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'''Wembley''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|ɛ|m|b|l|i}}) is a large suburb<ref group="note">In British English, "suburb" often refers to the secondary urban centres of a city. Wembley is not a suburb in
Wembley was for over 800 years part of the [[Civil parish|parish]] of [[Harrow on the Hill#History|Harrow on the Hill]] in [[Middlesex]]. Its heart, Wembley Green, was surrounded by agricultural [[manorialism|manors]] and their hamlets. The small, narrow, Wembley High Street is a [[conservation area (United Kingdom)|conservation area]]. The railways of the [[London & Birmingham Railway]] reached Wembley in the mid-19th century, when the place gained its first church. Slightly south-west of the old core, the main station was originally called Sudbury, but today is known as [[Wembley Central station|Wembley Central]]. By the 1920s, the nearby long High Road hosted a wide array of shops and Wembley was a large [[suburb]] of [[London]]. Wembley then, within three decades, became an integral outer district of London, in density and contiguity. Wembley formed a separate [[civil parish]] from 1894, [[Municipal Borough of Wembley|incorporated as a municipal borough]] of Middlesex in 1937. In 1965, when [[London Government Act 1963|local government in London was reformed]], the area merged with the [[Municipal Borough of Willesden]], which was separated by the [[River Brent]], to create the [[London Borough of Brent]], one of the 32 [[Districts of England|local government district]]s of Greater London.
The estate of [[Wembley Park]] was largely pleasure grounds when the [[Metropolitan Railway]] reached this part in 1894. It was chosen to host the [[British Empire Exhibition]] in 1924, resulting in the development of landmarks including the Empire Stadium, later known as [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]], which became an iconic football stadium.<ref name="failedarchitecture.com">{{cite web|url=https://failedarchitecture.com/how-the-british-buried-their-imperial-history-along-with-wembley-football-stadium/|title=How the British buried their Imperial History along with Wembley Stadium|first=Failed|last=Architecture|date=20 December 2019 }}</ref> Suburban protection of public parkland and low-to-mid building density of all but high-rise western Wembley Park means most of Wembley is integral to and archetypal of the once well-advertised – mainly Middlesex – [[Metro-land|Metroland]]. After years of debate, the 1923 stadium was replaced by a [[Wembley Stadium|modernised stadium]] with a grand, skyline [[arch]] which opened in 2007;<ref name="failedarchitecture.com"/> it is home to the [[England national football team]], hosts latter and/or final stages of annual competitions such as the [[FA Cup]] and has the greatest capacity nationwide. In the early 21st century the [[London Designer Outlet]] pedestrianised plaza was built.
==History==
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The Page family continued as lords of the manor of Wembley for several centuries and eventually commissioned [[Humphry Repton]] (1752–1818) the landscape gardener to design what is now [[Wembley Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/london-environs/vol2/pp559-588|title=Harrow on the Hill | British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol4/pp203-211|title=Harrow, including Pinner : Manors | British History Online|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref> Wembley Park thus derived its name from Repton's habit of referring to the areas he designed as "parks".
