Editing Northolt

{{Short description|Area of London}}
{{For|the Royal Air Force station in Ruislip|RAF Northolt}}
{{More citations needed|date=August 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| region = London
| population = 30,304
| population_ref = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]])<ref>Northolt is made up of 2 wards in the London Borough of Ealing: Northolt Mandeville, and Northolt West End. {{cite web |url=http://data.london.gov.uk/2011-census-ward-pop |title=2011 Census Ward Population Estimates |access-date=9 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222202755/http://data.london.gov.uk/2011-census-ward-pop |archive-date=22 February 2014 |df=dmy}}</ref>
| official_name = Northolt
| coordinates = {{coord|51|32|48|N|00|22|12|W|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference = TQ135845
| london_borough = Ealing
| post_town = NORTHOLT
| postcode_area = UB
| postcode_district = UB5
| dial_code = 020
| constituency_westminster = [[Ealing North (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing North]]
| charingX_distance_mi = 11
| charingX_direction = ESE
| static_image_name = Northolt Green.jpg
| static_image_caption = Northolt Green and the clock tower
| london_borough1 = Harrow
}}
[[File:Ealing Borough Areas Map.tif|thumb|Map of the London Borough of Ealing, showing the location of Northolt, one of Ealing's seven major towns.]]
'''Northolt''' is a town in [[North West London]], England, spread across both sides of the [[A40 road|A40 trunk road]]. It is {{cvt|11|mi|km|1}} west-northwest of [[Charing Cross]] and is one of the seven major towns that make up the [[London Borough of Ealing]] and a smaller part in the [[London Borough of Harrow]] It had a population of 30,304 at the 2011 UK census.

==History==
The earliest record of Northolt is in 872 as the [[Anglo Saxon]] ''norð healum'',<ref name="Glover">{{cite book |last1=Gover |first1=J. E. B. |title=The Place Names of Middlesex |date=1922 |publisher=Longmans, Green and Co. |location=London, UK |url=https://archive.org/details/placenamesofmidd00goverich/page/62/mode/2up?q=northolt |access-date=7 June 2021}}</ref>{{rp|63}} where norð is North and healum (or hale) is ''a nook, corner, or retreat'',.<ref name="Glover"/>{{rp|102}} By 1610, the Name Northolt appears, with in this case, holt having no relationship with 'wood', but an evolution of hala, hale, hal, hall, halle and holt.<ref name="Glover"/>{{rp|63}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Middlesex/Northolt |title=Key to English Place-names |access-date=6 June 2021 |archive-date=6 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210606165907/http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Middlesex/Northolt |url-status=live }}</ref>

Archaeological evidence suggests that the settlement's origin was an 8th-century [[Saxons|Saxon]] village close to [[Northolt Manor]] behind the present Court Farm Road.<ref>{{cite book |title=The archaeology of Greater London : an assessment of archaeological evidence for human presence in the area now covered by Greater London |date=2000 |publisher=Museum of London Archaeology Service |location=[London] |isbn=1-901992-15-2}}</ref> It is mentioned in the ''[[Domesday Book]]'' as '''Northala''', part of the [[Elthorne Hundred]] in the [[Historic counties of England|historic county]] of [[Middlesex]], England. In 1066 the lord was Esger the constable, and in 1086 was [[Geoffrey de Mandeville (11th century)|Geoffrey de Mandeville]].<ref name="OD">{{cite web |title=Northolt |url=https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ1284/northolt/ |website=opendomesday.org |publisher=Anna Powell-Smith |access-date=11 September 2020 |archive-date=2 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211002090422/https://opendomesday.org/place/TQ1284/northolt/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Northolt Manor itself was built in the fourteenth century and provides much of the archeological information of the area from its excavations in the 1950s and onward. A [[Tudor period|Tudor]] barn built in 1595 from Smith's farm in Northolt was moved to [[Chiltern Open Air Museum]] and is now on display there.<ref>{{cite web |title=Northolt Barn |url=https://www.coam.org.uk/museum-buckinghamshire/historic-buildings/northolt-barn/ |website=Chiltern Open Air Museum |access-date=12 September 2020 |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001210705/https://www.coam.org.uk/museum-buckinghamshire/historic-buildings/northolt-barn/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In the early part of the 18th century farmland was enclosed in order to provide hay for the [[City of London]], alongside more traditional crops such as peas and beans. Up to late [[Victorian era|Victorian]] times, the area was rural with predominantly [[agronomy|arable]] crops being grown.

