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In terms of religion, 42% identify themselves as Christian, 14% Muslim, 10.3% Hindu, 5.5% Sikh, 1.4% Buddhist and 0.3% Jewish; 18% of the population is not religious. At 5.5%, Hounslow has one of the largest proportion of Sikhs in London, and the eighth-highest in England.
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.
All Saints' Church is the oldest parish church in Isleworth in the London Borough of Hounslow in southwest London. Its 14th-century Kentish ragstone tower and foundations are the only pre–20th-century parts to survive. [1] It faces the Thames before Church Street skirts away from the river to pass Syon Park. The parish itself is pre-Norman.
Our Lady Queen of Apostles is a Catholic church in Heston in the London Borough of Hounslow It is situated between The Green and Heston Road, opposite Rosary Catholic Primary School. Built in the early 1960s, it contains stained glass designed by Pierre Fourmaintraux and is in a local conservation area.
And some also live in Bexleyheath, Erith, Hayes, Ruislip, Hounslow, Belvedere, Osterley and Ealing. The largest Sikh organisation in the UK is the London-based City Sikhs. The number of Sikhs in London is around 150,000, of which most are of Indian descent, and Sikhs compose over 27% of Indians in Greater London.
After Christianity, the religions with the most adherents are Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, Buddhism, modern paganism, and the Bahá'í Faith. [2] There are also organisations promoting irreligion, including humanism and atheism. According to the 2021 census, Shamanism is the fastest growing religion in England. [3]
Christianity is the dominant religion in the United Kingdom. Results of the 2021 Census for England and Wales showed that Christianity is the largest religion (though makes up less than half of the population), followed by the non-religious, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism, Buddhism, and Taoism.
The graveyard contains the grave of Private Frederick John White, who was flogged to death at Hounslow Barracks in 1846. The outcry at the manner of his death brought about a reduction in the maximum number of lashings that could be given as punishment, and eventually the banning of the practice altogether. [ 2 ]