Hatch End is home to Harrow Arts Centre, a complex which centres on the 404-seat Elliott Hall and a 120-seat studio theatre. Music, dance, theatre, film, comedy and literature events are all hosted here, along with many workshops and summer schemes run during the holidays.[2]
The area also features several sports facilities, including Hatch End Swimming Pool, Hatch End Cricket Club and Hatch End Tennis Club. Additionally, the Bannister Stadium & Bannister Sports Centre (containing sports pitches and an athletics track) are located off the Uxbridge Road.
Also of interest is Letchford House on Headstone Lane, a Grade II listed building[3] which was built in 1670.
Harrow town centre is located to the southeast of Hatch End and is a regional centre for higher order goods, with two shopping malls and a nine-screen cinema, along with numerous restaurants, places of entertainment and bookshops. Pinner town centre, to the southwest, offers many additional amenities and is linked to the area by the frequent H12 bus service. Hatch End is also convenient for Watford, around 4 miles (6.4 km) to the north, which also serves as a regional retail centre. Watford and Hatch End are linked by regular rail services from Hatch End railway station on the London Overground.
Using data from the 2001 Census, 74.02% of the population of the Hatch End electoral ward identify as 'white', 18.94% as 'Asian', 3.12% as 'Black', 2.16% as 'mixed', 1.14% as 'Other ethnic group' and 0.61% as Chinese. Christians make up 52.98% of the population of Hatch End. In addition, in common with many other parts of North West London, the area is also home to a sizeable Jewish community; Jews make up 11.38% of the population and Hatch End has a synagogue (and a second in Pinner town centre). The suburb is also home to a Hindu community which represents 11.86% of the population.[4]
The 2011 census showed that 57% of the population was white (48% British, 6% Other, 3% Irish), and 24% Indian.[5]
David Baddiel, English comedian, novelist and television presenter, has lived in Hatch End.[6]
Mrs Beeton, the world's first celebrity chef, lived in Hatch End. Her former home site was a successful restaurant called Hatchets[7] and is now a Turkish restaurant called Serrata.[8] A Harrow Heritage Trust brown plaque installed in 1996 commemorates the site.[9]
^Gillan, Ian; Cohen, David (1993). "3 : The Line That's Drawn". Child in Time : The Life Story of the Singer from Deep Purple. Smith Gryphon Limited. ISBN1-85685-048-X.
^England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 [database on-line]. Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England.
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