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London Borough of Hounslow

London Borough of Hounslow
Hounslow
Shown within Greater London
Geography
Status: London borough
Area:
- Total
Ranked 292nd
55.98 km²
ONS code: 00AT
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density
Ranked 55th
216,644
3,870 / km²
Ethnicity: 64.9% White
24.7% S.Asian
4.4% Afro-Carib.
Politics
Hounslow London Borough Council
http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive: Labour
MPs: Ann Keen, Alan Keen
London Assembly:
- Member
South West London
- Tony Arbour

The London Borough of Hounslow is a London borough in west outer London. It includes the areas:

As of 2004, the various electoral wards of Hounslow are divided up into 5 Areas:

  • 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

History

The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the Middlesex urban districts of Brentford and Chiswick , Feltham and Heston and Isleworth .

Notable people

  • Phil Collins, former drummer and singer with Genesis.
  • Asif Mohammed Hanif , believed to have been the first suicide bomber in Israel from the UK, came from Hounslow.

Other

The borough is home to the HQ of Glaxo Smith Klein , and Sky Televisions studio complex, both based in Osterley.

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Last updated: 05-16-2005 15:05:10