An Introduction to Uxbridge
Uxbridge Contents
A list of what you will find on this site
- Uxbridge Underground Station
- A Detailed Map of London and its Underground
- Uxbridge Bus Station
- The Pavilions Shopping Centre
- The Chimes Shopping Centre
- A Century of Uxbridge
- The Latest News in Uxbridge
- Current Uxbridge and Hillingdon Borough Weather and Forecast
- Middlesex in Pictures
- Meet Gordon Hamilton, the Author of this Page
- Murder in Uxbridge!
- Train Delayed - By Seven Hours!
- You will find a lot more than Town Guides on Gordon Hamilton's Blog!
- The London Borough of Hillingdon Central Library
- The Five Dollar Vacation
- Uxbridge Civic Centre
- Do You Have A Business In or Around Uxbridge?
- So You Already Have Your Own Website, Do You?
- Around Uxbridge - Past and Present
- St Margaret's Church
- Windsor Street
- A Look at some of the Pubs on Windsor Street, Uxbridge
- Brunel University
- Are you a Student at Brunel University?...Or any other University, for that matter?
- The Grand Union Canal, Uxbridge
- A Little Bit More of London on Squidoo
- What Did You Think of This Site?
- Uxbridge Around the Web
Uxbridge Underground Station
The main public transport gateway to and from the town
The Railway Station in Uxbridge is served by the London Underground service. Although Uxbridge and the next dozen or more stations along the track are actually above ground, they are still classed as being part of the underground network as opposed to the mainline network. It is the outermost stop on both the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines. Services are most frequent on the Metropolitan line, especially early in the morning and on Sundays. A Detailed Map of London and its Underground
A "must have" for every visitor
Streetwise London Laminated City Center Street Map
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Uxbridge Bus Station
A comprehensive service around Middlesex and beyond
Uxbridge Bus Station is situated immediately adjacent to the Railway Station, making it extremely convenient for any required onward journey. Bus services to local areas (including Heathrow Airport and the University of Brunel) are numerous and frequent. Easy to follow timetables - by bus or by destination - are prominently displayed at each stop and on the walls around the station. The Pavilions Shopping Centre
Uxbridge High Street
The Pavilions Shopping Centre can be found no more than a hundred yards from the Underground Station, to the right and across the street. It contains mostly - as one may expect - branches of national chain stores, but there are a few smaller, locally owned concerns. There is also a concourse within the shopping centre where stalls are set up at weekends, selling everything from budget towels and clothing, to freshly made crepes. The Chimes Shopping Centre
Uxbridge High Street
The Chimes Shopping Centre is even closer to the Underground Station than the Pavilions, but this time, to the left. It is similar to the Pavilions in size though it is split over two levels. The two centres afford approximately equal variety to shoppers, though with principally different stores, and each one has its own private car parking area. A Century of Uxbridge
An in-depth look at what the twentieth century was like in Uxbridge
A Century of Uxbridge
(Century of South of England)
(Century of South of England)
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The Latest News in Uxbridge
A frequently updated news feed of what's happening in and around Uxbridge
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Will it rain today?
Current weather conditions in Hillingdon, United Kingdom
Local Pollen Reports
17°C (Feels like 17°C)
Last update: 7/12/09 8:50 AM Local Time
Humidity: 82%Visibility: 10.0 km
Dew Point: 14°C
UV Index: 2 (Lawn and Garden Weather)
Barometer: 1006.1mm rising
Moon: Rush Hour Traffic
Wind: 21km/h From: Airport Conditions
Today
Partly Cloudy
High: 23°C
Low: 13°C
Sunrise: 4:59 AM
Sunset: 9:16 PM
Monday
Jul 13
AM Rain
High: 22°C
Low: 13°C
Sunrise: 5:00 AM
Sunset: 9:15 PM
Tuesday
Jul 14
Partly Cloudy
High: 23°C
Low: 13°C
Sunrise: 5:01 AM
Sunset: 9:14 PM
Wednesday
Jul 15
Partly Cloudy
High: 22°C
Low: 14°C
Sunrise: 5:02 AM
Sunset: 9:13 PM
Middlesex in Pictures
Click on any image to enlarge it and read the accompanying notes
Meet Gordon Hamilton, the Author of this Page
Find out how he knows Uxbridge and lots more
The site linked to below is Gordon Hamilton's Home Page on the Web and will give full details of that which he writes upon and gets involved in. The main subjects he writes about are the actual Business of Writing, Business Advertising and Marketing, Food and Drink, Personal Finance and Travel but he also from time to time gets involved in a lot more.-
Gordon Hamilton
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Gordon Hamilton has been a Freelance Writer, writing for and creating Web 2.0 sites on the Web since April 2007. The first site which he joined was Helium.com, followed by Squidoo in August 2007 and Hub Pages a month later. Those three sites remain t...
