Hazlewood Tower, W10

Block in/near Kensal Town, existing between 1955 and now

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Hazlewood Tower is a skyscraper in North Kensington, London W10.

Hazlewood Tower, and its twin, Adair Tower, were two tall blocks built after World War Two as the area was redeveloped.


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NEARBY LOCATIONS OF NOTE
Acklam Road protests Acklam Road was the centre of much action during the building of the Westway.
Adair Road before redevelopment (1964) A photo showing Adair Road’s junction with Golborne Gardens in March 1964.
Admiral Blake (The Cowshed) The Admiral Blake was situated at the corner of Ladbroke Grove and Barlby Road.
Clayton Arms A pub which was situated halfway down West Row in Kensal Town.
Corner of Caird Street and Lancefield Street (1910) The corner of Caird Street with Lancefield Street.
Corner of Rackham Street, Ladbroke Grove (1950) The bombing of the Second World War meant that some whole streets were wiped off the future map. Rackham Street, in London W10, was one of them.
Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance Emslie Horniman’s Pleasance is the traditional starting point for the Notting Hill Carnival.
Harrow Road (1920s) Harrow Road in the 1920s, looking south east towards the Prince of Wales pub and the Emmanuel Church spire.
Jack of Newbury The Jack of Newbury stood at the corner of East Row and Kensal Road until it was bombed on 2 October 1940.
Kensal House There are two Kensal Houses in London W10 - this was the original
Ladbroke Grove (1950) Ladbroke Grove on the corner of St Charles Sqaure taken outside the Eagle public house, looking north, just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.
Ladbroke Grove looking north (1900) This early 1900s image was taken just south of the junction of Ladbroke Grove and Treverton Street.
Ladbroke Grove railway bridge Looking north over Bartle Bridge in the 1950s
Lads of the Village One of the signature public houses along Kensal Road.
Middle Row School Middle Row School was established in the late 19th century to provide education to the children of Kensal New Town.
Orme’s Green Ormes Green was the former name for this part of Westbourne Park.
Portobello Arms The Portobello Arms was a former pub in Kensal Town, established in 1842.
Queen’s Park Library Queen’s Park Library was built to improve the minds of the new Queen’s Park Estate residents.
Rackham Street, eastern end (1950) The bombing of the Second World War meant that some whole streets were wiped off the future map. Rackham Street, in London W10, was one of them.
St Charles Square after bombing (1950) A corner of St Charles Square looking north, just after the Second World War
St Charles Square ready for redevelopment (1951) Photographed in 1951, the corner of St Charles Square and Ladbroke Grove looking northwest just after the Second World War.
St Martins Mission Saint Martin's Mission was originally known as Rackham Hall as it was situated on Rackham Street.
St. Joseph’s Home St Joseph's dominated a part of Portobello Road up until the 1980s.
The Crown Acklam Road was the centre of much action during the building of the Westway
The Eagle The Eagle is on the corner of Ladbroke Grove and Telford Road.
The Flora The Flora is situated on Harrow Road, W10.
The Foresters The Foresters - a lost pub of London W10
The Mitre The Mitre was situated at 62 Golborne Road on the corner with Wornington Road.
The Prince of Wales Cinema The Prince of Wales Cinema was located at 331 Harrow Road.
Wedlake Street Baths In a time when most had somewhere to live but few had somewhere to wash at home, public baths were the place to go...
Weston’s Cider House In 1930 Weston’s opened their first and only cider mill on the Harrow Road.
William Miller’s Yard William Miller's Yard stood in Chapel Place, West Row.

NEARBY STREETS
Absalom Road, W10 Absalom Road was the former name for the western section of Golborne Gardens (Kensal Town)
Adair Road, W10 Adair Road is a street on the Kensal Town/North Kensington borders (Kensal Town)
Adair Tower, W10 Adair Tower is a post-war tower block on the corner of Adair Road and Appleford Road, W10 (Kensal Town)
Adela Street, W10 Adela Street is a small cul-de-sac in Kensal Town (Kensal Town)
Alderson Street, W10 Alderson Street is a side street north of Kensal Road (Kensal Town)
Alperton Street, W10 Alperton Street is the first alphabetically named street in the Queen’s Park Estate, W10 (Kensal Town)
Angola Mews, W10 Angola Mews, one of the lost mews of North Kensington, was demolished to make way for the Bevington Road School (North Kensington)
Appleford House, W10 Appleford House is a residential block along Appleford Road (Kensal Town)
Appleford Road, W10 Appleford Road was transformed post-war from a Victorian street to one dominated by housing blocks (Kensal Town)
Ash House, W10 Ash House is a block on Heather Walk (Kensal Town)
Athlone Place, W10 Athlone Place runs between Faraday Road and Bonchurch Road (North Kensington)
Barfett Street, W10 Barfett Street is a street on the Queen’s Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Barnsdale Road, W9 Barnsdale Road runs between Fernhead Road and Walterton Road (West Kilburn)
Bevington Road, W10 Bevington Road is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)
Birch House, W10 Birch House is a block on Droop Street (Queens Park Estate)
Bonchurch Road, W10 Bonchurch Road was first laid out in the 1870s (North Kensington)
Bosworth Road, W10 Bosworth Road was the first street built as Kensal New Town started to expand to the east (Kensal Town)
Bransford Street, W10 Bransford Street became Porlock Street before vanishing altogether (North Kensington)
Briar Walk, W10 Briar Walk lies on the Queen's Park Estate (Kensal Town)
Bruce Close, W10 Bruce Close replaced the earlier Rackham Street in this part of W10 (North Kensington)
Burlington Close, W9 Burlington Close is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Caird Street, W10 Caird Street is the ’C’ street on the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Cherry Tree House, W10 Cherry Tree House is a block on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
Clayton Yard, Clayton Yard ran off the west side of West Row (Kensal Town)
Clifford House, W10 Clifford House is a block on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
Conlan Street, W10 Conlan Street is one of the newer roads of Kensal Town (Kensal Town)
Coomassie Road, W9 Coomassie Road is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)
Drakeland House, W9 Drakeland House is a block on Fernhead Road (West Kilburn)
Drayford Close, W9 Drayford Close is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)
Droop House, W10 Droop House is a block on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
Droop Street, W10 Droop Street is one of the main east-west streets of the Queen’s Park Estate (Kensal Town)
East Row, W10 East Row is a road with a long history within Kensal Town (Kensal Town)
Edenham Mews, W10 Edenham Mews was the site of a youth club and day nursery after the Second World War until demolition (Kensal Town)
Edenham Street, W10 Edenham Street was swept away in 1969 (Kensal Town)
Edenham Way, W10 Edenham Way is a 1970s street (North Kensington)
Elkstone Road, W10 Elkstone Road replaced Southam Street around 1970 (North Kensington)
Elm House, W10 Elm House can be found on Briar Walk (Kensal Town)
Enbrook Street, W10 Enbrook Street is another street north of Harrow Road, W10 without a pub (Queens Park Estate)
Faraday Road, W10 Faraday Road is one of the ’scientist’ roadnames of North Kensington (North Kensington)
Farrant Street, W10 Farrant Street is the missing link in the alphabetti spaghetti of the streetnames of the Queen’s Park Estate (Queens Park Estate)
Fermoy House, W9 Fermoy House can be found on Fermoy Road (West Kilburn)
Fermoy Road, W9 Fermoy Road was named in 1883 and partly built up by 1884 (West Kilburn)
Fernhead Road, W9 Fernhead Road is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)
Fir House, W10 Fir House can be found on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
First Avenue, W10 First Avenue is street number one in the Queen's Park Estate (West Kilburn)
Fourth Avenue, W10 Fourth Avenue runs south from Ilbert Street (Queens Park Estate)
Galton Street, W10 Galton Street lies within the Queen’s Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Golborne Gardens, W10 Golborne Gardens may date from the 1880s (Kensal Town)
Golborne Mews, W10 Golborne Mews lies off of the Portobello Road, W10 (North Kensington)
Golborne Road, W10 Golborne Road, heart of North Kensington, was named after Dean Golbourne, at one time vicar of St John’s Church in Paddington (North Kensington)
Great Western Road, W9 Great Western Road’s northernmost section was created after a bridge was constructed over the canal (Maida Hill)
Harrow Road, W10 Harrow Road is a main road through London W10 (Kensal Town)
Harrow Road, W9 Harrow Road is a main road running through Paddington, Willesden and beyond (Maida Hill)
Hawthorn Walk, W10 Queen's Park Estate (Kensal Town)
Hazlewood Crescent, W10 Hazlewood Crescent, much altered by 1970s redevelopment, is an original road of the area (Kensal Town)
Hazlewood Tower, W10 Hazlewood Tower is a skyscraper in North Kensington, London W10 (Kensal Town)
Heather Walk, W10 Heather Walk lies in the Queen’s Park Estate (Kensal Town)
Holly House, W10 Holly House is a block on Hawthorn Walk (Kensal Town)
