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The London Borough of Hounslow is a London borough

London borough

The administrative area of Greater London contains thirty-two London boroughs. Inner London comprises twelve of these boroughs plus the City of London. Outer London comprises the twenty remaining boroughs of Greater London.-Functions:...

in west London

London

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, England.

Political composition

Since the borough was formed it has been controlled by the Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

on all but two occasions. In 1968 the Conservatives

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

formed a majority for the first and last time to date until they lost control to Labour in 1971. Labour subsequently lost control of the council in the 2006 local elections

Hounslow local elections

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.-Political control:...

which produced a hung

Hung

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result. Although Labour was the largest party on the Council the Conservatives were able to form a coalition with councillors from the independent Isleworth Community Group (ICG). This lasted until the 2010 local elections

Hounslow local elections

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.-Political control:...

when all the independent councillors lost their seats. Labour won control of the Council with 35 seats while the Conservatives now have 25. No other parties are currently represented on the Council.

Seat distribution as of May 2010: > >

Party		Seats
35
25
Total		60

Districts in Hounslow

It includes the areas:

Ashford
Ashford, Surrey
Ashford is a town almost entirely in the Surrey borough of Spelthorne in England, with a small part falling within Greater London. It is a suburban development situated 15 miles west south-west of Charing Cross in London and forms part of the London commuter belt...
Bedfont
Brentford
Brentford
Brentford is a suburban town in west London, England, and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located at the confluence of the River Thames and the River Brent, west-southwest of Charing Cross. Its former ceremonial county was Middlesex.-Toponymy:...
Brentford End
Brentford End
Brentford End is a small area located in the borough of Hounslow, London to the west of Brentford....
Chiswick
Chiswick
Chiswick is a large suburb of west London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located on a meander of the River Thames, west of Charing Cross and is one of 35 major centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, with...
Cranford
Cranford, London
Cranford is a place in the London Borough of Hounslow. It is a suburban development located 12.4 miles west of Charing Cross and on the eastern perimeter of London Heathrow Airport....
Feltham
Feltham
Feltham is a town in the London Borough of Hounslow, west London. It is located about west south west of central London at Charing Cross and from Heathrow Airport Central...
Grove Park
Grove Park, Hounslow
Grove Park is a small area located in the eastern areas of the borough of Hounslow, London, near Chiswick railway station. It is located in the meander of the Thames occupied by Duke's Meadows park....
Gunnersbury
Gunnersbury
Gunnersbury is a place in the London Borough of Hounslow, with its northern edge in the London Borough of Ealing, west London. It has an area of less than half a square kilometre and is within the west area of the Chiswick W4 postal district of London....
Hanworth
Hanworth
Hanworth lies to the south east of Feltham in the London Borough of Hounslow. The name is thought to come from the Anglo Saxon words “haen” and “worth”, meaning “small homestead”....
Hatton
Hatton, London
Hatton is a small settlement in the London Borough of Hounslow, on the southern perimeter of London Heathrow Airport and on the A30 road.-Etymology:Hatton's name comes from Anglo-Saxon Hǣþtūn = "heath farmstead".-Neighbours:...
Heston
Heston
Heston is a place in the London Borough of Hounslow, west London. It is a suburban development area, based on a former farming village west south-west of Charing Cross.-History:...
Hounslow
Hounslow
Hounslow is the principal town in the London Borough of Hounslow. It is a suburban development situated 10.6 miles west south-west of Charing Cross. It forms a post town in the TW postcode area.-Etymology:...
Isleworth
Isleworth
Isleworth is a small town of Saxon origin sited within the London Borough of Hounslow in west London, England. It lies immediately east of the town of Hounslow and west of the River Thames and its tributary the River Crane. Isleworth's original area of settlement, alongside the Thames, is known as...
Lampton
Lampton
Lampton is a small area located in the borough of Hounslow, London between Hounslow and Spring Grove....
North Hyde
North Hyde
North Hyde is a suburban development situated between the towns of Heston, Hayes and Southall under the administrative control of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is bordered to the north by the Grand Union Canal mainline and to the south by the M4. The area now consists of a mixture of mostly...
Osterley
Osterley
Osterley is a district in the London Borough of Hounslow in west London. It is situated approximately west south-west of Charing Cross.Osterley lies north of the A4 and extends further northwards beyond the M4 Motorway...
Spring Grove
Spring Grove, London
Spring Grove is the north-western district of the town of Isleworth within the Borough of Hounslow in London, England. In general terms it lies east of the district of Lampton; north of the London Road in Isleworth; west of the Barnes-to-Feltham railway loop line; and south of the district of...
Woodlands
Woodlands, London
Woodlands is a small area located in the borough of Hounslow, London between Hounslow and Isleworth. It is an area roughly bounded by the railway line to the north, St Johns Road to the East, Twickenham Road to the south and Bridge Road / Worton Road to the west...