Murder in Uxbridge!
Relax - it was a long time ago...
Click on the Hub Pages link below for more details...
- Scotland Yard a brief history
- Sir Robert Peel, the Home Secretary of the time, was responsible for the first Metropolitan Police act being passed through Parliament which led to the establishment of the Metropolitan Police force in London.
Train Delayed - By Seven Hours!
And it was due to smog...
Click on the link below for the full story of a horrendous period for the capital.
- The London Smog of 1952
- Through a combination of diasterous factors, this smog enveloped London for three months...
You will find a lot more than Town Guides on Gordon Hamilton's Blog!
Take a look below at links to some of the most recent entries
Fetching RSS feed... please stand byThe London Borough of Hillingdon Central Library
High Street, Uxbridge
The library on the High Street in Uxbridge is the principal such outlet within the London Borough of Hillingdon. It is open seven days a week. It offers of course the traditional lending facilities associated with any library but also a wide range of other services. Internet access, photocopying, access to business directories and language courses are just a few of the additional activities available to its members. Joining the library is free but you will be required to provide proof of your address and your identity. The Five Dollar Vacation
A charity project with a difference...
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The Five Dollar Vacation - A Worldwide Charity Project with a Difference
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It may seem strange for a Briton like me - who has never even so much as visited the United States - to talk about the five dollar vacation when of course this title would perhaps seem slightly less mysterious as his creation were he to brand it, "Th...
Uxbridge Civic Centre
The London Borough of Hillingdon's Administrative Centre
Uxbridge Civic Centre is based at the West end of the High Street, less than five minutes' walk from Uxbridge Underground Station and Uxbridge Bus Station. It provides a headquarters for most of the Borough of Hillingdon's departments. The main switchboard for Uxbridge Civic Centre can be contacted on (01895) 250111. Do You Have A Business In or Around Uxbridge?
Would you like to see it featured here?
I'm sure you would. After all, the Internet is the future in most respects and that certainly includes advertising!It is my intention to develop this site and watch it grow over a considerable period of time. It will be kept up to date and relevant at all times and will be a source of information upon Uxbridge and its surrounding area. Do you want to be featured on it?
Consider how traditional advertising for your small business works. You pay a ridiculous amount of money to appear in the local newspaper for one week...and how many people actually read your advert? One in a thousand who picks up the paper? If you're lucky! The reality is that people are buying the newspaper for sports results, local news, or even the TV guide. They are not remotely interested in what product you are selling or what service you can provide for them. They find what they are looking for and then discard the paper, along with your advert.
Advertising on the Internet means that your ad is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to anyone searching for relevant products or services in a specific geographical area. This means that people who see your advert are a thousand times more likely to be the very people looking for your product or service.
Contact me today for more information and find out how I can feature your business on this site and help you make it grow.
So You Already Have Your Own Website, Do You?
Have you promoted and marketed it effectively, however?
There is so much more to creating a successful website or blog than that first initial step of creating it. You have to ensure people visit it, those whom you desired to target. Have you achieved that with your site?-
How to Promote and Market a Website
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As I have often said, to a great many people, what precisely is the point of having the fanciest, all-singing, all-dancing website in the world...if no one ever sees it? Stop and think about it for a minute: how many newspapers would continue to be p...
Around Uxbridge - Past and Present
by Philip Sherwood
Around Uxbridge past & present
Surely, a must have for long term residents and new residents alike.
St Margaret's Church
The oldest building in Uxbridge
St Margaret's Parish Church is by far the oldest surviving building in Uxbridge, parts of the existing structure actually dating back to the 1300's. It is unfortunately now dwarved by many of the buildings round about but must have been quite an imposing structure in times long gone by. It is to be found at the top (town centre end) of Windsor Street and is a mere stone's throw away from Uxbridge Underground Station.Click here for a much more detailed history of this ancient parish church.
