Hillingdon
The London Borough of Hillingdon is the westernmost borough in Greater London. It was formed in 1965 from the districts of Hayes and Harlington, Ruislip-Northwood, Uxbridge, and Yiewsley and West Drayton within the historic county of Middlesex. The borough covers a total area of 44.67 square miles. This makes it the second largest of the 32 London boroughs by area.
For administrative purposes, the borough is separated into South and North Hillingdon. The south of the borough's former powerful relationship with industry has diminished since the 1980s to be replaced by a mainly residential suburban population; the north continues to be a consistently residential suburban area.
The borough's residential locations expanded with the extension of the Metropolitan Railway from Harrow on the Hill to Uxbridge in the early 20th century and also the gradual establishment of stops along the line, becoming referred to as 'Metro-land'.
According to population estimates in the middle of 2014, Hillingdon at present has a permanent population of around 292690 people.
The borough maintains more than 200 green spaces, totalling around 1800 acres. As a lot of the area is inside the Metropolitan Green Belt it was, in 2008, among the least densely populated of all of the London boroughs; open spaces vary in size from the Colne Valley Regional Park to smaller gardens such as Lake Farm Country Park. For all of your property upgrades, be sure that you use trustworthy specialists in Hillingdon to make sure you get the very best quality.
