with the civic centre. On Olympic Way, a student accommodation building ran by Victoria Hall Limited was opened in 2011, followed by a Novotel hotel and other buildings. A Boxpark branch also opened here in 2018. In 2015, Wembley Park's events programme brought 150,000 to the site to enjoy events from Color Run and Survival of the Fittest to a weekly food market. In May 2016, controversial regeneration plans in the stadium area were approved by the local council. The £2.5 billion scheme from Quintain involves the building of over 7,000 apartments, as well as new shops and offices, two hotels, a 7-acre public park, and a school. There will be a total of seven residential and retail tower blocks, up to 19 storeys high. The plans were disapproved by the Football Association (FA) and by many locals, who claim increased overcrowding and spoilt stadium views. A local launched a petition against these plans to Brent North MP Barry Gardiner and the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. however the plans were approved nonetheless. Quintain unveiled plans for a further 250,000 square feet of retail space in the area in March 2018. Geography Barn Hill is 86 metres above sea level, and is part of the larger Fryent Country Park that continues towards Kingsbury. In addition, Wembley Hill Road is a steep road west of Wembley Park, which peaks at around 65 metres above sea level near The Green Man pub. The Wealdstone Brook tributary of the River Brent starts off at the Stadium Industrial Estate and runs between Bridge Road and Wembley Park Drive, and through Forty Avenue towards Preston. Bridge Road is so-called for the bridge over the narrow brook. Notable places An Orthodox Jewish synagogue Wembley United Synagogue is in Forty Avenue. Next to it is the Church of England St. Augustine's Church. A United Reformed Church is on the opposite side, past The Broadway intersection. There is a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Wembley Park Drive. Schools in the area include: Ark Academy, Preston Manor High School, College of North West London, and Lycée International de Londres Winston Churchill. Notable people Keith Moon of The Who Lady Sovereign Harry Shearer John Tavener Humphry Repton Sir Edward Watkin Maxwell Ayrton Owen Williams Nearby areas Preston Neasden Wembley Kingsbury North Wembley Stonebridge Sudbury Harrow Transport Trains Stations in the area are: Wembley Park Station (Metropolitan line