Alperton

Alperton
Middlesex House and Grand Union Apartments on the Grand Union Canal
Alperton  Alperton shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ185835
– Charing Cross	7.6 mi (12.2 km)  ESE
London borough	Brent
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WEMBLEY
Postcode district	HA0
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Brent North
London Assembly	Brent and Harrow
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Alperton is an area in the London Borough of Brent in northwest London. It is situated 7.6 miles (12 km) west north-west of Charing Cross.

Toponymy

The name Alperton means "farmstead or estate associated with a man named Ealhbeorht", deriving from an Anglo-Saxon personal name and tūn, meaning farmstead or village in Old English.

Transport

Road

Ealing Road (A4089) and Bridgewater Road (A4005) are major roads that run though Alperton. Alperton Lane (B456) is another useful thoroughfare.

The Grand Union Canal runs through Alperton and the Grand Union Walk is its old towpath, which was originally used by horses drawing the canal barges, and is now a recreational facility that serves Alperton.

Tube

Stations in the area are:

• Alperton Station (Piccadilly line)
• Hanger Lane Station (Central line)
• Stonebridge Park Station (Bakerloo line & Watford DC Line)

Notable people

• Chess endgame study composer and author John Roycroft was born in Alperton
• Gary Waddock, former footballer and now manager of Wycombe Wanderers, grew up in Alperton
• Footballer Joe Wiggins (1909–82) was born in Alperton
• Keith Moon lived in Alperton as a boy.

In popular culture

The towpath of the Grand Union Canal in Alperton has been used for various scenes in the BBC TV soap EastEnders. It was first used in an episode which aired on 3 October 1985, when the character Den Watts (played by Leslie Grantham) meets with Michelle Fowler (played by Susan Tully) and it is revealed Den is the father of Michelle's baby. It was used again on numerous occasions, most famously on 23 February 1989, when Den Watts was shot before falling into the canal and supposedly dying. Den returned to the canal with daughter Sharon Watts on 3 October 2003, when he returned to Albert Square alive.

External links

• History of Alperton at Brent Heritage