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Touring Dollis Hill
Dollis Hill in Greater London (England) is a town located in United Kingdom a little north-west of London, the country's capital place.
Time in Dollis Hill is now 01:09 AM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 9 airports nearby Dollis Hill, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is RAF Northolt in a distance of 8 mi (or 13 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Tower of London in a distance of 14 mi (or 22 km), East. Also, if you like the game of golf, there are several options within driving distance. We collected 5 points of interest near this location. Need some hints on where to stay? We compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Being here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Hendon, Wembley, Hammersmith, Kensington and Ealing Broadway. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 15°C / 60 °F
Morning Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Evening Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Night Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 17% |
Air Humidity | 93% |
Air Pressure | 1001 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from North-West |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 72% of sky |
General Conditions | Heavy intensity rain |
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Monday, 9th of September 2024
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15°C (59 °F)
13°C (55 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Tuesday, 10th of September 2024
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17°C (63 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Broken clouds, moderate breeze.
Wednesday, 11th of September 2024
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15°C (59 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, few clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Holiday Inn LONDON - BRENT CROSS
Clayton Crown
Portobello House Hotel
Novotel London Wembley
MStay Golders Green
Hendon Hall
TRAVELODGE LONDON CRICKLEWOOD
198 Suites Hampstead Suites
Grand Junction Arms
291 Suites Hampstead Suites
Videos from this area
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Hendon Central Junctions - into a dual carriageway
Entering a cross road staggered junction into a Dual Carriageway www.cpdriving-lessons.co.uk.
Tiberiu Pop - Casatoria in Domnul, Predica la Biserica Baptista din West Hendon Londra
Tiberiu Pop - Casatoria in Domnul, Predica la Biserica Baptista din West Hendon Londra.
Flat 2, Neeld Crescent, Hendon, NW4.
Flat 2, Neeld Crescent, Hendon, NW4. A four bedroom newly converted flat with own parking space and share of garden. Martyn Gerrard Estate Agents Tel: 020 8203 2012 www.martyngerrard.co.uk.
End of tenancy cleaning 'Before and after pics' Hudson Apartments, New River Village, Hornsey, N8
Before and after pics of the property located at Hudson Apartments, New River Village, Hornsey, N8.
Jubilee Line: Neasden - West Hampstead
A visual of a journey on a Jubilee Line train between Neasden and West Hampstead stations. Carriage: 96003 leading DM This train had started at Wembley Park and terminated at Stratford.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
M1 motorway
The M1 is a north–south motorway in England connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford. It was the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the United Kingdom; the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the Preston By-pass, which later became part of the M6. The motorway is 193 miles long and was constructed in four phases.
Staples Corner
Staples Corner is a major road junction in London, United Kingdom. It has two linked roundabouts and flyovers, which connect the A406 North Circular Road with the A5 Edgware Road and the start of the M1 motorway. Also running through Staples Corner, between the two roundabouts, is the Midland Main Line and Thameslink railway line. Staples Corner is named after the Staples Mattress factory, which was at the road junction from 1926 to 1986.
Dollis Brook
Dollis Brook, runs through the London Borough of Barnet in North London. It is a tributary of the River Brent, which is itself a tributary of the River Thames. The Dollis Valley Greenwalk follows almost all of Dollis Brook, apart from a short section at the beginning which passes through private land, and the London Loop follows it as far as Barnet Lane. The name Dollis is probably derived from the Middle English word 'dole', meaning the shares of land in the common field.
Post Office Research Station
The Post Office Research Station at Dollis Hill, London, was first established in 1925 and opened by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald in 1933. In 1943 the world's first programmable electronic computer, Colossus Mark 1 was built by Tommy Flowers and his team, followed in 1944 and 1945 by nine Colossus Mark 2s. These were used at Bletchley Park in Cryptanalysis of the Lorenz cipher.
Paddock (war rooms)
Paddock is the codeword for an alternative Cabinet War Room bunker for Winston Churchill's World War II government located in Dollis Hill, northwest London under the Post Office Research Station. It was constructed in 1939 but only rarely used during the war, with only two meetings of the War Cabinet being held there. It was abandoned in 1944.
Dudding Hill Line
The Dudding Hill Line (or 'Dudding Hill Loop') is a railway line in north-west London running from Acton to Cricklewood. The line has no scheduled passenger service, no stations, no electrification, and a 30 mph speed limit with semaphore signalling, and is lightly used by freight and very occasional passenger charter trains. It is roughly 4 miles long.
Crest Girls' Academy
The Crest Girls' Academy, formerly known as John Kelly Girls' Technology College is a college in Neasden, Brent, North West London. . The school is situated next to Crest Boys' Academy, and both schools share a sixth form.
Dollis Hill House
Dollis Hill House was an early Nineteenth-Century farmhouse located in the North London suburb of Dollis Hill, on the northern boundary of Gladstone Park. Noteworthy guests such as William Ewart Gladstone and Mark Twain were once entertained there. By The 21st Century, the house was a derelict ruin, having been all but destroyed by fire in the 1990s. Dollis Hill House was a Grade II listed building and listed as grade A on the English Heritage Buildings at Risk Register.
Oxgate Admiralty Citadel
Oxgate Admiralty Citadel is the name given to a military bunker constructed between 1937 and 1940, for the Admiralty, on the corner of Edgware Road and Oxgate Lane, in north London. The citadel was designed to be an away-from-Whitehall base for admiralty operations, useful in the event of a need to evacuate the centre of London. The location was a mile from the Paddock, an alternate Cabinet War Room bunker for Winston Churchill's World War II government.
Torah Temimah Primary School
The (Avigdor Hirsch) Torah Temimah Primary School, located in the former Dollis Hill Synagogue, is a one form entry Voluntary Aided maintained primary school in the London Borough of Brent. It is a strictly Orthodox Jewish primary school for up to 204 boys aged 3–11. The school includes a Nursery.
Dollis Hill Synagogue
The Dollis Hill Synagogue is a former Orthodox Jewish house of worship in Dollis Hill, London, England. The congregation first came together in the early part of the 20th century, following an increase of Jewish immigration from the European continent to London. The congregation first met in a private house, then began to rent meeting halls in order to accommodate an increase in worshippers.
Gladstone Park, London
Gladstone Park is situated in the Dollis Hill area of north-west London. It is about 35 hectares (86 acres) in area Dollis Hill House is an early Nineteenth-Century farmhouse, located within the northern boundary of the park.