1795 saw parliamentary approval for construction of [[Paddington Arm]] of the [[Grand Junction Canal]] later becoming part of the [[Grand Union Canal]]. The route from Hayes to Paddington passes through Northolt, opening on 10 July 1801.<ref>{{cite web |title=A brief history of the Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal |url=https://www.ukwaterwaysguide.co.uk/map/grand-union-canal/paddington-arm |website=UK Waterways Guide |access-date=3 October 2020 |archive-date=13 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513010050/https://www.ukwaterwaysguide.co.uk/map/grand-union-canal/paddington-arm |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Great Central Railway]] line (now the [[Chiltern Railways|Chiltern Line]]) opened in 1906, passing through Northolt on its way from Marylebone to High Wycombe. However, it wasn't until 1926 that a station opened at [[Northolt Park railway station|Northolt Park]]. 1906 also saw the [[Great Western Railway]]'s [[Acton–Northolt line|New North Main Line]] pass through south of Great Central Railway on its way to Birmingham. The following year Northolt Halt opened on it, eventually becoming Northolt station. In 1948 an extension to the Central line, transformed it into [[Northolt tube station]].

In May 1915 the Royal Flighing Corp established an airfield in neighbouring [[South Ruislip]] in the [[London Borough of Hillingdon]], Most early RAF airfields were named after the nearest railway station; in this case Northolt Junction, (now [[South Ruislip station|South Ruislip]]), so it became RAF Northolt. {{main|RAF Northolt}}

WW1 also brought an urgent need for more munitions, and in 1915 the Ministry of Munitions created many national munition factories. The [[Filling factories in the United Kingdom#UK World War I National Filling Factories|National Filling Factory]] No 7 in [[Hayes, Middlesex]] had an explosives magazine at Northolt which was completed late in 1916. This 93 acre site had 20 stores each able to hold 100 tons of explosives, and was connected by a rail spur at Northolt Junction station. The location was just North-East of the current Ruislip Gardens station, with the rail spur on the south side of Yeading Brook, and the magazines connected by trolleyways on the North side. About 100 tons of explosives per day were sent by rail to Hayes for filling artillery shells - both the Hayes factory and the magazine were removed after the war ended.

Suburban development began in the 1920s. Most of the housing north of the [[Western Avenue (London)|Western Avenue]] was built in the 1920s–1930s, and is in the private housing sector. Most of the housing built to the south of the Western Avenue was built in the 1960s–1970s, and is in the [[social housing]] sectors, particularly along the Kensington and Ruislip Roads.

Two important transport links run through Northolt: the [[Paddington Arm]] of the [[Grand Union Canal]] and the modern [[A40 road]].

In the 21st century, a new large private housing development was built on the former site{{Citation needed|date=September 2020|reason=no reference to this site in the [[Taylor Woodrow]] article}} of the [[Taylor Woodrow]] company, adjacent to the [[Grand Union Canal]]. This development is known as "Grand Union Village" and incorporates a new canal boat marina.

