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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 TW postcode area, also known as the Twickenham postcode area, [2] is a group of twenty postcode districts in south-east England, within thirteen post towns.These cover parts of south-west London and north-west Surrey, plus a very small part of Berkshire.
Junction of Bell Road and High Street Hounslow Heath Nature Reserve ASDA store with apartments at the Blenheim Centre High Street Hounslow railway station Hounslow East tube station. Hounslow (/ ˈ h aʊ n z l oʊ / HOWNZ-loh) is a large suburban district of West London, England, 10 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (17.5 kilometres) west-southwest of Charing Cross.
Until the 1970s, Cavalry Barracks was also home to the (Army's) West London Communication Centre and the Hounslow Regimental Pay Office manned by members of the Royal Army Pay Corps (whose predecessors had been at Hounslow since at least the early 1900s). [16] From 1981 to 1986, Cavalry barracks was the home of the 1st battalion the Grenadier ...
Hounslow Heath is located directly to the north of Whitton. It is one of the largest open spaces in West London and managed by London Borough of Hounslow as a nature reserve. Hounslow Heath Open Space is the part of Hounslow Heath within London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and managed as a recreation ground and contains a children's playground.
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
Cranford is a suburban area straddling the London Boroughs of Hillingdon and Hounslow.It is located 12.5 miles (20 km) west of Charing Cross and immediately east of Heathrow Airport, from which it is separated by the River Crane.
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: