Sport
- Kilburn is the home of Kilburn Gaels Hurling Club.
- Kilburn is also home to Kilburn Cosmos RFC, one of the few rugby clubs in inner London.
- South Kilburn F.C. play in the Combined Counties League.
- Kilburn Football Club play in the Middlesex County League, and hold regular training sessions in Grange Park.
- One of the 12 founder members of the Football Association was formed in Kilburn in 1863. It was referred to as the N.N. Club or N.N. Kilburn, "N.N." being thought to stand for "Non Name". It supplied the first president of the Football Association.
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