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well done Doctor Cake!
Welsh Harp reservoir (Brent Reservoir) built 1834 to provide water for the Grand Union Canal

• believed to be the scene of the first official cycle race in Britain, 1st June 1868, the day after the St Cloud one in Paris.
  
• there was a velodrome of sorts built on the west of the lake north of the bridge (in my pic it's roughly where the trees poke up above the bridge). I think you can see this on Google Earth's 'timeline' satellite images from 1945, though it could also be the circuit shaped trees visible on today's satellite images
  
• and then there's the curious link to James Moore - winner of the first Paris-Rouen race 1869. Legend has it that he is buried somewhere around the lake although the exact location is a mystery
  
  

neat summary here:
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Arthur_Markham
http://www.brentcyclists.org.uk/content/brents-parks-and-open-spaces

If you carry on down the same little path south east of the bridge you get the most amazing view of another famous stadium: