Welcome to the Willesden Episcopal Area.
Willesden is the special responsibility of the Bishop of Willesden, the Rt Rev Peter Broadbent , supported by the Archdeacon of Northolt, the 
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The archdeaconry is divided into the four deaneries:
To email the Willesden Area Office, .
The Willesden Area includes Brent, Harrow, Ealing and Hillingdon in North West London. The area is diverse, being mainly suburban but also containing 'deprived' Urban Priority Areas and large swathes of Green Belt.
Brent, Ealing and Harrow are home to some of the largest minority ethnic communities in London. In addition, the presence of London Heathrow Airport means numbers of refugees and asylum seekers in the area are high.
There are 20 Church of England voluntary aided schools in the area; 18 primary and two secondary. The two secondary schools are especially successful and popular; one is designated a 'beacon' school.
There are 14 hospitals, including specialist facilities such as Harefield Hospital (heart patients) and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.
In 2000 there were 15,779 people listed on the electoral rolls (people who consider themselves to be members of a church) in the Willesden Area. This is a 2.5% increase on 1999. Churchgoers in Willesden come from many cultural and racial backgrounds with a high proportion of African Caribbean members.
The Bishop of Willesden is responsible for more than 150 clergy. They work in 87 parishes.
Developing lay ministry is crucial to the work of the church in the Willesden Area. The Bishop is committed to continuing and developing the existing training and vocational programme for both laity and potential ordinands. The long-term objective is to have a ministry team in every Church of England church in the area by 2010.
A high priority is placed upon continuing to address issues Christians living in the Willesden Area face in their places of work.
Above all, one of the main challenges facing the Church in the Willesden Area is to help parishes to find new ways to share their faith in post-modern London.