The various electoral wards of Hounslow are divided up into 5 Areas, each of which is afforded a measure of self-government:

Chiswick
- Chiswick Homefields
- Chiswick Riverside
- Turnham Green
Central Hounslow
- Hounslow Central
- Hounslow Heath
- Hounslow South
- Hounslow West
Isleworth and Brentford
- Brentford
- Isleworth
- Osterley and Spring Grove
- Syon
Heston and Cranford
- Cranford
- Heston East
- Heston Central
- Heston West
West
- Bedfont
- Feltham North
- Feltham West
- Hanworth Park
- Hanworth

Etymology

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

Old English language

Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...

hlaew meaning mound or barrow

Tumulus

A tumulus is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, Hügelgrab or kurgans, and can be found throughout much of the world. A tumulus composed largely or entirely of stones is usually referred to as a cairn...

. (The mound may have been his burial place.) It was recorded in the Domesday Book as Honeslaw.

Foundations

The borough was formed in 1965, under the London Government Act 1963

London Government Act 1963

The London Government Act 1963 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which recognised officially the conurbation known as Greater London and created a new local government structure for the capital. The Act significantly reduced the number of local government districts in the area,...

, by the merger of the area of the former Brentford and Chiswick Urban District, Feltham Urban District

Feltham Urban District

Feltham was an urban district in Middlesex, England from 1904 to 1965.It was based on the parish of Feltham, which had previously been part of the Staines Rural District...

and the Heston and Isleworth Urban District (which held borough status as did Brentford and Chiswick) of Middlesex

Middlesex

Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...

.

This outer borough of Greater London lies on the Middlesex bank of the River Thames

River Thames

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and was the site of the first stop on an important coach route to Southampton

Southampton

Southampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest...

, Bath, Bristol

Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

and Exeter

Exeter

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. The A30 "Great South West Road

A30 road

The 284 miles A30 road from London to Land's End, historically known as the Great South West Road used to provide the most direct route from London to the south west; more recently the M3 motorway and A303 road performs this function for much of the route and only parts of A30 now retain trunk...

" trunk road, which runs down to Penzance

Penzance

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in Cornwall

Cornwall

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, starts in the borough. Hounslow town developed on either side of the main Great West Road from London to the West of England (not to be confused with the modern road of the same name), causing a large number of inns to be built to serve the travellers. A few, such as The Bell retain their names, although the buildings have largely been replaced. The Bell marks the former junction of the coaching routes. Historic milestone

Milestone

A milestone is one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road or boundary at intervals of one mile or occasionally, parts of a mile. They are typically located at the side of the road or in a median. They are alternatively known as mile markers, mileposts or mile posts...

s are preserved on the Staines Road (now re-numbered as the A315 but joining the "old" A30 again just inside the borough's western boundary)

Hounslow grew rapidly in the latter half of the 20th century due to other travellers. This time it was mainly due to its connection to Heathrow Airport, though in fact the aviation links date back to the early 1900s when some of London's earliest airfields were sited here because of the extremely flat terrain. The Great West Road, which runs from the start of the M4 motorway

M4 motorway

The M4 motorway links London with South Wales. It is part of the unsigned European route E30. Other major places directly accessible from M4 junctions are Reading, Swindon, Bristol, Newport, Cardiff and Swansea...

at Chiswick westwards towards Heathrow, at one time contained some of the most famous manufacturing names in the world, including Firestone

Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is an American tire company founded by Harvey Firestone in 1900 to supply pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of wheeled transportation common in the era. Firestone soon saw the huge potential for marketing tires for automobiles. The company...

, Gillette

Global Gillette

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, Coty

Coty, Inc.

Coty, Inc. is the world's largest fragrance company, founded in 1904. It is also a beauty products manufacturer whose main businesses are fragrances , followed by color cosmetics , toiletries and skin care...

. As a result, the area became known as the "Golden Mile

Golden Mile (Brentford)

The Golden Mile is the name given to a stretch of the Great West Road north of Brentford running west from the western boundary of Chiswick in London, United Kingdom.It was so called due to the concentration of industry along this short stretch of road...

". Few of these factory sites remain today, Gillette Corner

Gillette Corner

Gillette Corner is a crossroads intersection where the ancient road of Syon Lane crosses the Great West Road A4, on the border between Osterley and Brentford in west London. It marks the western end of the Great West Road's "Golden Mile" of classic 1930s developments in commercial and industrial...

being one of the remaining few, but the Great West Road is still home to many prestigious names (see "famous companies" below).

Air

Hounslow abuts the perimeter of London Heathrow Airport

London Heathrow Airport

London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow , in the London Borough of Hillingdon, is the busiest airport in the United Kingdom and the third busiest airport in the world in terms of total passenger traffic, handling more international passengers than any other airport around the globe...

(itself located in the London Borough of Hillingdon

London Borough of Hillingdon

The London Borough of Hillingdon is the westernmost borough in Greater London, England. The borough's population was recorded as 243,006 in the 2001 Census. The borough incorporates the former districts of Ruislip-Northwood, Uxbridge, Hayes and Harlington and Yiewsley and West Drayton in the...

). Plans for the expansion of Heathrow Airport are vigorously opposed by Hounslow, despite the alleged employment benefits it might bring to the borough.

Bus

The borough has forty-seven bus routes (27

London Buses route 27

London Buses route 27 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London. The service is currently contracted to London United.-History:...

, 65

London Buses route 65

London Buses route 65 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to London United.-History:...

, 81

London Buses route 81

London Buses route 81 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to London United.-History:Route 81 is a long standing route, reaching the furthest west out of London to Slough...

, 90, 94

London Buses route 94

London Buses route 94 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to London United.-History:...

, 105

London Buses route 105

London Buses route 105 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.-History:...

, 110

London Buses route 110

London Buses route 110 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to London United.-History:...

, 111

London Buses route 111

London Buses route 111 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to London United.-History:...

, 116

London Buses route 116

London Buses route 116 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to London United.-History:...

, 117

London Buses route 117

London Buses route 117 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Abellio London.-History:...

, 120

London Buses route 120

London Buses route 120 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to London United.-History:London General introduced route 120 on 27 January 1926...

, 190, 195

London Buses route 195

London Buses route 195 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, UK. The service is currently contracted to First Centrewest.-History:...

, 203, 222, 235, 237

London Buses route 237

London Buses route 237 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. This route is currently contracted to Metroline.-History:...

, 267

London Buses route 267

London Buses route 267 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to London United.-History:...

, 272, 281

London Buses route 281

London Buses route 281 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to London United.-History:...

, 285

London Buses route 285

London Buses route 285 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to London United.-History:...

, 290, 391

London Buses route 391

London Buses route 391 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to London United.-History:...

, 423, 440, 481, 482, 490, 635, 681, 813, 941, E2

London Buses route E2

London Buses route E2 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.-History:...

, E3

London Buses route E3

London Buses route E3 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to First Centrewest.-History:...

, E6

London Buses route E6

London Buses route E6 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.-History:...

, E8

London Buses route E8

London Buses route E8 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. The service is currently contracted to Metroline.-History:...

, H20, H22

London Buses route H22

London Buses route H22 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to London United.-History:Route H22 was introduced on 28th April 1990, as a replacement for the western end of route 202...

