Local Attractions and Amenities
The Mapesbury Dell on Hoveden Road is an award-winning small park and garden administered by local residents. It started in 2000 when local residents in conjunction with the Mapesbury Residents Association decided that their local green space was too valuable to leave to fortune. The dell is open to the public during daylight hours and is used throughout the year, for example hosting carol services in mid-December.
Gladstone Park lies to the west of Cricklewood, near Dollis Hill and Neasden. The park contains a well maintained formal garden and has views of the nearby Wembley Stadium. The park was frequented by Mark Twain around the turn of the 20th century whilst staying in Dollis Hill House. He remarked he had " never seen any place that was so satisfactorily situated, with its noble trees and stretch of country, and everything that went to make life delightful, and all within a biscuit's throw of the metropolis of the world".
Hampstead Cemetery, a historic Victorian cemetery containing a pair of neogothic mortuary chapels, lies on the east side of Cricklewood on the border with West Hampstead. A number of notable people are interred there, including Alan Coren, Joseph Lister and Joseph Rotblat.
The Crown Moran Hotel is a recently restored 152 room 4 star hotel on Cricklewood Broadway. The hotel sits adjacent to the historic Crown Pub with its landmark Victorian facade.
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