The Golders Green Estate is an area in the district of London Borough of Barnet between Cricklewood and Brent Cross, adjacent to Clitterhouse. It is in the London NW2 postcode area and is bounded (and includes) by Cotswold Gardens and Cheviot Gardens.
While deriving its name Golders Green from the suburb of the same name, it is not adjacent to Golders Green. It was built by the Laing company after the Handley Page factory and aerodrome (Cricklewood Aerodrome) closed in 1929. The aerodrome had become unviable as it became surrounded by suburban development.
The area was the childhood home of Jean Simmons, the actress.
Famous quotes containing the words green and/or estate:
“When the tea is brought at five o’clock,
And all the neat curtains are drawn with care,
The little black cat with bright green eyes
Is suddenly purring there.”
—Harold Monro (1879–1932)
“I ‘gin to be aweary of the sun,
And wish th’ estate o’ the world were now undone.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)