Wembley

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For the old stadium, see Wembley Stadium (1923). For the present stadium, see Wembley Stadium.

Wembley


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OS grid reference	TQ175855
London borough	Brent
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WEMBLEY
Postcode district	HA0, HA9
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Brent North
London Assembly	Brent and Harrow
European Parliament	London
List of places: UK • England • London

Coordinates: 51°33′22″N 0°18′15″W / 51.556, -0.3042

Wembley is a suburb of North-West London which forms the northern part of the London Borough of Brent. It is located 8 miles (13 km) north-west of Charing Cross.

Wembley is the location of the English national football stadium, Wembley Stadium, the home of the English national football team and the venue for several football tournament finals. It was the site of the British Empire Exhibition in 1924-5, the largest surviving building of which is the Wembley Arena, major concert venue, and for 39 years the site of the Professional World Singles Tournament in tennis. It was also the location of the Wembley Conference Centre which hosted, among other events, the Masters snooker tournament which is now to be held at Wembley Arena.

Wembley formed and urban district and later municipal borough from 1894 to 1965.

1 Sports
2 Notable People
3 Transport and locale
4 Education
- 4.1 Senior
- 4.2 Junior

[edit] Sports

Speedway racing was staged on a regular basis at Wembley Stadium from 1929 to 1939, 1946 to 1955 and 1970 and 1971. The Wembley Lions were members of the First Division and won a number of League and other competitions.

It also staged a number of World Finals and other big events in other seasons. The last speedway World Final meeting was staged at Wembley in 1981.

Wembley riders Lionel Van Praag (1936), Tommy Price (1949) and Freddie Williams (1950 and 1953) won World Championships in their time at the Empire Stadium.

[edit] Notable People

Keith Moon of The Who.
James Ward - The Mumbles
Lady Sovereign (Louise Amanda Harman) - [1]
Upen Patel, a bollywood actor.

[edit] Transport and locale

[edit] Wembley town centre

Wembley town centre Wembley is a very busy area with many cultures and religions. Wembley has many attractions such as wembley stadium, wembley arena and many more. Wembley however suffers from very high crime rates and many gang and gun related crime. statistics show that wembley is one of the most dangerous towns in london, although many areas have recently been regenerated, wembley remains one of the roughest towns in london and indeed the UK.

[edit] Nearby places

[edit] Nearby stations

National Rail
- North Wembley (London Overground, LU Bakerloo Line)
- Stonebridge Park (London Overground, Bakerloo)
- Wembley Central (London Overground, Bakerloo, Southern)
- Wembley Stadium (Chiltern Railways)
- Sudbury and Harrow Road (Chiltern)

London Underground

[edit] Education

[edit] Senior

[edit] Junior

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