Brent: local evidence before choosing a home
Three public reference positions, ten independent checks and the limitations you need before treating a map result as a housing shortlist.
By the notbad project · editorial review . Source dates are separate.
Explore Brent on the mapWhat these local examples show
Wembley Park station, Barn Hill Open Space and London Designer Outlet are separate starting positions, not interchangeable descriptions of Wembley. The park reference has a longer estimated station walk and a lower mapped road average than the station position. The outlet reference adds a different shopping approach and source crime area; inspect all three before deciding which trade-off matters to you.
This page covers the official Brent boundary (E09000005), not a single neighbourhood with the same name. Its three examples are illustrative catalog positions, not a representative sample of homes or a borough-wide verdict.
Mapped destinations in this boundary
The retained catalogs place 33 supported station records, 19 named green-space references of at least 2 hectares, 19 supported supermarket records, 4 shopping-centre records and 104 official school positions inside this boundary. These are source-position counts, not a complete inventory or proof of present access; station records can represent separate services at one interchange.
Supported lines represented here: Bakerloo, Jubilee, Metropolitan, Lioness, Mildmay, Piccadilly. Coverage includes Underground, Overground, DLR and Elizabeth lines, not every National Rail service. Walking destinations can lie outside the borough.
Three public reference reports
These use the independent Check profile: all supported destination choices, walks up to 30 minutes, green spaces at least 2 hectares, both noise periods and no combined score. School results use all phases and both inspection schemes; the new report-card area is Curriculum and teaching. Origins are source positions, sometimes inside a site, not verified entrances. Unknown means reliable evidence is unavailable, not a pass.
1. Wembley Park Underground Station
Station reference · mapped entrance. Coordinates: 51.563198, -0.279262.
Retained source ID: 940GZZLUWYP. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 72.15 dB Nighttime: 67.11 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 65.57 dB Nighttime: 59.39 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Within the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 1 min walk Wembley Park Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 13 min walk Fryent Country Park 106.1 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 4 / 5 · Higher Brent 012D · E01000578 92.2 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 428 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 1 min walk Michaela Community School Secondary · Free schools · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 4 min walk Lidl Lidl · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 4 min walk Stadium Retail Park Shopping centre · shop position |
2. Barn Hill Open Space
Green-space reference · Mapped green-space reference position; not an entrance. Coordinates: 51.573220, -0.278068.
Retained source ID: 31722619. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 48.25 dB Nighttime: 40.66 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 45.53 dB Nighttime: 40.26 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 17 min walk Wembley Park Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 1 min walk Barn Hill Open Space 20.6 ha · woodland |
| Recorded crime | Band 2 / 5 · Lower Brent 006D · E01000486 43.7 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 149 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 11 min walk Sinai Jewish Primary School Primary · Voluntary aided school · No overall grade under the previous inspection framework · 2024-11-19 · nearby mapped campus gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 16 min walk Asda Asda · Mapped supermarket · mapped customer entrance |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 20 min walk Stadium Retail Park Shopping centre · shop position |
3. London Designer Outlet (LDO)
Shopping-site reference · shop position. Coordinates: 51.556509, -0.283895.
Retained source ID: w45442923. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 49.84 dB Nighttime: 40.5 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: Unknown — no source reading Nighttime: Unknown — no source reading |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 12 min walk Wembley Park Underground Station mapped entrance |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 6 min walk Unnamed woodland 2.1 ha · woodland |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Brent 035D · E01033942 248.4 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 2,355 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 9 min walk Ark Elvin Academy Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Outstanding · legacy overall · 2023-06-14 · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 7 min walk Co-op Food Co-op · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 1 min walk London Designer Outlet (LDO) Shopping centre · shop position |
Turn this comparison into viewing questions
Choose the journeys and surroundings you actually need. Check the location of the home, the route and entrance you would use, indoor noise and current access. A missing noise value is unverified quietness; a missing supported-line result does not cover every rail service. Tube proximity does not measure vibration, crime bands do not predict personal safety, and a nearby school does not establish eligibility.
Source snapshots behind these examples
- Aircraft: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping). Airport activity years vary and are not verified for every airport; no mapped aircraft-noise contour does not establish infrequent flights or quietness.
- Road and railway: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping); 2021 road/rail activity; historical model, not live measurements.. Published values begin at 40 dB day / 35 dB night.
- Walking and mapped destinations: retained OSM snapshot 2026-10-30T21:24:51Z; packaged station snapshot, not live services.
- Crime: 2024-09 to 2026-08; resident population year 2024. Historical London-only bands, not safety grades.
- Schools: GIAS 2026-10-31; Ofsted 2026-09-30. Proximity does not establish admissions.
- Tube proxy: April 2026; 100 m setback, not measured vibration.
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