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Stanmore
OS grid reference	TQ195885
London borough	Harrow
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STANMORE
Postcode district	HA7
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Harrow East
London Assembly	Brent and Harrow
European Parliament	London
List of places: UK • England • London

Coordinates: 51°37′01″N 0°19′30″W / 51.617, -0.325

Stanmore is a place in the London Borough of Harrow, England. It is a suburban development situated 11 miles (18 km) north west of Charing Cross.

Contents 1 History 2 Modern Stanmore 3 Notable people associated with Stanmore 4 Transport 4.1 Nearby places 4.2 Nearest tube station 4.3 Main Bus routes 5 External links

The area was recorded in the Domesday Book as Stanmere, the name deriving from the Old English stan, 'stony' and mere, 'a pool'. There are outcrops of gravel on the clay soil here and the mere may have been one of the ponds which still exist.

By 1574 the area had become known as Stanmore the Great to distinguish it from Little Stanmore.

Stanmore railway station was open for train services between 1890 and 1952. Stanmore tube station opened in 1932.

Stanmore had an outstation from the Bletchley Park codebreaking establishment, where some of the Bombes used to decode German Enigma messages in World War Two were housed.

Stanmore is also home to RAF Bentley Priory where the Battle of Britain was controlled from, also RAF Stanmore HQ of Balloon Command.

The suburb is characterised by numerous small restaurants and cafés, several public houses, and a handful of boutique-style clothing stores. The centre of Stanmore is dominated by the presence of a large Sainsbury's supermarket. Stanmore's extensive residential areas are leafy and predominantly affluent, with many residents commuting daily to jobs in central London and the City.

Stanmore is home to Stanmore College (a government further education establishment) and a local library. The suburb also hosts the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital - known as RNOH - which is famed for its spinal unit.

Stanmore has affluent Indian, Jewish and Catholic communities, including its local synagogue on London Road and a mosque as well as new Hindu Temple on Wood Lane.

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• George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen — Peelite Prime Minister (in office December 1852 – February 1855); raised and is buried in Stanmore.
• W.S. Gilbert — English dramatist, librettist and illustrator; buried in Stanmore.
• Clement Attlee — Labour Prime Minister in the first post-war government; lived in a large villa "Heygate", which was later demolished and replaced by a small block of flats
• Stanmore is also the birth-place of peroxide Brit-rocker Billy Idol, football coach Dave Bassett, Nikolai Levey (Coldplay producer), Arsenal footballer Theo Walcott, and author Anthony Horowitz.
• Actor Cyril Shaps lived in Stanmore.

• Belmont
• Wealdstone
• Edgware
• Kenton
• Bushey
• Pinner

• Stanmore tube station

The following London bus routes serve Stanmore (correct at 07 August 2007):

• H12 Stanmore to South Harrow (via Hatch End and Pinner)
• 142 Brent Cross to Watford Junction (via Edgware)
• 340 Edgware to Harrow Bus Station
• Night Bus N98 Stanmore to Holborn (via Willesden and Marble Arch)

• Stanmore College web site
• Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital web site

v • d • e London Borough of Harrow
Districts	Belmont · Canons Park · Harrow · Harrow on the Hill · Harrow Weald · Hatch End · Headstone · Kenton · North Harrow · Pinner · Pinner Green · Queensbury · Rayners Lane · Roxeth · South Harrow · Stanmore · Wealdstone · West Harrow
Attractions	Headstone Manor · Harrow School
Constituencies	Harrow West · Harrow East
Parks and open spaces in Harrow