Start at Northolt Underground station. Turn right 5 GRAND UNION CANAL 10 NORTHOLT VILLAGE GREEN Facing the Willow Cottages across the Green is out of the station and walk down the hill to the The Crown Inn. This stretch of canal was opened in 1801 as part of the The centre of the old village is overlooked by the parish racecourses. known well electric an and facilities catering extensive were pedestrian crossing. Cross over Mandeville Road, II. War World during closed finally one last The Paddington arm of the Grand Junction Canal, which became church. Northolt Village Green was designated a Conservation recall estate the on names street The site. the on There £250,000. of budget construction total the of turn right and you will see the Clock Tower in route. the along boards informational century. nineteenth the throughout Road, Ruislip part of the Grand Union Canal in 1929. This joins the main area in 1969. A stream meanders through the Green beside 15 THE CROWN INN built was estate housing Racecourse the and 1946 half cost have to reputed were stands cantilevered front of you of number a are There Park. the within is walk and Road Kensington between junction the near route of the Grand Union Canal at Bulls Bridge, Southall. The the road. A number of historic buildings border the Green: in Council Ealing by over taken was racecourse The famous The facilities. innovative of number a An inn has stood in this position since the early eighteenth this of most and 1996 in Park Countryside parish, the of end south the at canal the beside canal was important for the economic development of the the first group comprises Herbert’s Cottages, Well Cottage 1 depot. Ordnance Greenford nearby the for depot had It 1929. Sunday Whit on opened course The CLOCK TOWER century and the original building has been added to and Greenford and Northolt the into incorporated was operated brickworks brickmaking; was Northolt area, in particular carrying hay and bricks into London. and Fern Cottage. modified in the Victorian and Edwardian periods. It has been storage a became course the and 1940 in stopped vehicles. 6,000 for parking was Northolt in space open remaining the of Much into intrude to industry significant only The Mandeville Road was built in the 1930s to link Northolt a popular refreshment point for walkers and cyclists over finally Racing 1937. in receivership into company there use car to trend the anticipating However, village to the new Western Avenue, and at the same time the years. the put costs control to failure a but 1930s, the in Harrow. South to line Piccadilly the on and Hill 1951. by 19,201 to dramatically canal. by brought be could and the large rectangular pond of Moat Farm was filled in. year a meetings 60 about holding success, a was Harrow-on-the- to Street Baker Park, Northolt to increased had but 3047, to grown had it 1931 by London from available were manure of supplies Where it joined the old Ealing Road a triangular open racecourse The 1935. in installed were Barriers Marylebone Northolt, to Paddington from trains 564, only was 1901 in Northolt of population The Cheap market. London the for hay growing space was created which became Mandeville Green. Benjamin as known gates Starting 1928. in legal links: transport good the was course new a for Ealing. of Borough London the of end western on concentrating century nineteenth the In The clock tower was erected to celebrate the accession become had which betting tote for totalizator, venue a as Northolt of attractions the of One the been has Northolt 1965 since and 1928 in century. twentieth the until area agricultural of King George VI in 1937. Ealing of Borough the into incorporated was turn largely a be to continued Northolt 1904. in in This District. Urban Greenford of part became it railway the then and 1801 in canal the of Turn left into Court Farm Road. On the right hand side when 1894 until parish separate a was Northolt building the until isolated fairly remained it thus is a passage way with a Northolt and Greenford RACECOURSE NORTHOLT and London, of out roads main old the of any Countryside Park signboard. Follow the path, which period. post-war the in building house council for on located not was Northolt Road. Ruislip Road, leads into Belvue Park. centre major a was Northolt 1939. by space open Church Road, Ealing Lane, Eastcote – roads old of amount large a still was there but building, the obscure to tends network road modern The house of pace the to contributed also which 1930s, 2 BELVUE PARK Continue along the towpath, passing under the A40 in Avenue Western of construction the by two Road. Ruislip and Road The old manor site and land surrounding it was purchased Western Avenue. On the south side of the bridge leave Continue along the east side of the Green to reach a in divided was Northolt 1. War World after pace Kensington of junction the near End Goslings and in 1928 by Ealing Borough from a developer who had the towpath and take the footpath to the left leading pair of semi-detached houses with an extension to the gathered which development, suburban of process north the to End Wood located, is House Public proposed to put a row of houses right over the moated site. towards Marnham Field. north side. gradual a started 1907 in Northolt at station Hart White the where End, West itself, village the The Council turned the land into Belvue Park. Railway’s Western Great the of opening The – hamlets four of consisted Northolt Traditionally 16 THE OLD POST OFFICE AND VILLAGE SHOP A small wooden bridge provides access to the site of 6 MARNHAM FIELD Northolt Manor House. This building was once the village shop and post office Marnham Field is named after the Marnham family of operated first by the Hinge family and then by the Ravens. century. seventeenth the in appears first spelling modern The Ages. Greenford who made charitable gifts of land for the benefit hands. 10 to up horses for Middle the during documents in appear Southall, from distinct as Northall, of of the poor in the eighteenth century. The land was used in Between the shop and the corner of Court Farm Road is 3 MOATED MANOR SITE first half of the twentieth century as a rubbish tip and the another group of old cottages: Ivy Cottage, built about sport the controlled which Club, Turf Pony the with deal a negotiated He 11 spellings Various Northala. as known is area the when (1086) Book Domesday DEYNTE’S COTTAGE The Manor of Northolt was given by William the Conqueror land became overgrown. It has been cleared and restored as 1820, Judges Cottages, and set back from the road, the ladies. including audience, wide a to appeal would that facilities quality in recorded is village small A AD. 960 in recorded is which land, of neck The cottage, set back from the road and to the right of the to Geoffrey de Mandeville after the Conquest in 1066. It was part of the Countryside Park, and many new trees have been Nook, which dates from 1850. planted on the site. pathway into the church, was built in 1887 by the Shadwell good with venue racing pony modern a provide to was aim His Zealand. New northern or Northhealum, was name the of form earliest The house. Manor one of many manors he owned and he is unlikely to have family, who were Lords of the Manor of Northolt between spent much time in Northolt. It later passed to other families from entrepreneur an Read, A. William was project the behind force guiding The Northolt of site the on excavated were AD 700 about from graves Three 1827 and 1919. It replaced earlier cottages, one of which with connections with the City of London. The Le Boteler From Marnham Field look across the A40 to the had been occupied by Henry Deynte, a manor official in the Racecourse. Northolt of site the was station GWR the of north area The Campanile of the Aladdin building. period. Anglo-Saxon the in was Northolt at settlement known earliest The family were the first to build a stone manor house at Northolt fifteenth century. in 1231. The Manor reached the peak of its prosperity in 1346 when Simon Francis a city merchant rebuilt the house Cross the road where a drive leads to the Northolt development and history – Northolt on a larger scale with a great hall and other living quarters. 7 ALADDIN BUILDING Village Community Centre. The interior was of high quality with decorative brickwork Racecourse Northolt Route Walking Northolt and a floor of distinctive red and white patterned tiles. When the Western Avenue was built it was expected that it A moat was also dug and this survived as a feature in the would be lined with factories like the Great West Road. This landscape long after the buildings had been pulled down. did not materialise and the Aladdin factory stands in isolated 12 NORTHOLT VILLAGE COMMUNITY CENTRE The manor house site was excavated between 1950 and splendour. Built in 1931 in an Italianate style, the campanile BOROUGH G U O R O B R U O Y WALK H G U O R O B R U O Y WALK (MANOR FARM HOUSE) the 1970s and the finds were donated to Gunnersbury Park had a tank that stored water from its own artesian well.