[2] Wealdstone is centred on the High Street, and much traffic is bypassed from here by the George Gange Way flyover built in 1996.

[3][4] Its western boundary is formed by Harrow View, across which Headstone Manor lies, whereas on the east is Byron Park and the Belmont Trail.

Much of the housing stock in central Wealdstone consists of Victorian and Edwardian terraces along with new flatted developments in High Street and George Gange Way.

This, along with nearby factories of Winsor & Newton (a facility of the artists' materials company which closed in 2010),[8] Whitefriars Glass and Hamilton Brush Works,[9] turned Wealdstone into Harrow's industrial centre.

A Her Majesty's Stationery Office factory in the area was demolished in 1996 and now replaced by Harrow Crown Court.

In 1997, supermarket chain Asda announced a grand scheme for a superstore in Wealdstone involving a redevelopment of the town centre which included the demolition of 60 small business establishments.

[16][17] Later that year, Harrow Council secured funding for a community centre including a library at the site of a former Safeway.

[24] The station eventually remained open, but the issue arose again in 2008 and 2011 amid police plans to sell the building.

But the Met's real estate portfolio is ageing, and modern policing is these days more reliant on resources other than just bricks and mortar.

[28] The Harrow Leisure Centre[29] is located in Wealdstone and facilities include swimming, badminton, snooker, martial arts and a gym run by Harper's Fitness.

[33] Wealdstone ward is within the Harrow West constituency, currently represented by Labour MP Gareth Thomas.