==Landmarks==
[[File:St mary the virgin northolt.jpg|thumb|The 15th-century St Mary's Church]]
[[File:northala-fields-northolt-london.jpg|thumb|[[Northala Fields]] in Northolt (view from [[A40 road (Great Britain)|A40]])]]
*[[St Mary the Virgin, Northolt|St Mary the Virgin]] church (14th century) stands on the hill overlooking the old village. The Welsh poet [[Goronwy Owen (poet)|Goronwy Owen]] was briefly a [[curate]] here. Bishop [[Samuel Lisle]] is buried here.
*In the centre of the village is a freestanding [[clock tower]] erected to commemorate the coronation of [[George VI]] in 1937.
*The White Hart public house is on the site of an old coaching inn. The [[roundabout]] immediately south of it is on the junction of the [[A312 road|A312]] (Church Road and Hayes Bypass) with the [[A4180 road|A4180]] (Ruislip Road and West End Road). The Yeading Lane also joins the roundabout. (Now closed)
*Willow Cottages on the [[village green]] are said to have been built of bricks from the old [[manor house]], which once stood behind the [[parish church]].{{citation needed|reason=said by who?|date=December 2014}}
*The two towers of the disused [[RAF]] radio station north of the town are situated in the Wood End wireless station recreation ground, which is bordered on all sides by housing (Bayshill Rise, Lancaster Road, Blenheim road). The location is now home to a National [[Air Traffic Control]] base.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}
*[[Northala Fields]] is a large area alongside the [[A40 road]] which has been redeveloped as an extension to the Northolt and Greenford Country Park. The development consists of four large, man-made conical hills (built of rubble from the first [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley Stadium]]), which act as a sound barrier to block traffic noise from the Western Avenue. Behind the mounds are new ponds and a visitor centre.
*The Larkspur Rovers F.C. clubhouse is in Rowdell Road, Northolt. It received funding from Ealing Council and an Olympic legacy grant of £50,000 from Sport England's Inspired Facilities Fund.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ealing.gov.uk/news/article/431/playing_fields_secure_olympic_funding |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830155603/http://www.ealing.gov.uk/news/article/431/playing_fields_secure_olympic_funding |archive-date=2012-08-30 |title=Playing fields secure Olympic funding - Ealing Council}} </ref>
*There is a village community centre building in Ealing Road, opposite [[St Mary the Virgin, Northolt|St Mary]]'s church, which incorporates an open-air [[miniature railway]].
*A leisure centre, incorporating a pool, a fitness centre, a community hall and a library was built on the site of the former Swimarama swimming pool at the junction of Mandeville Road and Eastcote Lane North, and opened in 2010.<ref name='Ealing Council'>{{cite web |url=http://www.ealing.gov.uk/services/leisure/sports_and_leisure/facility_improvement_projects/ |title=Facility improvement projects |access-date=2009-03-15 |publisher=London Borough of Ealing |archive-date=3 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090103034352/http://www.ealing.gov.uk/services/leisure/sports_and_leisure/facility_improvement_projects/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[Down Barns Moated Site]], a [[Scheduled Ancient Monument]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1001978 |access-date=28 September 2015}}</ref>

===Northolt Village===
<gallery>
Northolt Village sign.jpg|Village sign with Middlesex coat of arms
Northolt Village.jpg|Belvue Park
St Mary, Northolt.jpg|St Mary's Church
St Mary's Church, Northolt.jpg|St Mary's Church
Northolt Village 2.jpg|
Northolt Village 3.jpg|Signage of The Crown pub
</gallery>

==Geography==
Northolt is in the north-western corner of Ealing, bordering the boroughs of Harrow and Hillingdon. The centre of Northolt lies at an elevation of about {{cvt|40|m|order=flip}} above sea level. It is hillier in the north (up to about {{cvt|60|m|order=flip}}) whereas the south is lower, about {{cvt|35|m|order=flip}}. The town is mainly suburban, with some industrial land to the east (by the [[Grand Union Canal]]), large green parts such as Lime Tree Park and Rectory Park, and semi-rural land to the west

Northolt is located {{cvt|3.3|mi}} from [[Hayes, Hillingdon|Hayes]]; {{cvt|2.4|mi}} from [[Southall]]; {{cvt|1.4|mi}} from [[Greenford]]; {{cvt|3.1|mi}} from [[Wembley]]; {{cvt|2.7|mi}} from [[Harrow, London|Harrow]]; {{cvt|2.8|mi}} from [[Ruislip]]; and {{cvt|4.5|mi}} from [[Uxbridge]].
{{Geographic location
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|Centre    = Northolt
|North     = [[South Harrow]]
|Northeast = [[Sudbury Hill]], [[Harrow on the Hill]]
|East      = [[Greenford Green]], [[Perivale]]
|Southeast = [[Greenford]]
|South     = [[Yeading]],
|Southwest = [[Yeading]]
|West      = ''[[Northolt Aerodrome]]'', [[North Hillingdon]]
|Northwest = [[South Ruislip]]
}}

