The area has a number of open spaces, primarily Queen's Park and Tiverton Green.

Brondesbury Park is an alternate name for its manor, a specially empowered division of the large parish of Willesden as one of its eight prebends.

Landscape designer Humphry Repton transformed the focal 10 acres (4.0 ha) of Brondesbury Park, a varying demense but in most years 54 acres (22 ha) in the 18th and 19th century, when he designed the garden.

[2] Some street names allude to the inclosed private park (garden) dominating the north of the area and notable manorial owners.

[4] Since the 2024 general election, the ward has formed part of the re-established seat of Brent East.