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==Amenities== The diversity of Harlesden is apparent in the high street which houses various businesses such as the likes of Afro-Caribbean hair and beauty shops, Somali restaurants, Portuguese bakeries and Brazilian cafes.<ref name="auto3"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/11174838/Harlesden-from-Londons-Bronx-to-1.5m-houses.html|title = Harlesden: From London's Bronx to Β£1.5m houses|website=Telegraph.co.uk| date=21 October 2014 }}</ref> ===All Souls church=== [[File:All Souls, Harlesden (geograph 5056290).jpg|thumb|All Souls, Harlesden]] The Church of All Souls is on Station Road in Harlesden. It was designed in 1879 by E.J. Tarver and is a [[Grade II*]] listed building.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1359000|title = CHURCH OF ALL SOULS, non Civil Parish - 1359000 |website=Historicengland.org.uk}}</ref> ===Jubilee Clock=== Harlesden's [[jubilee clock]] was erected in 1888 which commemorates [[Queen Victoria]]'s [[Golden Jubilee]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.caribvoice.org/Features/harlesden.html |title=Harlesden: London's yardies backyard |access-date=2009-01-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129125855/http://caribvoice.org/Features/harlesden.html |archive-date=29 January 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> ===Roundwood Park=== {{main|Roundwood Park}} Roundwood Park is the main public open space and park in Harlesden. ===Willesden County Court=== Located on Acton Lane, the current Willesden County Court was built in 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol7/pp232-236|title=Willesden: Public services | British History Online|website=British-history.ac.uk|access-date=6 July 2022}}</ref> ===Our Lady of Willesden=== [[File:Our Lady of Willesden, Acton Lane, Harlesden (geograph 5056348).jpg|thumb|Our Lady of Willesden, Harlesden]] [[Our Lady of Willesden Church]] is a Roman Catholic church, with devotion to [[Our Lady of Willesden]] and was the first mission to cater for a growing Irish population in the late 19th century, although the current church was built in 1931. === Harlesden House === This is a government building, constructed in 1960, that currently contains a Jobcentre Plus office. The site was previously occupied by the Willesden Hippodrome; a Music Hall and Variety Theatre. It was designed by the theatre architect Frank Matcham, opening on 16 September 1907. The Theatre had seating for 3,500 people. The Theatre was destroyed in 1940 during an air raid.<ref>{{Cite web|date=February 20, 2021|title=Willesden Hippodrome Theatre - 161-163 High Street, London, NW10 4TL|url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/30136|website=Cinematreasures.org}}</ref>
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