===Climate===
{{Weather box
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 | metric first = yes
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 | location    = Northolt (1991–2020)
 | Jan high C = 8.2
 | Feb high C = 8.8
 | Mar high C = 11.6
 | Apr high C = 14.8
 | May high C = 18.1
 | Jun high C = 21.2
 | Jul high C = 23.5
 | Aug high C = 23.1
 | Sep high C = 20.0
 | Oct high C = 15.6
 | Nov high C = 11.3
 | Dec high C = 8.6
 | year high C = 15.4
 | Jan low C = 1.9
 | Feb low C = 2.0
 | Mar low C = 3.5
 | Apr low C = 5.2
 | May low C = 8.3
 | Jun low C = 11.3
 | Jul low C = 13.4
 | Aug low C = 13.2
 | Sep low C = 10.6
 | Oct low C = 7.9
 | Nov low C = 4.5
 | Dec low C = 2.3
 | year low C = 7.0
 | rain colour = green
 | Jan rain mm = 62.9
 | Feb rain mm = 49.1
 | Mar rain mm = 42.4
 | Apr rain mm = 45.6
 | May rain mm = 51.8
 | Jun rain mm = 50.2
 | Jul rain mm = 48.6
 | Aug rain mm = 56.6
 | Sep rain mm = 51.4
 | Oct rain mm = 70.2
 | Nov rain mm = 71.4
 | Dec rain mm = 63.1
 | year rain mm = 663.3
 | unit rain days = 1 mm
 | Jan rain days = 11.6
 | Feb rain days = 10.1
 | Mar rain days = 9.1
 | Apr rain days = 9.4
 | May rain days = 8.6
 | Jun rain days = 8.6
 | Jul rain days = 8.1
 | Aug rain days = 9.4
 | Sep rain days = 8.5
 | Oct rain days = 10.7
 | Nov rain days = 11.6
 | Dec rain days = 11.3
 | year rain days = 117.0
| source 1 = [[Met Office]]<ref name="MetOffice">{{cite web
|url = https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gcptq81bc
|title = Northolt (Greater London) UK climate averages - Met Office
|publisher = Met Office
|access-date = July 5, 2024}}</ref>
}}

==Demography==
Northolt is covered by two [[electoral ward]]s of the [[London Borough of Ealing]]. Northolt Mandeville ward covers the main area of Northolt. Northolt West End ward covers the area south of the A40 road, including housing that is contiguous from [[Yeading]] directly to the south.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ 2011 Census homes %
!Ward !!Detached  !!Semi-detached!!Terraced!!Flats and apartments<ref name=ons>{{cite web |url=https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/ward-profiles-and-atlas |title=Neighbourhood statistics |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=29 March 2020 |archive-date=4 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204120355/https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/ward-profiles-and-atlas |url-status=live }}</ref>{{London ward populations|reference}} 
|-
|Northolt Mandeville||3.7%||29.6%||25.3%||40.8%
|-
|Northolt West End||3.0%||26.4%||17.4%||53.1%
|-
|}
The median house price as of 2014 was £300,000 in Northolt Mandeville and £226,111 in Northolt West End. The population who are from [[Classification of ethnicity in the United Kingdom|BAME]] (Black, Asian and minority Ethnic) background was 51.7% and 55.1% respectively. The median age was 34 years and 32 years respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/ward-profiles-and-atlas |title=Ward Profiles and Atlas – London Datastore |access-date=29 March 2020 |archive-date=4 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204120355/https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/ward-profiles-and-atlas |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Population===
[[File:Mandeville Road, Northolt.jpg|thumb|200px|Mandeville Road ([[A312 road|A312]]), the main throughfare of Northolt]]
While Northolt remained a rural, agricultural area in the 19th century, its population growth remained slow:

*1066 – 32<ref name="OD"/>
*1801 – 336 inhabitants
*1871 – 479
*1921 – 904
*1961 – 26,000<ref>[http://www.ealing.gov.uk/services/leisure/tourism/northolt/ http://www.ealing.gov.uk/services/leisure/tourism/northolt/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313125007/http://www.ealing.gov.uk/services/leisure/tourism/northolt/ |date=13 March 2007 }} ''ealing.gov''</ref>
*1991 – 32,000

The rapid growth of the population in the mid-20th century can be explained by Northolt's growth as a [[dormitory town]] for nearby [[Ealing]], and the construction in 1935 of the [[A40 road (Great Britain)|A40 road]] through the area. Modern family homes were built in the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1950s and 1960s, predominantly local authority rented housing was constructed. 3,423 [[council house]]s had been built in Northolt by 1963. [[Northolt tube station]] was opened in 1948 to serve the growing population of the area.