, H25, H26, H28, H32

London Buses route H32

London Buses route H32 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to London United.-History:The H32 was formed from a section of the withdrawn route 232 on 24 April 1993....

, H37, H91

London Buses route H91

London Buses route H91 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. The service is currently contracted to London United.-History:...

, H98, R70, X26

London Buses route X26

London Buses route X26 is a Transport for London contracted bus route from Heathrow Airport to West Croydon. The service is currently contracted to Metrobus.The route is the longest London Buses route in London.-History:...

) and two all-night services (N9 and N11).

Rail

The borough's railway stations are:

on the North London Line
North London Line
The North London Line is a railway line which passes through the inner suburbs of north London, England. Its route is a rough semicircle from the south west to the north east, avoiding central London. The line is owned and maintained by Network Rail...

: Gunnersbury
Gunnersbury station
thumb|right|District Line train for Richmond in 1955Gunnersbury station is a London Underground and National Rail station in Gunnersbury in west London. The station is served by the District Line and London Overground trains on the North London Line and is managed by London Underground. On the...

.
on the Hounslow Loop Line
Hounslow Loop Line
The Hounslow Loop Line is a railway line in southwest London which was opened by the London and South Western Railway in 1850. It leaves the Waterloo to Reading Line at Barnes Junction and after some seven and a half miles rejoins it at a triangular junction between and...

: Chiswick
Chiswick railway station
Chiswick railway station serves the Chiswick area in the London Borough of Hounslow, in west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 3. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by South West Trains. Chiswick station is located approximately 15 minutes walk away from Gunnersbury station and...

, Kew Bridge
Kew Bridge railway station
Kew Bridge railway station is in the London Borough of Hounslow, in west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 3. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains....

, Brentford
Brentford railway station
Brentford railway station, which between 1950 and 1980 was named Brentford Central, is in the London Borough of Hounslow, in west London. It is on the Hounslow Loop Line and in Travelcard Zone 4. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains...

, Isleworth
Isleworth railway station
Isleworth railway station is in the London Borough of Hounslow, in west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 4. It is 19 km south west of London Waterloo...

, Syon Lane
Syon Lane railway station
Syon Lane railway station, on the Hounslow Loop Line, is in the London Borough of Hounslow in west London. It is in Travelcard Zone 4. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains...

, and Hounslow
Hounslow railway station
Hounslow railway station, on the Hounslow Loop Line, is in the London Borough of Hounslow, in west London, and is in Travelcard Zone 5. The station and all trains serving it are operated by South West Trains. It was opened by the London and South Western Railway on 1 February 1850 on completion of...

.
on the mainline: Feltham
Feltham railway station
Feltham railway station is in Feltham, in the London Borough of Hounslow. It was opened in 1848 by the Windsor Staines and South Western Railway . It is in Travelcard Zone 6. A regular bus service runs from Feltham to Heathrow Airport.-Facilities:A footbridge in the station with lifts connects the...

.

River

River services between Westminster Pier and Hampton Court depart from Kew Gardens Pier

Kew Gardens Pier

Kew Gardens Pier is a pier on the River Thames, in London, United Kingdom. It is situated close to Kew Gardens and Kew Bridge.-Services:The pier is served by boats operated by Westminster Passenger Services Association, under licence from London River Services. Services operate to Westminster Pier...

just across the River Thames from Hounslow.

Road

Principal roads in Hounslow include the A4 (Great West Road), the elevated section of the M4 motorway

M4 motorway

, the A406 (North Circular)

A406 road

The A406 or the North Circular Road is a road which crosses North London, UK, linking West and East London. It, together with the South Circular Road, forms a ring road through the inner part of Outer London...

and A205 (South Circular)

A205 road

The A205 or South Circular Road is a direct route which crosses South London, UK, running from Woolwich in the east to the junction of the A406 , the M4 and the A4 at Gunnersbury in the west....

roads, all of which meet at Gunnersbury

Gunnersbury

Gunnersbury is a place in the London Borough of Hounslow, with its northern edge in the London Borough of Ealing, west London. It has an area of less than half a square kilometre and is within the west area of the Chiswick W4 postal district of London....

just west of Chiswick

Chiswick

Chiswick is a large suburb of west London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located on a meander of the River Thames, west of Charing Cross and is one of 35 major centres identified in the London Plan. It was historically an ancient parish in the county of Middlesex, with...