Hormead Road, W9 Hormead Road was named in 1885 although its site was still a nursery ground until 1891 (Kensal Town)
James Collins Close, W9 James Collins Close is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)
James House, W10 James House is a residential block in Appleford Road (Kensal Town)
Kensal Place, W10 Kensal Place ran from Southam Street to Kensal Road (Kensal Town)
Kensal Road, W10 Kensal Road, originally called Albert Road, is the heart of Kensal Town (Kensal Town)
Ladbroke Grove, W10 Ladbroke Grove runs from Notting Hill to Kensal Green, and straddles the W10 and W11 postal districts (North Kensington)
Larch House, W10 Larch House is a block on Rowan Walk (Kensal Town)
Lavie Mews, W10 Lavie Mews, W10 was a mews connecting Portobello Road and Murchison Road (North Kensington)
Lionel Mews, W10 Lionel Mews was built around 1882 and probably disappeared in the 1970s (North Kensington)
Lydford Road, W9 Lydford Road is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)
Manchester Drive, W10 Manchester Drive is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (North Kensington)
Maple Walk, W10 Post war development on the Queen’s Park Estate created some plant-based street names (Kensal Town)
Mary Seacole House, W9 Mary Seacole House is a block on Warlock Road (Maida Hill)
Maxilla Walk, W10 Maxilla Walk is a street in North Kensington, London W10 (North Kensington)
Middle Row, W10 Middle Row is one of the original streets laid out as Kensal New Town (Kensal Town)
Modena Street, W9 Modena Street was swept away in the late 1960s (North Kensington)
Morgan Road, W10 Morgan Road connects Wornington Road and St Ervans Road (North Kensington)
Munro Mews, W10 Munro Mews is a part cobbled through road that connects Wornington Road and Wheatstone Road (North Kensington)
Murchison Road, W10 Murchison Road existed for just under 100 years (North Kensington)
Nautilus House, W10 Nautilus House is a block on West Row (Kensal Town)
Oak House, W10 Oak House is sited on Sycamore Walk (Kensal Town)
Octavia House, W10 Octavia House on Southern Row was built in the late 1930s (North Kensington)
Orchard Close, W10 Orchard Close is one of the streets of London in the W10 postal area (North Kensington)
Pennymore Walk, W9 Pennymore Walk is a close which lies off of Ashmore Road (West Kilburn)
Pine House, W10 Pine House is a block on Droop Street (Kensal Town)
Portobello Road, W10 Portobello Road is split into two sections by the Westway/Hammersmith and City line (North Kensington)
Pressland Street, W10 Pressland Street ran from Kensal Road to the canal (North Kensington)
Raymede Street, W10 Raymede Street, after severe bomb damage in the area, disappeared after 1950 (North Kensington)
Rendle Street, W10 Rendle Street ran from Murchison Road to Telford Road (North Kensington)
Riverton Close, W9 Riverton Close is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)
Ronan Walk, W10 Ronan Walk was one of the streets constructed in a 1970s build parallel to the Harrow Road (Kensal Town)
Second Avenue, W10 Second Avenue is one of the streets of the Queen's Park Estate, W10 (Queens Park Estate)
Shirland Mews, W9 Shirland Mews is a street in Maida Vale (West Kilburn)
Southam House, W10 Southam House is situated on Adair Road (Kensal Town)
Southam Street, W10 Southam Street was made world-famous in the photographs of Roger Mayne (Kensal Town)
Southern Row, W10 Southern Row was originally South Row to match the other streets in the neighbourhood (North Kensington)
St Columbs House, W10 St Columbs House is situated at 9-39 Blagrove Road (North Kensington)
St Ervans Road, W10 St Ervans Road is named after the home town of the Rev. Samuel Walker (North Kensington)
St Joseph’s Close, W10 St Joseph’s Close is a cul-de-sac off of Bevington Road (North Kensington)
St Michael’s Gardens, W10 St Michael’s Gardens lies to the south of St Michael’s Church (North Kensington)
Sycamore Walk, W10 Queen's Park Estate (Kensal Town)
Telford Road, W10 Telford Road is one of the local streets named after prominent nineteenth century scientists (North Kensington)
Tollbridge Close, W10 This is a street in the W10 postcode area (Kensal Town)
Trellick Tower, W10 Trellick Tower is a 31-storey block of flats designed in the Brutalist style by architect Ernő Goldfinger, completed in 1972 (Kensal Town)
Treverton Street, W10 Treverton Street, a street which survived post war redevelopment (North Kensington)
Walterton Road, W9 Walterton Road was the central road of a suburb which was originally proposed to called St. Peter’s Park (Maida Hill)
Warlock Road, W9 Warlock Road is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Wedlake Street, W10 Wedlake Street arrived as the second wave of building in Kensal Town was completed (Kensal Town)
West Row, W10 West Row, W10 began its life in the early 1840s (Kensal Town)
Western Dwellings Western Dwellings were a row of houses, opposite the Western Gas Works, housing some of the workers (Kensal Town)
Western Mews, W9 Western Mews is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Westgate Mews, W10 Westgate Mews ran west from West Row to the Deco Works (Kensal Town)
Wheatstone Road, W10 Wheatstone Road was the former name of the eastern section of Bonchurch Road (North Kensington)
Willow House, W10 Willow House can be found on Maple Walk (Kensal Town)
Woodfield Place, W9 Woodfield Place is a street in Maida Vale (Maida Hill)
Woodfield Road, W9 The first section of Woodfield Road seems to date from the 1830s (Maida Hill)
Wornington Road, W10 Wornington Road connected Golborne Road with Ladbroke Grove, though the Ladbroke end is now closed to through traffic (North Kensington)


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