"| 10,696 |- ! style="text-align:center;"| 1921 | style="text-align:center;"| 16,187 |- ! style="text-align:center;"| 1931 | style="text-align:center;"| 48,561 |- |colspan="2" | ◄ From abolition, 1 April 1934, of Kingsbury Urban District () until 1965 about, that is if static as at 1931, 16,636 residents, absorbed |- ! style="text-align:center;"| 1939 | style="text-align:center;"| 112,563 |- ! style="text-align:center;"| 1951 | style="text-align:center;"| 131,384 |- ! style="text-align:center;"| 1961 | style="text-align:center;"| 124,892 |- |style="font-size:smaller" colspan=2|Note no 1941 census due to war |- | colspan="2" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"|source: UK census/The 1939 Register |} Wembley is derived from the Old English proper name "Wemba" and the Old English "lea" for meadow or clearing. The name was first mentioned in the charter of 825 of Selvin. A further instance may be seen in the Plea Rolls of the Common Pleas, as Wambeleye. The village of Wembley grew up on the hill by the clearing with the Harrow Road south of it. Much of the surrounding area remained wooded. In 1547 there were but six houses in Wembley. Though small, it was one of the wealthiest parts of Harrow. At the dissolution of the monasteries in 1543, the manor of Wembley fell to Richard Andrews and Leonard Chamberlain, who sold it to Richard Page, , of Harrow on the Hill, the same year. There was a mill on Wembley Hill by…
Geography
Until the nineteenth century, Wembley was rural. In broadest terms Wembley has eight main green spaces, all but the golf course being public (no farms or private parks exist). The formal five are King Edward VII Park, set out in 1914 slightly north of the centre (10.5 hectares), Barham Park (10.5 hectares), One Tree Hill Park, Sudbury Green and Brent River Park / Tokyngton Recreation Ground (20.26 hectares) has been restored, returning the river to a more natural course. The informal three are Horsenden Hill, Vale Farm sports ground (30 hectares) and partly horse-grazed Barn Hill (19.9 hectares), east of which is its Kingsbury continuation: Fryent Country Park. Sudbury Golf Course abuts the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal, with a towpath running into central London. Sudbury Squash and Tennis Club has outdoor tennis courts, an indoor squash court, and a clubhouse. Wembley is a short distance away from the Welsh Harp reservoir and open space, created in the early 19th century by damming the River Brent to provide water for the Grand Union Canal. Wembley is made up of six wards: Wembley Central, Alperton, Tokyngton, Barnhill, Preston and Sudbury. The town takes up the south-western quarter of the borough of Brent, being west of Harlesden and Willesden and south of Kenton. It is also east of Greenford and Northolt in the neighbouring London Borough of Ealing. The area is identified in the Mayor of London's London Plan as one of thirty-five major centres in Greater London. Wembley is part of both HA0 and HA9 post codes, and has its own post town.
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Events
Notable, recurring, and historical events associated with Wembley, sourced from Wikidata.
- 1948 World Table Tennis Championships – women's singlesJan 1, 1948sporting event
- 1948 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's TeamJan 1, 1948sporting event
- 1948 World Table Tennis Championships – mixed doublesJan 1, 1948sporting event
- 1948 World Table Tennis Championships – men's doublesJan 1, 1948sporting event
- 1948 World Table Tennis Championships – men's singlesJan 1, 1948sporting event
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
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Official Identifiers
ONS — UK Office for National Statistics
- ONS code
- osgb4000000074563042
- Local type
- Other Settlement
- Region
- London
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • ONS / OS Open Names — UK official place gazetteer, via api.postcodes.io (OS code, local type, county/unitary, district/borough, region)
- • ONS — UK Office for National Statistics — api.postcodes.io / OS Open Names