It is a suburban area mostly occupied by family houses and flats, with a small parade of independent shops, a Tesco supermarket and a modern Shell forecourt.

A high, but rarely steep, wooded escarpment Grim's Ditch or Dyke starts at the northern edge of Pinner Green and continues to Stanmore.

A Victorian era cast iron signpost still standards undisturbed at the junction where the A404 meets Pinner Hill Road.

Sir Elton Hercules John CH CBE, is an international chart topping singer and songwriter who lived on Pinner Hill Road as a child during the mid 20th century.

In normal off-peak conditions the train approximately takes three-quarters of an hour to Euston railway station.