Northwood is an elevated domestic settlement in the London Borough of Hillingdon adjoining Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve and which shares a northern border with Hertfordshire. In accordance with records put together by the Office for National Statistics in 2008, the town has a permanent population of around 11068. A triangular region of Northwood including the old High Street, Chester Road and Hallowell Road is a place of Local Architectural Special Interest, which is a regulation to preserve the ornate Victorian homes made of high quality brickwork. Dotted throughout the region are 22 noted structures for their architecture. Northwood offers an abundance of social and leisure opportunities for its occupants. The town is the home of a wide variety of independent and commercial chain services where locals can shop, consume. In 2012, a new community centre on the town's high street, replacing an older building, was formally opened by the regional MP Nick Hurd in September 2012. The new building was called the Kate Fassnidge Community Centre after the Uxbridge landowner who donated some of her land to the borough, and replaced a dilapidated dining club that had at first been a Ritz cinema. Each May, one of the largest Scout Jumble sales in the country is held by 1st Northwood on the land next to their headquarters, the Hogs Back. The Northwood Hills pub (previously referred to as the Northwood Hills Hotel) opposite the underground station is accredited as where Sir Elton John first performed professionally. A photograph of the club appears on among his album covers. Northwood is also known as the location used for recording the Goods' and Leadbetters' houses and surrounding streets in the BBC TV situation comedy series 'The Good Life'. For all of your home renovations, be sure to identify trusted experts in Northwood to make certain of quality.