25-540: Stonebridge or StoneBridge may refer to: Places [ edit ] Stonebridge Estate (disambiguation) United Kingdom [ edit ] Stonebridge, Essex , a hamlet Stonebridge, London , an area in northwest London Stonebridge, Norfolk , a village Stonebridge, West Midlands , a junction between the A45 and A452 roads in England Stonebridge, part of
50-602: A census-designated place Stonebridge, Texas , a census-designated place Stonebridge Golf Club , a golf complex in Rome, Georgia Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center , a lifestyle center in Woodbridge, Virginia People [ edit ] Brian Stonebridge (1928–59), English motorcycle racer Ian Stonebridge (born 1981), English footballer StoneBridge (DJ) (AKA Sten Hallström), Swedish DJ and record producer Other uses [ edit ] Stonebridge Elementary ,
75-509: A choice about which ownership they preferred. New development on Hillside, part of the A404 Harrow Road through the area, includes private ownership of flats above offices, and a health centre. Redevelopment has gone hand-in-hand with training and sports initiatives for local people. A tree preservation order has been adopted by Brent Council on Winchelsea Road nearby, to protect the street scene, forcing new buildings to be set back from
100-859: A multi-purpose stadium in Kent, United Kingdom, primarily used for football Canada [ edit ] Stonebridge, Ottawa , a golf course community in Ontario Stonebridge, Saskatoon , a neighbourhood in Saskatchewan Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota , a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan New Zealand [ edit ] Stonebridge, New Zealand (AKA Stonebridge Estate), an upper-class suburb in Hamilton United States [ edit ] Stonebridge, New Jersey ,
125-910: A public elementary school in Stillwater, Minnesota, United States Stonebridge International Insurance Ltd , founded 1998 in Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom Stonebridge Press , a newspaper company in Massachusetts, United States Stonebridge Railway , a dismantled railway in Warwickshire, United Kingdom See also [ edit ] Albright Stonebridge Group , a global strategy and business advisory firm based in Washington, D.C. Stone Bridge (disambiguation) Bridgestone All pages with titles containing Stonebridge All pages with titles containing StoneBridge Topics referred to by
150-482: A suspected member of USG travelled to Harlesden, Church Road and performed a quadruple shooting, in retaliation for a previous incident. This was yet another case of the ongoing tit-for-tat shootings between gangs in the Harlesden and Stonebridge area. A toddler was shot in the head in the incident, but miraculously survived. On 16 July 2020 a member of Harrow Road Boyz gang, Billy McCullagh (also known as Billy The Kid),
175-423: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Stonebridge Estate (disambiguation) (Redirected from Stonebridge Estate (disambiguation) ) Stonebridge Estate may refer to: Stonebridge, London , England Stonebridge, New Zealand , in the city of Hamilton [REDACTED] Index of articles associated with
200-588: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Monitored short pages Stonebridge, London Stonebridge is a locality in the London Borough of Brent . Stonebridge is situated in southern Brent and makes up the western part of Harlesden. The A404 runs through the district known locally as Brentfield and Hillside, while to the south are railway tracks and to the west is the North Circular Road along with Stonebridge Park station . The area
225-552: Is known for the previously troubled 1960s Stonebridge housing estate, which was completely redeveloped in the 2010s. Stonebridge is also the name of the largest electoral ward in the borough, which includes Stonebridge itself as well as Park Royal and the southern half of Neasden including the St Raphael's Estate ; it is the most populated ward in Brent with a population over 17,000 with the majority of Afro-Caribbean heritage. The area
250-454: The Housing Act 1988, and with the aim to "transform the 1,775 home Stonebridge Estate by providing innovative solutions to the problems of social and economic deprivation faced by local residents". It responded with various training and leisure initiatives, and modern, low-rise houses with some four-storey blocks of flats, mainly on street corners to give variety to the street scene. In 2008,
275-650: The Stonebridge Estate. Although Stonebridge is geographically adjacent to the Park Royal industrial estate, it is almost entirely cut off from it because of the Bakerloo / Watford DC / West Coast Main Line railway tracks and a large Royal Mail distribution centre. During the 1950s the council planned a massive redevelopment covering almost 100 acres of Stonebridge. More than 2,000 units were built, mostly in high-rise blocks,
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#1732852841576300-656: The Stonebridge Park estate. In August 2005 two sisters and their mother's partner were murdered in a contract killing in Clark Court, Stonebridge. In 2009 a young father was murdered outside a party at a Stonebridge primary school. And in 2010 former Millwall footballer Gavin Grant was one of three men found guilty of shooting dead Leon Labastide on a street in Stonebridge: Stephen Batten QC, prosecuting, said
325-478: The case reflected a "law of the jungle" culture of shootings and drug dealing on the estate. As regeneration continues, negative press coverage is inching toward the positive. However, crime figures remain high. Police officers say gun crime in particular remains a serious problem. Rapper from the USG Crew , Smalls, was murdered outside a chicken shop near Stonebridge Park station on 5 July 2019. On 4 June 2020,
350-401: The first of which opened in 1967. Some improvements in the street scene happened in the early 1990s, as a result of the 'Harlesden City Challenge' award of government money to the area, which was by now regarded as one of the most troubled parts of London. In April 1994, The Independent newspaper highlighted an unemployment rate of around 25% (compared to a national average of around 10% at
375-489: The general expansion of London, increasing industry, and the building of low-quality, cheap housing, in the late nineteenth century. Sub-division of many of the large houses was carried out and Stonebridge became a low-income area, which continued after high-rise comprehensive redevelopment, mostly built in a single architectural style and called the 'Stonebridge Estate', in the 1960s and 1970s. Some parts of Stonebridge have always been in private ownership, and not been part of
400-561: The line closed for a second and final time in 1902, but only after a sustained protest campaign by local people. In January 1928, over 200 homes on the Brentfield Estate in Stonebridge Park were flooded. The River Brent broke its banks near the Harrow Road. Although other high-quality housing had grown up around the now-closed nearby Harlesden (Midland) railway station , the area failed to consolidate as an up-market suburb, because of
425-656: The parish of Kilmore, County Armagh , Northern Ireland Stonebridge City Farm , a City Farm in St Ann's, Nottingham, United Kingdom Stonebridge Green , a settlement adjacent to, and within the civil parish of, Egerton in the Ashford District of Kent, England Stonebridge Lock , a paired lock on the River Lee Navigation in the London Borough of Haringey Stonebridge Park (disambiguation) Stonebridge Road ,
450-573: The redevelopment was awarded the European Urban and Regional Planning Award , under the category Public Participation in Planning, for its "exemplary approach to public participation". The Housing Action Trust was dissolved in 2007, and housing is now a mixture of housing association ownership (Hillside Housing Trust, part of the Hyde Group) and reversion to the London Borough of Brent. Tenants were given
475-785: The road. The "exemplary approach to public participation" award quoted above may well have been justified regarding estate residents, but there were local media claims in 2007 that it was not true regarding neighbours, as evidenced by Brent Council's willingness to protect the Winchelsea Road trees. Stonebridge suffers from high rates of violent crime. In 2015 it had the highest recorded gun crime of any ward in London, with 16 individual reports of gunshots. Police figures for 2016–2017 included 768 incidents of violence and sexual offences and 868 incidents of antisocial behaviour; in this period police abandoned more than 41 percent of cases because no culprit
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#1732852841576550-544: The time), as well as widespread drug abuse, burglaries and violence. Most improvements, however, came after 2000, when comprehensive redevelopment of the 1960s and 1970s housing started. This is mainly complete by 2010, although some empty high-rise buildings were still being demolished. A traditional street layout has been introduced, largely of two- and three-storey houses, often with four-storey flats around street junctions. The Stonebridge Estate has been redeveloped by Stonebridge Housing Action Trust , set up in 1994 under
575-505: Was identified. Neighbouring Harlesden witnessed a huge increase in shootings from around 1999, becoming the highest murder rated district nationwide by 2001. This contributed to Stonebridge's reputation as one of the most dangerous places in the UK, as most perpetrators were associated or lived in the Stonebridge estate. In 2003, 21-year-old college student Kavian Francis-Hopwood was shot dead on
600-585: Was named after a stone bridge built in the later 17th century (when most bridges were of wood) over the River Brent to the north. The exclusive Craven Park Estate of large houses was built in the 1860s and later, roughly at the same time as the Midland Railway constructed the Dudding Hill Line (now a freight line), which gave its new residents access to central London . However, the passenger service on
625-419: Was shot dead on Windrush Road in the Stonebridge Estate as the norm of tit-for-tat shootings continues. Stonebridge has a large black population, the highest in the London Borough of Brent . The 2011 census showed that 47.2% of the population was black, up from 45.8% in 2001. Whites formed 23.5% of the population in the 2011 census, down from 33% in 2001. Christians and Muslims form 49.9% and 28.2% of
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