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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%. [19] The town has a large British Asian community. [20]
The town of Hounslow, which has existed since the 13th century, is located at the centre of the Borough of Hounslow. The name Hounslow means 'Hund's mound'; the personal name Hund is followed by the Old English hlaew meaning mound or barrow. (The mound may have been his burial place.) It was recorded in the Domesday Book as Honeslaw. [2]
The London Borough of Hounslow and its council were created under the London Government Act 1963, with the first election held in 1964.For its first year the council acted as a shadow authority alongside the area's three outgoing authorities, being the borough councils of Brentford and Chiswick and Heston and Isleworth and the urban district council of Feltham.
Hounslow Heath is a designated local nature reserve [10] [11] and Site of Metropolitan Importance for Nature Conservation, [12] and is made up of lowland heath, dry acid grassland, woodland, scrub, neutral grasslands, wetlands, wildflower meadows, providing a wild, rugged country setting with a large network of paths.
Hounslow West is an area of the London Borough of Hounslow, United Kingdom.It is part of the western residential area of Hounslow but is its separate area. The area came about with the arrival of the District Railway and then the Piccadilly Line with the opening of what is now Hounslow West tube station and the remodeling of Hounslow Barracks
Hounslow Town station was closed on 31 March 1886 and Heston & Hounslow station (now Hounslow Central), opened as its replacement the following day, 1 April 1886. In 1903 Hounslow Town station was reopened and trains would be divided at Osterley & Spring Grove station, with part running to Hounslow West and the other part to Hounslow Town as a ...
A map showing the wards of Hounslow since 2022 Hounslow Council in London , England is elected every four years. 60 councillors are elected from 20 wards , with by-elections held to fill any vacancies between elections.
The London Borough of Hounslow is a peripheral London borough in the south-west of the conurbation; as such part of the Metropolitan Green Belt lies within its boundaries. It has one of London's largest Nature reserves as well as many smaller gardens and sports grounds. The major areas are: