Staples Corner

The Staples Corner junction was built in accordance with plans from the 1960s to continue the M1 further south to West Hampstead.

[2] On 28 October 1988, two Up (southbound)[3] Class 31 (31202 and 31226) locomotives rolled off together from Cricklewood depot together along a short siding and after demolishing the buffer stop they ran down the embankment on to the North Circular Road, although nobody was hurt.

[7] The B&Q DIY store damaged by the bomb (on the site of the original mattress factory) was demolished, and replaced by a branch of Staples office supplies.

An additional sliproad onto the M1 from the east was added to remove the need for traffic coming from that direction to travel around the roundabout to access the motorway.

In early 2008, a planning application was submitted to develop the Brent Cross area into a new town centre, on both sides of the North Circular Road.