Discover Kilburn

If you’re looking for a hotel in Kilburn, local features may influence your choice of destination: a large park, listed buildings or a cemetery with a long history. Kilburn Grange Park is behind Kilburn High Road and near West Hampstead. At 274 Kilburn High Road stands the Black Lion Public House, a Grade II* listed building. Paddington Old Cemetery is on Willesden Lane in Kilburn. These points of interest differ in terms of landscape, architecture and cemetery history, and can help you understand Kilburn in the context of what matters to you on a trip.

Park and walking route

Kilburn Grange Park is a large park behind Kilburn High Road and near West Hampstead. Brent Walks Route 3 passes through the park and then continues along Kilburn High Road. The route described therefore covers both the park and the adjoining stretch of road. The Brent Walks leaflet for Route 3 was published in 2014; check the route details again before your trip. If a walk is important to you when choosing where to stay, the route is the specific point of reference; the park can also be a focus of your travel interests in its own right.

Cemetery and listed architecture

Paddington Old Cemetery opened in 1855 and is on Willesden Lane in Kilburn. Its architectural features include two Gothic Revival chapels, both Grade II listed. The opening year and the architecture offer different points of reference for the site: the year relates to the cemetery’s opening, while the style relates to the chapels. Access to the chapels is subject to the security arrangements in force. If you’d like to include the chapels in your plans, check access in advance.

The Black Lion Public House offers a different architectural feature from the chapels: it is a single Grade II* listed building at 274 Kilburn High Road, while the cemetery has two Grade II-listed chapels in the Gothic Revival style. The number and type of buildings, as well as their listings, therefore differ. If listed architecture is a priority, you can consider these two examples as distinct points of interest.

The cemetery is also home to an apiary that produces “Tombstone honey”. Production and availability may vary. This detail adds a product to the cemetery’s history and architecture; you can take it into account without assuming production or availability will remain constant.

Theatre history

The Tricycle reopened as the Kiln Theatre. This theatre history differs from the park and architecture themes and offers another perspective on Kilburn. If you also choose destinations based on cultural interests, you can consider this alongside walking and listed architecture.

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