. The A4 runs eastwards into central London

Central London

Central London is the innermost part of London, England. There is no official or commonly accepted definition of its area, but its characteristics are understood to include a high density built environment, high land values, an elevated daytime population and a concentration of regionally,...

via the Hogarth Roundabout

Hogarth Roundabout

The Hogarth Roundabout is one of London's best known road junctions. It is situated at the junction of the A316 Great Chertsey Road and the A4 Great West Road.The Hogarth Roundabout is named after William Hogarth who lived in nearby Hogarth's House...

where it meets the A316 (Great Chertsey Road)

A316 road

The A316, also known in parts as the Great Chertsey Road, is a major road in England, which runs from the A315 at Chiswick to the M3 motorway....

which runs south-west, eventually joining the M3 motorway

M3 motorway

The M3 motorway runs in England for approximately from Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, to Southampton, Hampshire and forms an unsigned section European route E05. It is dual three lanes as far as Junction 8 near Basingstoke and then dual two lane until Junction 9 near Winchester and then dual three...

Underground

The borough is served by branches of two London Underground

London Underground

The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...

lines: the District

District Line

The District line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. It is a "sub-surface" line, running through the central area in shallow cut-and-cover tunnels. It is the busiest of the sub-surface lines. Out of the 60 stations served, 25 are underground...

and Piccadilly

Piccadilly Line

The Piccadilly line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. It is the fifth busiest line on the Underground network judged by the number of passengers transported per year. It is mainly a deep-level line, running from the north to the west of London via Zone 1, with...

. Three District and five Piccadilly line stations are located within the borough:

Stamford Brook
Stamford Brook tube station
Stamford Brook is a London Underground station on the eastern edge of Chiswick in west London. The station is served by the District Line and is between Ravenscourt Park and Turnham Green stations. The main entrance is located on Goldhawk Road with a secondary entrance on Prebend Gardens. It is in...

: District line, Richmond and Ealing Broadway branches;
Turnham Green
Turnham Green tube station
Turnham Green is a London Underground station in Chiswick in west London. The station is located on Turnham Green Terrace, but the actual green is much closer to Chiswick Park station. The station is served by the District and Piccadilly Lines although Piccadilly Line trains normally only stop at...

: District line, Richmond and Ealing Broadway branches and Piccadilly line (early mornings and late evenings only);
Gunnersbury
Gunnersbury station
thumb|right|District Line train for Richmond in 1955Gunnersbury station is a London Underground and National Rail station in Gunnersbury in west London. The station is served by the District Line and London Overground trains on the North London Line and is managed by London Underground. On the...

: District line, Richmond branch;
Boston Manor
Boston Manor tube station
Boston Manor is a London Underground station serving the Boston Manor area between Brentford and Hanwell in west London. The station is on the Heathrow branch of the Underground's Piccadilly Line, between Osterley and Northfields stations...

: Piccadilly line, Heathrow branch;
Osterley
Osterley tube station
Osterley is a London Underground station in Osterley in west London. The station is on the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly Line, between Boston Manor and Hounslow East. The station is located on Great West Road close to the National Trust-owned Osterley Park. It is in Travelcard Zone 4...

: Piccadilly line, Heathrow branch;
Hounslow East
Hounslow East tube station
Hounslow East is a London Underground station in Hounslow in west London designed by Acanthus LW Architects.The station is on the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly Line, between Hounslow Central and Osterley. The station is located on Kingsley Road about 400m north of Hounslow High Street. Hounslow...

: Piccadilly line, Heathrow branch;
Hounslow Central
Hounslow Central tube station
Hounslow Central is a London Underground station in Hounslow in west London. The station is on the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly Line, between Hounslow West and Hounslow East stations. The station is located on Lampton Road about 500m north of Hounslow High Street and close to Lampton Park...