Windsor Street
An older, quainter view of Uxbridge
Windsor Street starts from the High Street at St Margaret's Church and proceeds in an approximately southerly direction. It is a short street but offers some of the more "quaint" shops and buildings in the town, most of which are more than worth the visitor's inspection. This is the street where one can best get a feel for "Olde Englande" in Central Uxbridge. A Look at some of the Pubs on Windsor Street, Uxbridge
You may wish to give them a try
- Pub reviews: The Metropolitan, Uxbridge, Middlesex
- The Metropolitan is a medium sized pub on Windsor Street, in the town of Uxbridge, Middlesex, in the West London Borough of Hillingdon. It attracts...,
- Pub reviews: The Fig Tree, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK
- The Fig Tree is a large pub/restaurant, located on Windsor Street, very close to the centre of Uxbridge, Middlesex, in the London Borough of Hillingdon...
Brunel University
The University of West London
The University of Brunel is located on the outskirts of Uxbridge, no more than an easy fifteen minutes' straight walk from the Underground and Bus Stations. Buses travel in both directions on a frequent basis during the day. It has been on its present site for more than forty years and is named after Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the famous nineteenth century civil engineer, a statue of whom is prominently located within the University Campus.Click here to visit the University's home page for further information about its history, campus, courses and lots more besides.
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born in Portsmouth in 1806, the son of French engineer, Marc Brunel. He died in 1859, at the age of just fifty-three. What he achieved in his life, however, forms a legacy which is still very much in evidence today. I hope...
Are you a Student at Brunel University?...Or any other University, for that matter?
Do you experience problems in obtaining your necessary course books?
It is not cheap being a university student these days! Course books in particular seem to reaching incredible prices and prove a daunting - if necessary - drain on what are often extremely limited funds. Did you know, however, that Amazon sells a lot of these books at what are some times incredible bargain prices?Click on the link relevant to you below, search the database at the top left of the screen which will subsequently open and find out how much you can save today. You may just get a very pleasant surprise!
Amazon United Kingdom Book Shop
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The Grand Union Canal, Uxbridge
A throwback to a bygone era
The Grand Union Canal flows through the Eastern edge of Uxbridge. Canals formed a huge part of the transport infrastructure of pre-20th Century Britain. They were essential for moving goods around the country but with the advent and growth of the railways, their growing demise was perhaps only to be expected. The Grand Union Canal in its present form, however, only came in to being in the 1920's, formed from an amalgamation of several smaller waterways. The canal may not now know the traffic it once did but it is still popular with pleasure cruisers and affords many a pleasant walk along its frequently leafy banks. 
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What Did You Think of This Site?
Have you ever been to Uxbridge?
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Thank you for your visit to this webpage and for your time spent reading through it. I very much hope that you liked what you found here and can spare another couple of minutes to leave me your impressions in the space below. Perhaps also you may know someone who would be interested in the information contained on this page. Why not e-mail them a link?
KimGiancaterino wrote...
Looks beautiful, but I notice it's only 4 DEGREES right now. Brrrrrrrrrr. Definitely a place I'd prefer to visit in the Spring. Welcome to All Things Travel.
Posted November 25, 2008
Wendy wrote
Thanks. I may be moving to Uxbridge from the U.S. and this is the first site I've found that made me like it.
Posted September 10, 2008
paul wrote
Hi Gordon, Put your link on http://www.cityultima.com/Uxbridge
you have a good squido site here
Posted August 26, 2008
Great Lens 5* and welcome to Travelmania Group.
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Uxbridge Around the Web
Links to hopefully all you could wish to know about Uxbridge
- Uxbridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The online encyclopaedia's guide to Uxbridge, Middlesex
- Uxbridge Towntalk
- uxbridge towntalk - the Official web guide to uxbridge Town Centre, includes information on this busy, friendly Town, its shops
and businesses, tourist facilities, events, a property guide, a town map,
links to other local sites and local news - News from the Uxbridge Gazette covering Uxbridge, Northwood, Ruislip, Hillingdon, Ickenham, Eastcote, Yiewsley, Harlington & Harefield, Hayes, West Drayton.
- Uxbridge Gazette website for UK & West London news, sport and events in West London & more.
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