44-610: The Treaty Centre is an enclosed shopping mall in the town centre of Hounslow in Greater London, England. Opened on 29 September 1987 and located on the High Street, the Treaty Centre offers 270,194 square feet of retail space and is anchored by Wilkinsons . It has an average weekly footfall of 195,000 people. The centre took two years to build, and more than 10 years in planning. The 5.8 acres (2.3 ha) site
88-398: A 27-storey residential tower along with many shops, restaurants, and a ten-screen Cineworld cinema multiplex. Hounslow Heath is a large public open space and local nature reserve to the west of Hounslow, a London borough. It now covers about 200 acres (80 ha) and is only the residue of the historic Hounslow Heath that once covered over 4,000 acres (1,600 ha). Bell Square
132-545: A food court along with over 50 shops. There is a large ASDA superstore located within the Blenheim Centre complex (which was completed in 2006) along with B&M , a Barnado's charity shop, a local health centre, a gym run by The Gym Group and Jungle V.I.P (a children's indoor play area). A new retail area, the High Street Quarter, will be located near Hounslow High Street and is set to contain
176-681: A man named or nicknamed Hound'. Hounslow was centred around the Holy Trinity Priory founded in 1211. The priory developed what had been a small village into a town with regular markets and other facilities for travellers heading to and from London. Although the priory was dissolved in 1539, the town remained an important staging post on the Bath Road. The construction of the Great Western Railway line from London to Bristol from 1838 reduced long-distance travel along
220-464: A natural boundary between Hounslow and Hayes Historically, Hounslow's traditional western boundary followed the River Crane; however, it now extends to the Bath Road (A4), Duke of Northumberlands River and Great South-West Road (A30) and back to the river (to include Heathrow Airport). The suburban district of Hounslow, including its localities Cranford , Heston , Hounslow West and Lampton ,
264-612: A repair depot. On the south side of Staines Road, to the north of the Heath, is a monument, now in a state of neglect, commemorating the first flight to Australia , a modified Vickers Vimy bomber G-EAOU, flown by Australian brothers Keith and Ross Smith, which took off from Hounslow Heath Aerodrome on 12 November 1919 and arrived in Darwin on 10 December. A plaque marks the entrance to London's first civil airport, stating: "London Terminal Aerodrome Hounslow Heath August 1919 - 1920. From here
308-533: A round house. There are various remains of former mills and other industrial archaeological features adjoining the River Crane near the heath. This part of the river is classified as an Archaeological Priority Area . Hounslow Heath is a designated local nature reserve and Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation , and is made up of lowland heath, dry acid grassland, woodland, scrub, neutral grasslands, wetlands, wildflower meadows, providing
352-638: A teaching hospital of the Imperial College School of Medicine . London Ambulance Service provides emergency ambulance services. Hounslow forms part of the London Borough of Hounslow, governed by Hounslow Council based at Hounslow House at 7 Bath Road. As part of Greater London it is also covered by the London Assembly and Mayor of London for certain strategic functions. The original settlement of Hounslow grew up on
396-891: Is a local nature reserve in the London Borough of Hounslow and at a point borders Richmond upon Thames . The public open space, which covers 200 acres (80 ha), is all that remains of the historic Hounslow Heath which covered more than 4,000 acres (1,600 ha). The present day area is bounded by A315 Staines Road, A3063 Wellington Road South, A314 Hanworth Road, and the River Crane . The heathland of Hounslow Heath originally covered an area underlain by Taplow gravel that now includes parts of Bedfont , Brentford , Cranford , Feltham , Hampton , Fulwell , Hanworth , Harlington , Harmondsworth , Heston , Hounslow , Isleworth , Stanwell , Teddington , Twickenham , and Heathrow . Hounslow Heath has had major historical importance, originally crossed by main routes from London to
440-581: Is a large suburban district of West London , England, 10 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (17.5 kilometres) west-southwest of Charing Cross . It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hounslow , and is identified in the London Plan as one of the 14 metropolitan centres in Greater London . It is bounded by Isleworth to the east, Twickenham to its south, Feltham to its west and Southall to its north. The Hounslow post town covers
484-530: Is an outdoor performance space next to the Bell pub. Hounslow Community Land Project was a community garden and sports area on a derelict piece of land on Hanworth Road. Hounslow is twinned with the following settlements around the world: The London Borough of Hounslow also has a sister district agreement with Leningradsky District in Krasnodar Krai , Russia. One of the earliest surviving houses in
