18 Facts About Hounslow

Hounslow is a large suburban district of West London,.

Hounslow includes the districts of Hounslow West, Heston, Cranford and Heathrow.

Hounslow was centred around the Holy Trinity Priory founded in 1211.

Hounslow Heath has a continuous recorded history dating back to the Norman period, in which it lent its name to the hamlet of Heathrow.

Statutory fire and rescue service in Hounslow is the London Fire Brigade, with the nearest fire station in Isleworth on London Road.

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Since 1965 Hounslow has been part of the London Borough of Hounslow, with parts in the London Boroughs of Hillingdon and Richmond upon Thames.

The south of Hounslow was part of the Municipal Borough of Twickenham, while Cranford was part of the Hayes and Harlington Urban District and Feltham Urban District.

Hounslow has a high degree of people who ethnically identify as BAME, and it is the borough's most diverse town.

Hounslow is an economic hub within the west of the capital city, with it having a large shopping centre which adjoins its high street and many restaurants, cafes 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.

Hounslow Town Centre is a busy predominantly retail centre, with a small number of commercial offices and civic buildings.

Hounslow Heath is a large public open space and local nature reserve to the west of Hounslow, a London borough.

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:.

London Borough of Hounslow has a sister district agreement with Leningradsky District in Krasnodar Krai, Russia.

Additionally, A and B roads in Hounslow include the A314 'Hanworth Road' that starts in Hounslow and finishes in Hanworth, Feltham.

A4 Great West Road joins with the A3006 Bath Road before Henlys Roundabout, which is in Hounslow West, from which 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.

North–south A312, The Parkway, to the west of Hounslow leads south to Hampton or north to Harrow passing Waggoners' Roundabout, Hayes, Yeading and Northolt.

Hounslow Heath Aerodrome was a grass airfield and was operational from 1910 to 1920.