London Borough of Hillingdon

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The London Borough of Hillingdon has a population of 250,000 and includes Uxbridge (where the council is based), Hillingdon, Hayes, Ruislip, Northwood, Yeading and Heathrow Airport. It has one main village, Harefield which adjoins the Northwood Hills/Ruislip Woods area of the Metropolitan Green Belt and smaller 'Heathrow villages' which are Sipson, Harlington and Harmondsworth. It is also home to the Brunel University and is the westernmost borough of London. Keith Joseph, Local Government Cabinet Minister selected it to be named 'Uxbridge' following absorption of smaller urban and metropolitan districts but the two ancient parishes were the most interwoven in London, having many exclaves and enclaves and the urban councils preferred Hillingdon so as not to concentrate too much emphasis on Uxbridge, having increasingly a smaller size and population than larger Hayes and Ruislip. An outer borough, Ickenham and West Drayton join the villages in being green-buffered small districts, the latter of which is more mid-rise.

www.hillingdon.gov.uk/