West Drayton

Worth seeing in and around West Drayton

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.

   3.2 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.

   3.3 km · ground-level aqueduct in London and Surrey, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Coppins

   Coppins is a country house north of the village of Iver in Buckinghamshire, England. Located only seven miles from Windsor Castle, it was formerly a home to many members of the British royal family, including Princess Victoria, Prince George, Duke of Kent and Princess Marina, and their son Prince Edward, Duke of Kent.

   3.9 km · country house in Buckinghamshire, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   3.3 km · open-air theatre in Barra Hall Park, Hayes, London, England · 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.

   3 km · transport museum in Hillingdon, England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Roman Catholic Church of St Catherine

   St Catherine's Church or St Catherine of Alexandria Church is a Catholic parish church in West Drayton, Borough of Hillingdon, London. It was built from 1868 to 1869 and designed by Thomas John Willson and Samuel Joseph Nicholl.

   800 m · catholic church building in Hillingdon, London, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   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.

   4 km · sculpture by Richard Wilson · Wikipedia
8. 08
   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.

   3.4 km · theatre in Hayes, London, England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   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.

   3.4 km · church in Hayes, London Borough of Hillingdon, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Lecture Theatre Block, Brunel University

    The Brunel University lecture centre is a Grade II listed building on the campus of Brunel University of London, Uxbridge. It contains six large lecture halls with capacities of 160 to 200 people each, as well as smaller teaching rooms and lecture halls with capacities of 60 to 80.

    3.2 km · university building in Hillingdon, London, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to West Drayton

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 4 km · London Luton (LTN), 42 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 44 km

Stations

London Heathrow Airport, 3 km · Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 tube station, 3.8 km · Heathrow Terminal 5 station, 3.9 km · Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station, 3.8 km · West Drayton railway station, 800 m

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  24 km · quickest by road, 53 min · £2.5–3
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• Luton, Luton → West Drayton

  42 km · quickest by road, 1h 2m · £5–7
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• London, Essex → West Drayton

  24 km · quickest by road, 53 min · £2.5–3
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