The former Barley Mow pub was recorded in 1722 thus was the earliest long-lasting pub of Wembley.<ref name=conservation
===Railways, parish formed and development===
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[[File:Harrow Road, Sudbury postcard.jpg|thumb|left|Harrow Road, c. 1910, showing Sudbury Park Farm on the left and Crabs House on the right (now buildings of [[Barham Park]])]]
In November 1905, the [[Great Central Railway]] (now, in this section, part of the [[Chiltern Main Line]]) opened a new route for fast expresses that by-passed the congested Metropolitan Railway tracks. It ran between
Wembley was also served by [[Trams in London|tram]] (route 62) and later [[Trolleybuses in London|trolleybus]] (route 662) which ran through the [[Harrow Road]] from Sudbury to [[Paddington]] until the abandonment of the networks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trolleybus.net/crich3.htm|title=David Bradley Online - Anniversary Parade of London Tram and Trolleybus abandonment|website=www.trolleybus.net}}</ref> The route is now mostly served by [[London Buses route 18|bus route 18]] which is also one of the busiest bus routes in all of London today.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/11-busiest-london-bus-routes-17210691|title=The 11 busiest bus routes in London where finding a seat is a real challenge|first=Qasim|last=Peracha|date=8 November 2019|website=MyLondon}}</ref>
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Following continuing decline, Wembley had become unattractive and increasingly derelict by the century's end. However the large Indian community in the town maintained a growing jewellery market with their shops on Ealing Road.<ref name="brent.gov.uk">{{cite web|url=https://www.brent.gov.uk/services-for-residents/culture-leisure-and-parks/brent-museum-and-archives/find-out-about-your-local-area/history-of-wembley-and-tokyngton/|title=Brent Council - History of Wembley and Tokyngton|website=www.brent.gov.uk}}</ref>
A [[British Army]] recruitment centre led away from the High Road and came under attack by an [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] bomb in 1990, seeing a soldier die and four people injured (see [[1990 Wembley bombing]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/257998235/|title=The Observer from London, Greater London, England on June 3, 1990 · 3|website=Newspapers.com|date=3 June 1990 }}</ref>
===Recent regenerations===
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Purpose-built [[Brent Civic Centre]] near the stadium was completed in 2013, with all Brent administration moving to this complex. As a result, other offices were closed. The Chesterfield House block on Park Lane that was used as council offices, built in the 1960s replacing a Methodist church that moved further down the road, was demolished in 2017 and replaced by 21 and 26 storey blocks of apartments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.plmc.org.uk/about-us-1/history-of-park-lane/|title=Park Lane Methodist Church|website=www.plmc.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nla.london/projects/chesterfield-house|title=Chesterfield House|website=New London Architecture}}</ref> Brent House, an office complex on High Road, was sold by the council sold Brent House to a developer called Henley Homes who demolished the building and also replaced it with residential apartments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/parents-shock-as-building-in-wembley-crashes-down-next-to-3768842|title=Parents' shock as building in Wembley crashes down next to school playground|first=Lucy|last=Mansfield|date=17 March 2017|website=Kilburn Times}}</ref> Mahatma Gandhi House on Wembley Hill Road, another council office block, was also sold off.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/new-homes-bid-for-former-council-building-in-wembley-sold-3737554|title=New homes bid for former council building in Wembley sold for almost £10m|first=Lorraine|last=King|date=13 July 2015|website=Kilburn Times}}</ref> The listed [[Brent Town Hall]] was also disposed and became a French school, [[Lycée International de Londres Winston Churchill]].
The regeneration project is focused on the "[[Wembley Park]]" site which includes [[Wembley Stadium]] and [[Wembley Arena]], about a mile northeast from Wembley town centre. The [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Original Wembley Stadium]] closed in October 2000 and was demolished in 2003.<ref>{{cite
==Governance==
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===Willesden merger and split proposal===
Brent proved to be one of the more unpopular of the mergers occurring during the creation of the modern [[London boroughs]]. Reasons for this included the limited road links between the two main areas of Wembley and [[Willesden]] (with the A4088 and A404 Harrow Road, the only major road links across the Brent valley boundary), the lack of a focal point or ‘heart’ for the borough and the contrasting characteristics; with Willesden more inner-city in nature, and Wembley more suburban. Widening schemes for the [[North Circular Road, London|North Circular Road]], which passed along the [[River Brent|Brent]] valley, close to the boundary between the two, increased this sense of separation. The clash quickly turned political amid the plans to build [[Chalkhill Estate]], as Wembley was [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] while Willesden was [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]; the balance of power between the two parties contributed to the borough council becoming a byword for polarised politics.<ref name="brent.gov.uk"/>
The unpopularity persisted and in 1989 more than ten thousand people signed a petition calling for Wembley to regain its independence or else join with the [[London Borough of Harrow]] with which it had historic administrative links, had better transport integration and had shared common suburban interests. The 1994, the Boundary Commission considered this, and other requests, considering a wide range of options<ref>
Wembley and Harrow were felt to be a natural match, and the London Borough of Harrow supported these proposals and called for a boundary rationalisation with [[London Borough of Barnet|Barnet]] so that the [[Watling Street|A5 Road (Watling Street)]] formed the enlarged borough's entire eastern boundary. Willesden was harder to satisfactorily match with a neighbour, with [[London Borough of Ealing|Ealing]] considered the most natural choice, the main problem being the lack of a focal point, with the industrial areas of [[Park Royal]], [[Old Oak Common]] and [[North Acton]] forming a relatively ill-connected barrier between the two. The Commission concluded that there was insufficient justification for the disruption caused by the changes, and that such changes should only be considered during a comprehensive review of London's boundaries.
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==Demographics==
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[[File:Central Wembley Ethnicity 2001.jpg|thumb|left|A pie chart showing the ethnic makeup of central Wembley in 2001]]
Wembley is known for its high degree of ethnic and religious diversity, and the population includes a large number of people of Asian, Afro-Caribbean and Eastern European origin.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4223322.stm|title=Multiculturalism the Wembley way|date=8 September 2005|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/analysis/comment-big-india-in-little-england-1156123|title=Big India in little England|first=Chelna|last=Khatau|date=15 March 2008|website=DNA India}}</ref> According to the [[1991 census]], 49.2% of the Wembley Central ward identified themselves as Asian (39% Indian). The ward along with neighbouring Tokyngton (eastern Wembley) and [[Alperton]] were in the top 10 most diverse in London. In the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]], 78.6% of the ward identified themselves as being of black or minority ethnic ([[Black and Minority Ethnic|BME]]) groups.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://intelligence.brent.gov.uk/BrentDocuments/Ward%20Profiles%20-%20Chapter%203a.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=21 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221195304/https://intelligence.brent.gov.uk/BrentDocuments/Ward%20Profiles%20-%20Chapter%203a.pdf |archive-date=21 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://intelligence.brent.gov.uk/BrentDocuments/A%20Profile%20of%20Brent.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=21 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611032210/https://intelligence.brent.gov.uk/BrentDocuments/A%20Profile%20of%20Brent.pdf |archive-date=11 June 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The White British population of Wembley Central (792 people, 5.3% of the population) in the 2011 census makes it the sixth least White British ward in London (seventh in the country).<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title = Wembley Central – UK Census Data 2011|url = http://www.ukcensusdata.com/wembley-central-e05000104#sthash.Cyv74tbC.dpbs|website = UK Census Data|access-date = 20 December 2015}}</ref> Other ethnicities include 7.0% Other White, 66.2% Asian (46.2% Indian), and 13.9% Black.<ref name="auto"/> In 2011, 86% of Wembley Central ward was of [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom|BAME]] background, which is the highest in Brent and 5th highest in Greater London. In Wembley the lowest BAME ward was Northwick Park, 68.8%.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/ward-profiles-and-atlas |title = Ward Profiles and Atlas – London Datastore}}</ref>
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The 2011 census also showed that, in the Wembley Central ward, the unemployment rate stood at 5.3%. Of the 4,380 households, 2,065 of the properties were tenure owned, 1,469 was privately rented and 684 was socially rented from the council. The largest religion was Hinduism (45%) followed by Christianity (25%). The median age was 32. By far the most spoken foreign language was [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/wembley-central-e05000104 |title = Wembley Central - UK Census Data 2011}}</ref> Wembley Central only covers Wembley town centre and the whole district is represented by five other wards.
