Cool Oak Lane, NW9
Cool Oak Lane, West Hendon (1920)
Old London postcard
Cool Oak Lane connects West Hendon with Kingsbury.

By the 1820s the Regent’s Canal was not holding sufficient water at its top in Camden Town.

To resolve this issue a reservoir was built in West Hendon by damming the river Brent near its confluence with the Silk Stream. This flooded a large area of low lying farmland to create the Welsh Harp reservoir. Later a bridge was built along Cool Oak Lane.

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