Above us, the spirit of Hendon Central’s aviation past seems to soar. This wasn’t always a bustling junction. Hendon Central Underground station opened in 1923. It was envisioned as the heart of a new suburban town. The station was designed in a neo-Georgian style by Stanley Heaps. He also designed Brent Cross station. Hendon Central was built in “lonely glory amid fields,” south of Hendon village. Imagine that, open fields where we stand now. London Electric railways envisioned this as the “Piccadilly Circus of North West London.” The station’s grand design, with its Doric colonnade, was meant to be a focal point. It was to be surrounded by a planned development of shops and housing. This vision largely came to fruition, though “Central Circus” roundabout is now a traffic-light controlled junction. Hendon Central thrives, a testament to early 20th-century urban planning.
Центральный дом работников искусств
Step through the grand wooden doors of the Central House of the Workers of Art, and you’ll be transported to