London Borough of Brent
| London Borough of Brent | |
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| status | London Borough |
| region | Greater London |
| Administrative headquarters | Wembley |
| surface | 43.24 km² |
| Residents | 330,795 |
| was standing | 2018 |
| ONS code | 00AE |
| Website | www.brent.gov.uk |
The London Borough of Brent is a borough of London . It is located in the northwest of the city. When the Greater London Administrative Region was established in 1965, it emerged from the Municipal Borough of Wembley and the Municipal Borough of Willesden in the County of Middlesex .
The population in 2008 was composed of 46.2% white, 28.1% Asian, 17.7% black and 1.3% Chinese. Along with Newham, Brent is one of two districts in which ethnic minorities make up the majority of the population. The district has large Indian, Irish and Caribbean communities. The Irish community is the largest in England (by population).
The district got its name from the river of the same name , on which further south also Brentford (in the municipality of Hounslow ) and further north the suburb of Brentwood lie. In Brent are the Wembley Stadium , the Kensal Green Cemetery and the Neasden Temple (Shri Swaminarayan Mandir), the largest Hindu temple outside of India , which was built by the Swaminarayan religious association Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Sanstha (BAPS).
Districts
- Alperton
- Brent Park
- Brondesbury
- Brondesbury Park
- Church End
- Cricklewood
- Dollis Hill
- Harlesden
- Kensal Green
- Kensal Rise
- Kenton
- Kilburn
- Kingsbury
- Neasden
- Park Royal
- Preston
- Queen's Park
- Queensbury
- Stonebridge
- Sudbury
- Wembley
- Wembley Park
- Willesden
Personalities
- William Glanville (1900–1976), civil engineer
- Stanley Beaver (1907–1984), geographer and university professor
- Erich Fried (1921–1988), writer and poet
- Ernest W. Adams (1922-2009), football player
- Jet Harris (1939-2011), bass guitarist
- Steve O'Rourke (1940–2003), music manager, racing team owner and racing car driver
- Ian Alsop (* 1943), British cyclist
- John Barnard (born 1946), engineer
- Keith Moon (1946–1978), drummer
- Twiggy (* 1949), actress and model
- Zadie Smith (* 1975), writer
- Mutya Buena (* 1985), singer
Web links
- Brent Borough Council (county council)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mid 2018 Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
- ^ ONS mid-2007 Ethnic Group Population Estimates. (PDF, 89 KB) (No longer available online.) Greater London Authority, October 2009, archived from the original on July 19, 2011 ; accessed on May 23, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-been-crowned-most-irish-14419842
Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′ N , 0 ° 18 ′ W