Editing Wembley (section)

==Geography==
[[File:House in the Park - geograph.org.uk - 4896655.jpg|thumb|A house at King Edward VII Park, Wembley]]
Until the nineteenth century, Wembley was rural. In broadest terms Wembley has eight main green spaces, all but the golf course being public (no farms or private parks exist). The formal five are King [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Edward VII]] Park, set out in 1914 slightly north of the centre (10.5 hectares), [[Barham Park]] (10.5 hectares), One Tree Hill Park, Sudbury Green and Brent River Park / Tokyngton Recreation Ground (20.26 hectares) has been restored, returning the river to a more natural course. The informal three are [[Horsenden Hill]], Vale Farm sports ground (30 hectares) and partly horse-grazed Barn Hill (19.9 hectares), east of which is its [[Kingsbury, London|Kingsbury]] continuation: [[Fryent Country Park]].

Sudbury Golf Course abuts the [[Paddington Arm]] of the Grand Union Canal, with a towpath running into central London. Sudbury Squash and Tennis Club has outdoor tennis courts, an indoor squash court, and a clubhouse. Wembley is a short distance away from the [[Brent Reservoir|Welsh Harp]] reservoir and open space, created in the early 19th century by damming the [[River Brent]] to provide water for the [[Grand Union Canal]].

Wembley is made up of six wards: [[Wembley Central (ward)|Wembley Central]], [[Alperton]], [[Tokyngton]], Barnhill, [[Preston, London|Preston]] and [[Sudbury, London|Sudbury]]. The town takes up the south-western quarter of the borough of Brent, being west of [[Harlesden]] and [[Willesden]] and south of [[Kenton, London|Kenton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Wembley/@51.5507388,-0.3036726,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4876116207a6d0bd:0xaf7016a2cadb21e4!8m2!3d51.550501!4d-0.3048409|title=Wembley|website=Wembley}}</ref> It is also east of [[Greenford]] and [[Northolt]] in the neighbouring [[London Borough of Ealing]]. The area is identified in the [[Mayor of London]]'s [[London Plan]] as one of thirty-five major centres in Greater London.<ref name=London_plan_f08>{{cite web | url=http://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/docs/londonplan08.pdf | author=Mayor of London | author-link=Mayor of London | publisher=[[Greater London Authority]] | title=London Plan (Consolidated with Alterations since 2004) | date=February 2008 | access-date=2 August 2009 | archive-date=2 June 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602000714/http://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/docs/londonplan08.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> Wembley is part of both [[HA postcode area|HA0 and HA9 post codes]], and has its own post town.

{{Geographic location
|title     = '''Neighbouring areas of Wembley'''
|width=auto
|Northwest = [[North Wembley]], [[Harrow on the Hill]], [[Harrow, London|Harrow]]
|North     = [[Wembley Park]], [[Preston, London|Preston]], [[Kenton, London|Kenton]]
|Northeast = [[Wembley Park]], [[Kingsbury, London|Kingsbury]]
|West      = [[Sudbury, London|Sudbury]], [[North Greenford]], [[Northolt]]
|Centre    = Wembley<small>(centre)</small>
|East      = [[Neasden]], [[Dollis Hill]], [[Willesden]]
|Southwest = [[Perivale]], [[Greenford]]
|South     = [[Alperton]], [[Ealing]]
|Southeast = [[Stonebridge, London|Stonebridge]], [[Harlesden]]
}}