==Crime==
[[Anti-social behaviour]] has recently been the most common reported crime, followed by violent and sexual offences. Crime levels notably increased, by up to 50% between 2013 and 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.police.uk/metropolitan/00AJGS/crime/stats/#crime_stats |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224195737/http://www.police.uk/metropolitan/00AJGS/crime/stats |archive-date=2014-12-24 |title=Detailed statistics for Northolt Mandeville, Metropolitan Police Service - Police.uk}}</ref> A knifeman [[Northolt siege|took relatives]] [[hostage]] at a flat in 1985. Jimmy Canning, [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] member, lived undercover in Northolt from 1991 to 1993; he had wooed local Audrey Lamb and moved into her house at 15 Islip Gardens, using it as a weapons and bomb storage depot. He and Lamb were arrested in 1992 following police surveillance.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Harnden |first1=Toby |title='Bandit country' : the IRA and South Armagh |date=2000 |publisher=Coronet |location=London |isbn=978-0340717370}}</ref>{{rp|320-28}}

==Pony racing==
[[File:Wetherby Close, Petts Hill - former Northolt Park Racecourse - geograph.org.uk - 18268.jpg|thumb|right|Racecourse Estate: this area was used for horse racing in the early 20th century]]
Northolt was famous for the [[pony]] racing which took place in Northolt Park. A {{cvt|1+1/2|mi|km|adj=on|spell=in}} racecourse was constructed by [[Sir William Bass]] and [[Viscount Lascelles]], and opened in 1929 by the [[Earl of Harewood]] and his wife the [[Princess Royal]].

During the [[Second World War]], the land was taken over and used as an army depot and [[prisoner of war camp]]. Despite numerous attempts to revive pony racing after the war the land was given over to housing construction. The Racecourse Estate was constructed between 1951 and 1955 in order to solve a severe housing shortage within the borough. The gates of the original racecourse remain in Petts Hill, and a section of the track can be observed as a long, flat stretch of land alongside Mandeville Road.

==Education==
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*[[Alec Reed Academy]] (formerly West London Academy)
*Belvue High School<ref>{{cite web |title=Home {{!}} Special Needs School {{!}} Belvue School {{!}} Ealing {{!}} Greater London |url=https://www.belvueschool.com/ |website=belvue |access-date=17 March 2022 |language=en |archive-date=3 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503072620/https://www.belvueschool.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Gifford Primary School
*Greenwood Primary School
*[[Northolt High School]]
*Petts Hill Primary School
*St. Raphael's Catholic Primary School
*Downe Manor Primary School 
*Viking Primary School
*Willow Tree Primary School
*Wood End Primary School
*Wood End Academy
{{div col end}}

==Transport==
[[File:Northolt station westbound.JPG|thumb|right|[[Northolt tube station|Northolt Station]]]]
[[File:Mandeville Road bus 90 termination.jpg|thumb|200px|Bus stand of route 90 on Mandeville Road]]
Northolt has two stations: [[Northolt tube station|Northolt]] on the [[London Underground]] [[Central line (London Underground)|Central line]] and [[Northolt Park railway station|Northolt Park]], a [[Network Rail]] station served by [[Chiltern Railways]].
Numerous [[London Buses]] routes serve Northolt such as: [[List of bus routes in London#1–99|90]], [[List of bus routes in London#100–199|120]], [[List of bus routes in London#100–199|140]], [[List of bus routes in London#200–299|282]], [[List of bus routes in London#300–399|395]], [[List of bus routes in London#300–399|398]], [[List of bus routes in London#400–499|487]], [[List of bus routes in London#600–699|696]], [[List of bus routes in London#600–699|697]], [[List of bus routes in London#Letter prefixes|E6]], [[List of bus routes in London#Letter prefixes|E7]], [[List of bus routes in London#Letter prefixes|E9]], [[List of bus routes in London#Letter prefixes|E10]], [[List of bus routes in London#Night only routes (N-prefixed)|N7]], [[List of bus routes in London#Night only routes (N-prefixed)|N140]] and [[List of bus routes in London#Letter prefixes|SL9]]

==Political representation==
The [[constituency]] of [[Ealing North (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing North]] is currently represented by [[Labour and Co-operative|Labour and Co-operative Party]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) [[James Murray (London politician)|James Murray]], and has been since 2019 following the retirement of [[Stephen Pound]].

Northolt is made up of two [[electoral ward]]s (Northolt Mandeville and Northolt West End), as well as part of the electoral ward of North Greenford, which elect [[councillor]]s to [[London Borough of Ealing|Ealing Council]]. As of 6 May 2022 the area is represented by six Labour councillors (three in West End and three in Mandeville).

Northolt comes under the [[London Assembly]] [[constituency]] of [[Ealing and Hillingdon]] which has one assembly member, currently [[Bassam Mahfouz]] (Labour), who was elected in May 2024.

Political status on Ealing Council as of May 2022:
*Labour: 59 seats
*Conservative: 5 seats
*Liberal Democrats: 6 seats

==Notable people==
*[[Michael Colclough]], Canon Pastor at [[St Paul's Cathedral]] and Deputy Priest in Ordinary to [[Elizabeth II|The Queen]], was Archdeacon of Northolt 1992–4{{citation needed|date=August 2020|reason=no evidence in linked article}}
*[[Alton Ellis]] (1938–2008), musician, "Godfather of [[Rocksteady]]", lived in Northolt.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 19, 2008 |title=Deceased Estates |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-58918-690216 |access-date=March 5, 2023 |website=The Gazette}}</ref>
*[[Paul Gardiner]] (1958–1984), musician, bass guitar player in [[Gary Numan]]'s [[Tubeway Army]], died in Northolt.<ref name="obit">{{cite book |first=Nick |last=Talevski |year=2006 |title=Rock Obituaries – Knocking on Heaven's Door |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |isbn=1846090911 |page=197}}</ref>
*[[Stanley Green (Protein Man)|Stanley Green]] (1915–1993), a [[human billboard]], lived in Northolt.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
*[[Paul Kidby]], artist, known for his association with author [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'', was born in Northolt.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
* [[Bassam Mahfouz]], politician, grew up in Northolt<ref>{{cite news |last=Bunder |first=Leslie |date=22 April 2024 |title=Labour Party candidate Bassam Mahfouz on why he wants to be Ealing and Hillingdon London Assembly Member |url=https://ealing.news/politics/labour-party-candidate-bassam-mahfouz-on-why-he-wants-to-be-ealing-and-hillingdon-london-assembly-member/ |work=Ealing.news |location= |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
*[[Jerome Okimo]], footballer with [[Stevenage F.C.|Stevenage FC]], was born in Ealing and grew up in Northolt.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}
*[[Steve Perryman]], footballer with [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]], was born in [[Ealing]] and grew up in Northolt.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

==Television==
{{unreferenced section|date=February 2018}}
*The [[BBC]] comedy series ''[[My Hero (UK TV series)|My Hero]]'', produced between 2000 and 2006, and featuring [[Ardal O'Hanlon]] and [[Emily Joyce]], was set in Northolt.

*A faux documentary titled ''[[Ghostwatch]]'', broadcast on [[Halloween]] in 1992, was filmed in Northolt. It was the tale of a single mother haunted in her Northolt home by a mysterious figure called "Pipes".

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
{{Portal|London}}
*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22426 A History of Middlesex (1971)]
*[http://www.ealing.gov.uk/services/leisure/local_history/area_history/northolt/index.html History of Northolt]

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Northolt}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060818071147/http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pony_racing/ A history of pony racing in Northolt]
*[http://www.ealing.gov.uk Ealing Council]

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