Route 4 - Sudbury, and Shri Sanatan Hindu Mandir

Route Highlights Vale Farm Sports Centre is one of the borough’s three main leisure centres, and sits in the middle of several sporting Brent Walks Starting on the Capital Ring path, this route goes through pitches. and High Street with their historic buildings A series of healthy walks for all the family to enjoy and beautiful views high above the rest of . It then Barham Park was once the grounds of the Crab’s House, wanders through the back streets of Sudbury, through which was acquired in 1801 by John Copland, who built three smaller local parks and St John’s cemetery before Sudbury Lodge (later called Barham Mansion) in c1850. finishing at the Shiri Sanatan Hindu Mandir. By 1895, the estate was owned by Sir George Barham and it was inherited in 1913 by his son Titus. When he died in1937 Route 4 - Sudbury, Harrow 1 Start: Exit tube station for Northwick he left the house and grounds to the citizens of , Hospital and take the capital ring footpath (directly on together with his private museum. The park today has formal and Shri Sanatan Hindu Mandir your left) through the park. Just before you reach the gardens and more open parkland. There are remnants of children’s play area turn right onto the capital ring path earlier features such as garden balustrades of Barham 2 heading towards , this will take you to Mansion, walls and ornamental gates. Watford Road. 3 Cross Watford Road, and join the public Just off route, Sudbury Town Tube Station dates back to footpath by climbing over the stile onto Harrow School 1903 and is Grade II listed. The station is built in modernist fields. 4 Continue to walk along the public footpath until architectural design and features a tall block-like ticket hall you reach the gravel road, turn right onto here and rising above a low horizontal structure that contains station continue. 5 At end of this road, turn right again and head facilities and shops. for the public footpath, walk across the top of the field and join the footpath that takes you to Peterborough St John the Evangelist Churchyard and Cemetery was Road 6. Turn left towards 7 High Street, and follow this built in 1846 when Wembley became a separate from as it turns onto 8 London Road, and then 9 Harrow. In 1887 the burial ground was opened adjacent to Road. At the roundabout turn 10 left onto Sudbury Court the churchyard and it contains c19th century monuments and Drive, then turn right onto 11 Sudbury Court Road. Turn a war memorial in the form of a grey granite cross of sacrifice. right onto 12 Elmwood Park and walk through the park, A war grave section commemorates those who died in both exiting on the Elms Lane side 13. Turn right onto Elms world wars. Lane then left onto 14 Homefield Road. When you reach Watford Road, turn left and immediately right into Vale The Shree Sanatan Hindu Temple is a £16 million Hindu Farm sports centre 15. Walk around Vale Farm and back Mandir located on 2.4 acres of land visited by thousands each out, turning left onto Watford Road. At the roundabout, year. It was built using ancient techniques based on Hindu continue along in the same direction on 16 scriptures, and lacks a metal core. This building method dates and then take the first entrance into Barham Park 17. back thousands of years and is the same as that used to Walk through the park to the eastern side and exit by construct the world famous Angkor turning left back onto Harrow Road 18. Walk up to St. Wat in Cambodia. The beautifully John the Evangelist Church and Cemetery and then cross carved temple is made up of mixed Harrow Road and head south along 19 Talbot Road to the stones from Jaisalmair, Bansipahad end. Turn right onto Chaplin Road 20 and then left onto and Makrana marble, while the Farm Avenue 21. Enter the park at the end of Farm majestic outlook is decorated by Avenue 22 and head south through the park and take the Jaisalmair lime stone, all of which St. James’ Gardens exit 23, which will take you onto Ealing have been imported from India. Road 24. Turn left to see the Shree Sanatan Hindu Mandir Facilities: This route has facilities in , Vale temple, and then walk back south along Ealing Road to Farm Sports Centre, Barham Park and along Ealing High Road. Tube 25 where this route ends. Places of Interest/Heritage Distance Harrow School received the Royal Charter in 1572 and 7.5 miles - 12.1 km - 17,300 Steps in 1615 John Lyon’s new School House was completed and opened with just one pupil. Time By the beginning of the 19th Fast - 2hrs, Medium - 2hrs 40mins, Slow - 4hrs century, Head Master Joseph Drury could count among his Calories pupils a quartet of future Prime Fast - 820, Medium - 730, Slow - 710 Ministers. Today the school is Difficulty one of the most exclusive in Route is not suitable for prams and wheelchairs. London. This route contains hills. Harrow on the Hill is a small village that has barely Start / end station changed since Victorian times. 14 miles from central Northwick Park to Alperton London it still has the atmosphere of its own discrete village. Published by Brent Council 2014 Harrow-on-the-Hill 1 Route 4 - ad Northwick Park Ro Kenton Sudbury, Harrow and Shri Sanatan oad ough R Hindu Mandir rbor Pete NORTHWICK SPORTS W

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