There are varying levels of social deprivation in the area. Places such as the central area and Chalkhill have had relatively high deprivation, with the latter having been troubled for a long time. In more recent years, regeneration has helped these areas fare better albeit with a higher general cost of living. Some parts of the town meanwhile are among the least deprived in the borough, especially Barn Hill estate and North Wembley's Sudbury Court Estate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thinkhouse.org.uk/site/assets/files/1481/smith0319.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919022526/https://thinkhouse.org.uk/site/assets/files/1481/smith0319.pdf |archive-date=2020-09-19 |url-status=live |title=Data |publisher=thinkhouse.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2021-10-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/brent-deprived-areas-ranked-by-postcode-3828862|title=Most 'deprived' areas revealed – new figures show rich-poor divide|first=Hannah|last=Somerville|date=19 November 2019|website=Kilburn Times}}</ref>
==Media==
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[[File:Wembley, Sunday market - geograph.org.uk - 665092.jpg|thumb|The former Sunday Market traded at the stadium car park for 41 years]]
[[File:Wembley, IKEA home furnishings store - geograph.org.uk - 726017.jpg|thumb|Wembley IKEA store, Brent Park retail area]]
The main shopping area was generally centred on Wembley High Road, Central Square, and Ealing Road. Unlike typical British [[high street]]s Wembley does not have a town centre network or pedestrianised high streets, with almost all commercial high street businesses along a 1000-yard stretch of road (High Road). In 1971 the High Road was seen as being the 11th best place to shop in London. However, it had fallen to 24th place by 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brent.gov.uk/media/387392/Wembley.pdf|title=Places in Brent Wembley and Tokyngton|last=Barres-Baker|first=M.C.|access-date=2016-07-03|archive-date=14 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414022720/http://brent.gov.uk/media/387392/Wembley.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ealing Road remains important as a centre of South Asian jewellery and gold shops,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2764476/Rallying-to-the-gold-standard.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2764476/Rallying-to-the-gold-standard.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Rallying to the gold standard|date=4 June 2002|access-date=2016-07-03}}{{cbignore}}</ref> attracting people from as far afield as [[Leicester]], but otherwise the focus of shopping has shifted north and east to the more recent development of [[London Designer Outlet]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londondesigneroutlet.com/whats-on/in-wembley-park|title=Enjoy more things to do in Wembley Park / London Designer Outlet|website=www.londondesigneroutlet.com|access-date=2016-07-03|archive-date=23 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623003227/http://www.londondesigneroutlet.com/whats-on/in-wembley-park|url-status=dead}}</ref> in [[Wembley Park]], which is part of the Stadium's complex and also includes a fully pedestrianised street near the Stadium. The regenerations were co-funded by Brent Council to add an attractive shopping destination.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brent.gov.uk/media/16404341/d64-wembley-area-action-plan.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103123135/https://www.brent.gov.uk/media/16404341/d64-wembley-area-action-plan.pdf |archive-date=2020-01-03 |url-status=live |title=Action plan |publisher=brent.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2021-10-05}}</ref>
The Wembley Sunday Market was a popular market held weekly from the 1970s until 2014 and run by Wendy Fair Markets. The market was ousted by the landowners, Quintain, in favour of the London Designer Outlet development. The market was then set up at the former Unisys tower near [[Stonebridge Park station]] before it was closed within a year by the council citing traffic disruption.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/news/beloved-wembley-sunday-market-closed-for-the-foreseeable-future-3720642|title=Beloved Wembley Sunday Market closed for the foreseeable future|first=Myron|last=Jobson|date=7 July 2014|website=Kilburn Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/local-news/new-market-wembley-opens-every-7897896|title=New market in Wembley opens every Sunday to ensure no fake goods are being sold|first=Caitlin|last=Black|date=7 October 2014|website=MyLondon}}</ref>
[[IKEA]] Wembley is in the Brent Park retail area near North Circular Road, [[Neasden]]. It opened in 1988 and was the Swedish retailer's second store in the UK after the initial store in [[Warrington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lep.co.uk/business/ikea-phenomenon-ikeas-long-history-north-west-290659|title=The IKEA phenomenon - IKEA's long history with the North West|website=www.lep.co.uk|date=18 May 2018 }}</ref>
The [[Air France-KLM]] European Sales and Service Centre, which is a sales channel for 15 European countries, is in Brent Civic Centre in Wembley Park.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airfrance.us/US/en/local/avotreservice/relationclientele/clientele-remboursement.htm|title=Air France – Refund request – Official website|website=AirFrance|access-date=2016-07-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706161934/http://www.airfrance.us/US/en/local/avotreservice/relationclientele/clientele-remboursement.htm|archive-date=6 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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Apart from Wembley's earliest church, which is to St John the Evangelist of 1846 (see above) another [[listed building]] is what was Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church built in 1904, designed by [[Thomas Edward Collcutt|Thomas Collcutt]] and Stanley Hemp. It is made mainly of brick and the design was influenced by the [[Arts and Crafts Movement]]. It is listed in the initial, mainstream, [[Listed building|Grade II category]] since 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-435824-st-andrew-s-presbyterian-church-wembley |title=St Andrew's Presbyterian Church – Wembley|work=britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |year=2011 |access-date=13 November 2011}}</ref> It was converted into the [[Central Mosque Wembley]] in the late 1990s. To the south on Ealing Road is the [[Shree Sanatan Hindu Mandir]], a major mandir opened in 2010.
