page_title: Brent Cross
section_title: Brent Cross Cricklewood development
hierarchical_section_title: Brent Cross / History / Brent Cross Cricklewood development
caption_attribution_description: English: Brent Cross Bus Station 2010
context_page_description: Brent Cross is originally the name of crossroads that today forms a major place for road traffic in the London Borough of Barnet, England. Located a mile from the centres of Hendon and Golders Green, the area also contains the Brent Cross Shopping Centre, a major retail facility which opened in 1976, as well as Brent South Shopping Park opposite of it. The "Brent Cross Flyover" A41 runs to the east of the shopping centre over the A406 North Circular Road, while the M1 motorway and A5 Edgware Road are to the west at Staples Corner interchange. In addition, the Northern line and Thameslink rail routes run on viaducts.
  The River Brent passes through the area, flowing from east to west in a man-made channel. The Shopping Centre falls within the NW4 postcode district; the Brent South Retail Park falls within NW2; and the Brent Cross tube station is within NW11.
context_section_description: Brent Cross Cricklewood is a planned new town centre development in Hendon and Cricklewood. The development is planned to cost around £4.5 billion to construct and will include 7,500 homes, 4,000,000 sq ft (370,000 m²) of offices, four parks, transport improvements and a 592,000 sq ft (55,000 m²) extension of Brent Cross Shopping Centre. The developers of the scheme are Hammerson and Standard Life Aberdeen. 200 new retail stores are included in the original plan. To counter the disruption of the area by the building works, the developers have offered to 'green up' the bridge over the North Circular and maintain it as a 'living bridge' making a horticultural contribution to the basic scheme. As market for new retail stores changes and demand is expected to decline with the shift to online shopping, BXS is changing its delivery plan and intends to focus on residential development first. Construction was planned to start in 2018 and be completed in 2021-22 but the retail development has currently been put on hold.
  The London Underground stations nearest to the shopping centre are Brent Cross and Hendon Central, both on the Northern line. According to the council, both "feel very remote and lack adequate pedestrian links and signage", and the 10 to 15-minute walks are through "a hostile pedestrian environment.". Transport schemes have been proposed involving Brent Cross, as part of, or concurrent to, the Brent Cross Cricklewood development. These include
  measures promoted by the Brent Cross Cricklewood developers but the subjects of objections to their planning application, including
  a new railway station on the Thameslink line
  new bridges over the A406 North Circular, but the removal of another bridge
  moving the bus station closer to the A406 North Circular
  significant changes to the road network within and around the development.
caption: Brent Cross Bus Station
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