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#1732791463935528-612: Is separated from Twickenham by Hanworth Road (A314) Nelson Road, Hounslow Road (B361) and Whitton Dene/ Murray Park. Hall Road, Bridge Road, the Hounslow Loop Line, Thornbury Park, Worton Way, the Piccadilly Line, Stucley Road and Osterley Park separate Hounslow and Isleworth. The Norwood Green estate and Industrial area in North Hyde, separate Hounslow and Southall whilst the River Crane and Cranford Park form
572-809: Is the Metropolitan Police . Hounslow Police Station is located on Montague Road, adjacent to the High Street. The statutory fire and rescue service in Hounslow is the London Fire Brigade (LFB), with the nearest fire station in Isleworth on London Road. The nearest accident and emergency hospital is West Middlesex University Hospital , in Isleworth, which is part of the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and
616-766: The A3006 Bath Road (from the A315) before Henlys Roundabout, which is in Hounslow West . From there a WNW route passes Heathrow Airport , terminals 1 to 3 and terminal 5 as the Bath Road and a WSW route, the A30 , passes terminal 4, bypasses Staines and reaches the M25 ; the remainder is a mostly-minor route to Land's End , Cornwall. The M4 motorway is two miles north; its nearest junction, J3, being northwest along
660-676: The A312 . The A315 is the historic WSW road out of London, on which Hounslow's High Street is placed. To the east, it bisects Isleworth , Brentford and Chiswick . To the west it bisects North Feltham and Bedfont before joining the A30. The north–south A312 , The Parkway , to the west of Hounslow leads south to Hampton or north to Harrow passing Waggoners' Roundabout (WNW of Henlys Roundabout in Hounslow West), Hayes , Yeading and Northolt . Three minor roads converge on Heston from
704-552: The A4 'Great West Road' and the 'Bath Road' that connects Hounslow to Central London and Slough , and the A30 'Great South West Road' that connects it to Staines-upon-Thames , which meet at Henlys Roundabout in Hounslow West. There is also the north–south road, the A312 'The Causeway' and 'The Parkway', which connects Hounslow to Hampton in the south and Harrow to the north. Additionally, A and B roads in Hounslow include
748-719: The Commuter Belt with access between 45 and 60 minutes from most of Central London . DHL Air UK has its head office in the Orbital Park in Hounslow. Hounslow Town Centre is a busy predominantly retail centre, with a small number of commercial offices and civic buildings. There is a large shopping centre called the Treaty Centre which opened in 1987, containing JD, Next, H&M and many large branches of chain stores found in British high streets. It includes
792-452: The Norman period, in which it lent its name to the hamlet of Heathrow . It was infamously known for the numbers of highwaymen and footpads in the area, who targeted wealthy individuals and noblemen. The Heath once had strategic importance as its routes acted as a throughway from London to the west and southwest of Britain. The present northern boundary of the Heath - Staines Road - was
836-623: The Roman Road later known as the Devils Highway . There are several historic references to Roman camps surrounding the Heath. Both Oliver Cromwell and James II used the heath as a military encampment. In 1784 the first accurate measurements were made on the heath to establish the base line for the Ordnance Survey trigonometrical survey of Great Britain. The event was attended by King George IV and Joseph Banks , president of
880-693: The Royal Society . In 1793, the Cavalry Barracks were constructed and were extended with the Beavers Lane Camp . Between 1914 and 1920 the heath became Hounslow Heath Aerodrome . Hounslow Heath Aerodrome was a grass airfield and was operational from 1910 to 1920. It was in the London borough of Hounslow, and in 1919 was where the first scheduled daily international commercial air services began. The territorial police force
924-577: The TW3, TW4, TW5 and TW6 postcodes. Most of the post town is in the London Borough of Hounslow, but parts fall within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and the London Borough of Hillingdon , notably including Heathrow Airport . In old records, Hounslow is spelt 'Hundeslow' which points to the Anglo-Saxon phrase ' Hundes hlāw ', translating to 'the Hound's barrow' or more accurately 'the barrow of
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#1732791463935968-684: The 17th and 18th centuries, the heath was notorious as the haunt of highwaymen and footpads , being crossed by the Great West Road and the Bath Road . The eventual mapping of the whole of the United Kingdom by the Ordnance Survey began with the measuring of an accurate base-line on Hounslow Heath, chosen for its flatness and its relative proximity to the Royal Greenwich Observatory . A sighting
1012-647: The A314 'Hanworth Road' that starts in Hounslow and finishes in Hanworth , Feltham . The historic A315 'London Road', 'Hounslow High Street', 'Hanworth Road', 'Grove Road' and 'Staines Road'; which starts in Central London and ends in Bedfont , Feltham. In doing this, it connects Hounslow to towns and districts such as Kensington, Hammersmith, Chiswick, Brentford and Isleworth. The A4 Great West Road joins with
1056-729: The A315 in parts of Hounslow, the A3063, A3005 and B363. The single road re-divides just north in Norwood Green into a northwest road to Southall (the A3005) and into the A4127 that passes by Hanwell , briefly using the A4020 west before bypassing Dormers Wells , passing Greenford to reach Sudbury , the town immediately to the west of Wembley and North Wembley . For longer journeys north,
1100-531: The Bath Road. By 1842, the local paper was reporting that the 'formerly flourishing village' (which used to stable 2000 horses) was suffering a 'general depreciation of property'. The Hounslow Loop Line was constructed in 1850 - which prompted new development. Hounslow Hospital opened in 1876 and closed in 1978. Hanworth Road drill hall (now the Treaty Lodge Hotel) was built for the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment. The construction of
1144-879: The Blenheim Centre, as being in breach of Article 56 ("freedom to provide services") of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union . Their legal challenge was unsuccessful because the European single market was not a factor in the case and the development agreement did not commit L&G to provide any services to the Council or restrict the ability of any other business to provide services. 51°28′05″N 0°21′50″W / 51.468°N 0.364°W / 51.468; -0.364 Hounslow Hounslow ( / ˈ h aʊ n z l oʊ / HOWNZ -loh )
1188-507: The Great West Road (a by-pass for the Bath Road, around Brentford, Isleworth and Hounslow town centres) in the 1920s attracted the building of factories and headquarters of large companies and led to a great deal of housing development. After a decline in the 1970s, offices largely replaced factories and further expansion in hotel and housing stock started to take place. Hounslow Heath has a continuous recorded history dating back to
1232-694: The M4, A4 or A30 then M25 provides the best routes. For longer journeys south, Hanworth Road leads to the A316 that becomes the M3 motorway . There are three main London Underground stations in the town; Hounslow East , Hounslow Central and Hounslow West , with all the stations being on the Piccadilly line . The District line used to operate services to Hounslow, and the town also has abandoned stations on
1276-744: The Underground stations. Hounslow bus garage and an adjoining bus station are close to the High Street . In 1962, as a result of the final stage of the London trolleybus programme of conversion to motor bus operation, when Isleworth garage was closed, the staff from that depot (coded IH) were transferred to Hounslow. The property is owned by the RATP Group , which took it over with the purchase of London United from Transdev . In addition to its frequent and regular daytime services throughout
1320-467: The boundary between the ancient parishes of Heston and Isleworth , both in the Isleworth Hundred of Middlesex . Hounslow was made its own ecclesiastical parish in 1835, whilst continuing to straddle Heston and Isleworth for civil purposes . In 1875 a local government district was created covering the whole of the two civil parishes, governed by an elected local board. The district
1364-707: The first British international airline operation and the first flight from Europe to Australia was made. Erected by the Heston and Isleworth Borough Council". On 10 April 2016, another memorial to the aerodrome was unveiled and dedicated by the Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust immediately south of the car park beside the Staines Road. An area to the west of the present heath was used for gravel extraction after World War II . Used for landfill until
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1408-496: The heath due to its proximity to London, Windsor and Hampton Court . Oliver Cromwell stationed an army there at the end of the English Civil War in 1647. James II camped his army there, and conducted military exercises and mock battles to try to intimidate the population in London. In 1793, Hounslow Barracks was built to the north of Staines Road as part of the preparations to meet a possible French invasion. In
1452-493: The late 1960s, the land was reclaimed to form Hounslow Heath Golf Centre which opened in 1979. Bronze Age spearheads, axes, and sword and knife fragments from Hounslow, are held at the British Museum, also Celtic badges and amulets discovered in a field at Hounslow in 1864. In 1999, excavations on the former Feltham Marshalling Yards to the south of the heath unearthed remains of an Iron Age furnace and post holes from
