Northwood
Northwood is an elevated domestic settlement in the London Borough of Hillingdon adjacent Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve and which shares a northern border with Hertfordshire. According to records assembled by the Office for National Statistics in 2008, the town has a permanent population of around 11068. A triangular region of Northwood featuring the old High Street, Chester Road and Hallowell Road is a place of Local Architectural Special Interest, which is a limitation to provide protection to the ornate Victorian homes made from high quality brickwork. Dotted all over the area are 22 noted structures for their architecture. Northwood offers numerous social and leisure possibilities for its residents. The town is home to a wide variety of independent and commercial chain companies in which locals can go shopping, consume. In 2012, a brand-new community centre on the town's high street, replacing an older building, was officially opened by the local MP Nick Hurd in September 2012. The brand-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 run-down dining club that had at first been a Ritz cinema. Each May, one of the largest Scout Jumble sales in the nation 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 tube station is accredited as where Sir Elton John first performed professionally. A photo of the pub appears on one of his album covers. Northwood is additionally known as the place used for filming the Goods' and Leadbetters' houses and surrounding streets in the BBC TV situation comedy series 'The Good Life'. For all your home refurbishments, be sure to identify reliable contractors in Northwood to make certain of quality.