: Piccadilly line, Heathrow branch; and
Hounslow West
Hounslow West tube station
Hounslow West is a London Underground station in Hounslow in west London. The station is on the Heathrow branch of the Piccadilly Line, between Hatton Cross and Hounslow Central stations. The station is located on Bath Road about 600m from the junction of Bath Road, Great West Road and Great...

: Piccadilly line, Heathrow branch.

Three further stations lie just outside the borough's northern boundaries. Chiswick Park

Chiswick Park tube station

Chiswick Park is a London Underground station in Chiswick in west London. The station is served by the District Line and is between Turnham Green and Acton Town stations...

and Acton Town

Acton Town tube station

Acton Town is a London Underground station in Acton, west London, served by the Piccadilly and District lines. The station is at the junction of Gunnersbury Lane and Bollo Lane and is in Travelcard Zone 3.-Services:...

(both in the London Borough of Ealing

London Borough of Ealing

The London Borough of Ealing is a borough in west London.-Location:The London Borough of Ealing borders the London Borough of Hillingdon to the west, the London Borough of Harrow and the London Borough of Brent to the north, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham to the east and the London...

) and Hatton Cross tube station

Hatton Cross tube station

Hatton Cross tube station is on the Heathrow branch of the London Underground Piccadilly line. It is in Travelcard Zones 5 and 6 and stands between the Great South West Road and the Heathrow Airport Southern Perimeter Road....

(in the London Borough of Hillingdon

London Borough of Hillingdon

) serve the borough's residents.

Economy

The borough is home to the headquarters of GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline plc is a global pharmaceutical, biologics, vaccines and consumer healthcare company headquartered in London, United Kingdom...

, and British Sky Broadcasting

British Sky Broadcasting

British Sky Broadcasting Group plc is a satellite broadcasting, broadband and telephony services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with operations in the United Kingdom and the Ireland....

's studio complex, both based in Brentford

Brentford

Brentford is a suburban town in west London, England, and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It is located at the confluence of the River Thames and the River Brent, west-southwest of Charing Cross. Its former ceremonial county was Middlesex.-Toponymy:...

's 'Golden Mile

Golden Mile (Brentford)

'. Fuller's

Fuller, Smith and Turner

Fuller's Brewery is a regional brewery founded in 1845 at the Griffin Brewery in Chiswick, West London.It has an estate of over three hundred public houses.-History:...

Griffin Brewery is also in the borough, in Chiswick. Aston Martin were based in Feltham for several years before moving to Newport Pagnell.

Air France-KLM

Air France-KLM

Air France-KLM is a European airline holding company incorporated under French law with its headquarters at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport in Tremblay-en-France, Paris...

's head office for United Kingdom and Ireland operations, which includes facilities for Air France

Air France

Air France , stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the French flag carrier headquartered in Tremblay-en-France, , and is one of the world's largest airlines. It is a subsidiary of the Air France-KLM Group and a founding member of the SkyTeam global airline alliance...

and KLM, is located in Plesman House in Hatton Cross, Borough of Hounslow. The facility's inauguration was on 6 July 2006. Air France moved the office from Hammersmith

Hammersmith

Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London, England, in the United Kingdom, approximately five miles west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames...

, where it had been located for 15 years, to Hatton. The Plesman House, outside of Terminal 4 of London Heathrow Airport

London Heathrow Airport

, has the UK commercial team, sales team, and support team. Sega Europe has its head office in Brentford. Menzies Aviation has its head office in Feltham

Feltham

Feltham is a town in the London Borough of Hounslow, west London. It is located about west south west of central London at Charing Cross and from Heathrow Airport Central...

. JCDecaux

JCDecaux

JCDecaux Group is a multinational corporation based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, that is active primarily in advertising....

UK has its head office in Brentford.

Before its dissolution, British Mediterranean Airways

British Mediterranean Airways

British Mediterranean Airways Limited, trading as BMED, was an airline with operations from London Heathrow Airport in England. It operated scheduled services as a British Airways franchise to 17 destinations in 16 countries throughout Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia from London...

was headquartered at the Hetherington House in Hounslow, near London Heathrow Airport

London Heathrow Airport

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