Find Your Budget Hotel In Historic Cricklewood
Everyone has different accommodation needs when visiting London. For some its a quality room at a budget price. For others its accessibilty to central London. How about all this AND amazing history at Cricklewood in North London?
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Find Your Budget Hotel In Historic Cricklewood
The Windmill Hotel in Cricklewood North London is ideally siutated in Cricklewood North London. Parking is free for patrons of the hotel. Book Online from on GBP34 per night at http://www.windmillhotelnorthlondon.co.uk/
Cricklewood lies in a valley inbetween five hills. In the times when the whole area was covered in thick woods, five streams used to run down the hills where they meet. All these rivers are now culverted. The name was given by the Saxons, which meant ‘wood with an uneven outline’. It was recorded initially in 1295 in its normanised version of ‘Le Crickeldwode’. Then it was a small settlement located on Edgware Road.
From those on holiday and business people wanting a low cost base within easy reach of central London. Budget prices for a perfect location.
Cricklewood has iconic buildings, a very busy multi-cultural community and has fabulous public transport links into central London and out into the rural counties of South East England.
If you are planning a break to London then this is THE place to stay. If you seek a London guesthouses or hotels, which offer affordable high quality accommodation and at a lower price than some of its higher priced neighbours, like Hamstead Heath, then look no further. For hotel rooms in London you will find it impossible to find such low prices whilst being 10 minutes away from Central London.
Cricklewood is now a bustling small town, which is steeped in history, very close to Maida Vale, Willesden and West Hampstead and the historic community of Kilburn.
Cricklwood is famous for the building which was Production Village, part of the film-making industry and owned by Sammys. Cricklewood has been used many times in television for the settings of The Goodies, Minder, and as a film setting in Hellraiser.
Cricklewood hit the headlines in 2001 for an very unusual reason. A lynx was captured after a ten years of sitings by local residents. The animal now resides in London Zoo and was named Lara.
Just down the road in Kilburn you will find some interesting iconic buildings: The Gaumont State Cinema, which is a Grade 2 listed building and built in 1937.
It was the biggest cinema in Europe when it opened before World War 2. A large dome tops the huge auditorium. There is the 103 foot high landmark tower, lit up in neon red at night. The State has hosted The Beatles and Louis Armstrong to name just a couple of many.
A few minutes walk away is Kilburn where you will find the contemporary Tricycle Theatre that was founded in 1980, and was refurbished in the same decade after a fire. The Triangle has become one of London’s most popular theatres. It houses work-shops, recording studios, and a cafe bar. Its a cool place to be with the arty and cultural crowd.
Cricklewood has its own railway station, and has three local London Underground Stations; Willesden Green, Kilburn, and West Hampstead. If you are travelling by car, then Cricklewood is located on one of the main arterial roads out of London, going North London towards Junction 1 of the M1.
Cricklewood has been home to many famous people over the years such as Ken Livingstone, the author Zadie Smith, actor Jimmy Nail, Peter O’Toole and Patsy Kensit lives on the Cricklewood borders.
Cricklewood has plenty to offer to London visitors as a base. You will find central London only minutes away from your budget hotel base in Cricklewood.
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