1496-481: The old line, such as Hounslow Town . Hounslow railway station , operated by South Western Railway , is on the line to London Waterloo , or westwards to Reading , Weybridge , Woking or Windsor . The line also offers services on the Hounslow Loop Line , opened 1850, further around the loop to Twickenham and Richmond . It is situated a fair distance from the town centre and is used far less than
1540-418: The outbreak of World War I in 1914, Hounslow Heath Aerodrome was established, that developed to become a fighter aircraft defence and training base. In 1919, the aerodrome became the sole London Terminal Aerodrome , and hosted the first scheduled daily international commercial air services. In 1920, it surrendered its role to Croydon Airport , and closed. The heath was then again used for military training and
1584-615: The surrounding areas, Hounslow is served by the N9 night service from Heathrow Airport to Central London. St Mark's Catholic School is on Bath Road. Lampton School was previously Spring Grove Grammar School, in the area of Lampton . Kingsley Academy was formerly known as Hounslow Manor School and Hounslow Heath School , formally known as Hounslow Heath Infant and Nursery School and Hounslow Heath Junior School before they merged, in Selwyn Close. Hounslow Heath Hounslow Heath
1628-580: The town is The Lawn, in front of the former Civic Centre with its public tennis courts, in brown brick with three double-hung sash windows set back in reveals with flat arches, roof with parapet and porch of fluted doric columns , pilasters , entablature and semi-circular traceried fanlight . The similar example of 44–50 Bath Road: also in brown brick and as is sometimes seen, has been painted. Nearby country houses include Osterley House , Syon House , Hanworth Park House and Worton Hall. There are three major roads in Hounslow. The east–west roads,
1672-400: The west and southwest of Britain. Staines Road, the northern boundary of the present heath, was the Roman Road , Via Trinobantes. There are several historic references to Roman camps on or close to the heath. Continuous recorded history dates back to Norman times . In 1546, Hounslow Heath was surveyed with a recorded area of 4,293 acres (1,737 ha) (6.71 square miles). Various armies used
1716-408: The west of the capital city, with it having a large shopping centre which adjoins its high street and many restaurants, cafés and small businesses, many of which are associated with product assembly, marketing, telecommunications and Heathrow Airport , which has many businesses and public sector jobs in and around it to which the local population commute. The settlement is also partially employed in
1760-465: Was 103,337 in the 2011 census , whereas the wider borough had a population of 254,000. Hounslow has a high proportion of people who identify themselves as BAME (Black, Asian and minority Ethnic), and it is the borough's most diverse town. In seven of Hounslow's eight electoral wards , the BAME proportion is above 70%. The town has a large British Asian community. Hounslow is an economic hub within
1804-529: Was built on the site of a former library and civic hall buildings dating back to 1905 which were demolished. In 2006 a rival shopping centre called the Blenheim Centre was built to the north. In 2011 the Treaty Centre was acquired by Quidnet Capital for £37 million and in the following years the centre was refurbished. In 2012, Quidnet raised concerns regarding a development agreement entered into by Hounslow Council and Legal & General (L&G) to develop shopping, leisure and residential facilities alongside
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1848-513: Was initially divided into three electoral wards : Heston, Hounslow and Isleworth. Such local government districts were converted into urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894 . A referendum of local electors was held in 1927 on whether to change the urban district's name from Heston and Isleworth to Hounslow. A significant majority of those who voted supported the change of name (6,778 in favour, 3,775 against), but it
1892-691: Was made of the spire of All Saints' church in Banstead , and along that line a length of 27,400 feet was very precisely measured. This work by General William Roy was the start of the Anglo-French Survey (1784–1790) , which led to the Principal Triangulation of Great Britain . By 1900, the heath was still in use as a training ground for horse-mounted cavalry based at Hounslow Barracks , a gun shooting range, and adjacent army medical units including an isolation hospital. After
1936-426: Was vetoed by Middlesex County Council . The urban district was incorporated to become the Municipal Borough of Heston and Isleworth in 1932. The borough of Heston and Isleworth was abolished in 1965. Its area was transferred from Middlesex to Greater London and merged with the abolished Municipal Borough of Brentford and Chiswick and Feltham Urban District to become the London Borough of Hounslow. Hounslow
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