Kilburn Mews finished: 12 railway arches by the station now seek tenants

Work has finished at Kilburn Mews. The 12 brick arches beside Kilburn station that carry the Jubilee and Metropolitan lines are now commercial units. Places for London, TfL’s property company, ran the scheme, which also has two standalone units. It is now looking for businesses to take them on. The company first unveiled its plans for the site in March 2022.

What has changed at the Kilburn railway arches

Each arch was taken back to its bare brick shell. Workers removed the old concrete and fittings and pulled out the mechanical and electrical systems. Morgan Sindall, the construction partner, then laid new structural slabs and lined the walls and the curved undersides of the arches. Every unit now has a glazed front.

Places for London also worked with architects DK-CM on the area outside. A landscaped path now runs between Kilburn station and Loveridge Road, with new seating and planting. There is cycle parking, and a defibrillator anyone can use. Local people asked for limits on dockless e-bikes, so the walkway has been geo-fenced to restrict them.

The corner used to be hidden from view. Better lighting and clearer sightlines are meant to change that, and the new shop fronts look straight onto the path. Before work began, a Mayor of London research project looking at how safe women, girls and gender-diverse people feel in public spaces held the design up as an exemplar. Air-source heat pumps now heat and cool the units, which are also more energy efficient than before.

When will businesses move into Kilburn Mews

Bruce Gillingham Pollard has been hired as leasing agent to sign up occupiers. Places for London expects the first businesses to arrive in the coming months.

Places for London’s head of arches, Jo Fisher, said the finished scheme showed “how historic railway infrastructure can be sensitively adapted to meet modern needs”. She said she expected the businesses that move in to become “much-loved parts of the fabric of Kilburn”, and hoped they would help the mews and the wider community to thrive.