The
The [[Ace Cafe]] is unusually a transport café, opened in 1938 and re-opening in 1997 after decades of closure. This venue has been used to hold and plan car and bike events by motoring enthusiasts, nationally and internationally.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heritagecarinsurance.co.uk/newsroom/news-and-articles/ace-cafe-facing-closure/|title=Ace Cafe facing closure? | Heritage Insurance}}</ref>
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Wembley Point, formerly Station House, is a 21-storey building next to [[Stonebridge Park station]]. It was Brent's first skyscraper, built in 1965, and is visible from a radius of several miles. The building has had various uses, including partly as a gym and offices.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/abandoned-wembley-skyscraper-thats-transformed-18297565|title=The abandoned Wembley skyscraper that's about to be transformed|first=Thomas|last=Kingsley|date=29 May 2020|website=MyLondon}}</ref>
Brent's only [[English Heritage]] [[blue plaque]] is on Forty Lane, commemorating the comedian and entertainer [[Arthur Lucan]].<ref name="EngHet">{{cite web| url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/lucan-arthur-1887-1954-a.k.a.-arthur-towle-old-mother-riley|title=LUCAN, Arthur (1887–1954)|publisher=English Heritage| access-date=23 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brent.gov.uk/media/7031206/Arthur%20Lucan%20-%20the%20man%20who%20was%20Old%20Mother%20Riley.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305131401/http://www.brent.gov.uk/media/7031206/Arthur%20Lucan%20-%20the%20man%20who%20was%20Old%20Mother%20Riley.pdf |archive-date=2014-03-05 |url-status=live|title=Arthur Lucan – the man who was "Old Mother Riley"|last=Grant|first=Philip|access-date=2016-07-03}}</ref>
{{wide image|Wembley Arena Evening 172XS Web.jpg|600px|[[Wembley Arena|The SSE Arena]] concert venue opened in 1934, originally as a swimming pool}}
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[[File:Marylebone train leaves Wembley Stadium - geograph.org.uk - 3154682.jpg|thumb|A
Stations in the town are:
#[[Wembley Stadium railway station|Wembley Stadium]] ([[Chiltern Railways]])
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#[[Preston Road tube station|Preston Road]] ([[Metropolitan line]])
#[[Alperton tube station|Alperton]] ([[Piccadilly line]])
#[[Stonebridge Park tube station|Stonebridge Park]] ([[Bakerloo Line]] and [[Watford DC line]])
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* Engineer and Formula One aerodynamicist, [[John Barnard]], who is credited with introducing the first semi-automatic gearbox, the first carbon fibre composite chassis and the "coke bottle" shape of the rear bodywork, was born in Wembley in 1946.
* Actor [[Riz Ahmed]], star of satirist [[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]]'s black comedy ''[[Four Lions]]'' (2010), was born in Wembley.
* Scientist [[John D Barrow]]
* Composer [[Peter Fribbins]] was born, and grew up, in Wembley.
* British [[ambassador]] to [[Israel]] [[Matthew Gould]] grew up in Wembley.
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Barn Hill Triangulation Pillar - geograph.org.uk - 476193.jpg|Barn Hill public open space
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