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 biggest of the 32 London boroughs by area.
For administrative purposes, the borough is split up into North and South Hillingdon. The south of the borough's former powerful connection 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 areas expanded with the extension of the Metropolitan Railway from Harrow on the Hill to Uxbridge in the early twentieth century and the gradual establishment of stops along the line, becoming called 'Metro-land'.
The population increased from 2001 to 2011 by 11.5 per cent, which is 4.4 per cent above the England and Wales mean of 7.1 per cent, making the borough a part of the fastest population-growth area. Within this time, the amount of households also increased by 3.3 per cent, with an average of 2.7 individuals per household.
The borough maintains over 200 green spaces, totalling about 1800 acres. As lots of the area is within the Metropolitan Green Belt it was, in 2008, on the list of least densely populated of all the London boroughs; open spaces vary in size from the Colne Valley Regional Park to smaller sized gardens which include Lake Farm Country Park. For all your house upgrades, ensure that that you employ trustworthy professionals in Hillingdon to make sure that you get the very best quality.