London Borough of Hillingdon

Worth seeing in and around London Borough of Hillingdon

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Brunel University London

   Brunel University of London is a public research university located in the Uxbridge area of London, England. It is named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a Victorian engineer and pioneer of the Industrial Revolution.

   4 km · university in London, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Longford River

   The Longford River is an artificial waterway, a distributary designed to embellish a park, that diverts water 12 miles from the River Colne at Longford near Colnbrook in England, to Bushy Park and Hampton Court Palace. Its main outlet is to the reach above Molesey Lock with lesser pond outlet channels to that above Teddington Lock.

   3.7 km · ground-level aqueduct in London and Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Open Air Theatre, Barra Hall Park

   The Open Air Theatre, Barra Hall Park in Hayes, West London, England, is a purpose-built outdoor theatre with concrete-step seating for up to 180 people. Originally built in 1951, the structure fell into disrepair and was rebuilt in steel in 2005.

   2.8 km · open-air theatre in Barra Hall Park, Hayes, London, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Paddington Arm

   The Paddington Canal or Paddington Arm of the Grand Union Canal is a 13+1⁄2-mile canal from Bull's Bridge in Hayes, west London, to Paddington in central London, England. Little Venice — its only junction — is with the Regent's Canal to the North, and Limehouse Basin to the east.

   3 km · main branch of the Grand Union Canal that leads to Paddington Basin, London, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   London Motor Museum

   The London Motor Museum had more than 160 exhibits; they included classic cars from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and a selection of famous cars – including Herbie the Volkswagen Beetle, one of six original Batmobiles used in the first Batman film, and a Ford Gran Torino from the television series Starsky & Hutch. The museum closed down permanently in June 2018 after a dispute with the local council over business rates.

   2 km · transport museum in Hillingdon, England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Beck Theatre

   The Beck Theatre is a 600-seat theatre in Hayes, in the London Borough of Hillingdon. It was built in 1977 at a cost of £2.5 million.

   3 km · theatre in Hayes, London, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Church of St Mary, Hayes, Hillingdon

   St Mary the Virgin Church is a partly medieval Grade II* listed flint church on Church Road in Hayes, Hillingdon. The central portion of the church, the chancel and the nave, was built in the 13th century, the north aisle in the 15th century, and the south aisle in the 16th century, along with the lychgate and the south porch.

   2.9 km · church in Hayes, London Borough of Hillingdon, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Barra Hall Park

   Barra Hall Park is an 11.06-hectare formal park situated near the centre of Hayes in the ward of Wood End in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The park came into existence in December 1923.

   2.7 km · park in the London Borough of Hillingdon, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Church Road

   Church Road was a 4,500-capacity football stadium in Hayes, England, the home ground of Hayes, and later Hayes & Yeading United, following the two clubs' merger in 2007.

   2.6 km · football stadium in Hayes, England · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Slipstream

    Slipstream is a sculpture by Richard Wilson, created in 2014 for the wholly re-built Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport, London. The large art intervention of aviation relevance was loosely specified, approved and project managed by Mark Davy, founder of the cultural and place-making agency Futurecity for the airport as owner.

    3.4 km · sculpture by Richard Wilson · Wikipedia

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Getting to London Borough of Hillingdon

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 3 km · London Luton (LTN), 42 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 43 km

Stations

London Heathrow Airport, 2.6 km · Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station, 3.2 km · Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station, 3.2 km · West Drayton railway station, 1.9 km · Hayes & Harlington railway station, 2.2 km

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  38 km · quickest by road, 57 min · £4.5–6
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  23 km · quickest by road, 56 min · £2.5–3
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