Colindale
Colindale used to build planes for the biggest aircraft maker on earth and keep the nation's back issues of its newspapers, and it has since swapped both for the one thing London will always buy: a one-bed flat with a balcony just big enough for a drying rack. In the 1950s it was nicknamed the Red Belt because so many leading communists lived there. They would have had plenty to say about the service charges.
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01Overview
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02Prices
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03Schools
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04Flood risk
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05Crime
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06Transport
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07Planning
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08The area around
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09Who lives here
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Data to May 2026 · Figures checked 4 October 2026 (what this means)