Hillingdon Council Invites Residents to Have Their Say on Next Year’s Budget Hillingdon Council is calling on local residents to share their views on its proposed 2024/25 budget plans—so if there’s something you’d like to see improved, now’s the time to speak up. The...
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Beloved Beck Theatre Faces Uncertain Future
Hayes' only theatre, a cornerstone of the arts community since 1977, is at risk as Hillingdon Council fails to strike a deal with its current management company, Trafalgar Entertainment. The Beck Theatre, a cultural landmark in Hayes, West London, may soon face...
Exciting News as Hollywood Bowl and TK Maxx are coming to The Chimes, Uxbridge! 🎳 🛍️
Exciting news: The Hollywood Bowl and TK Maxx are coming to The Chimes, Uxbridge! 🎳 🛍️ As we look forward to the coming year, it's with great enthusiasm that we share some thrilling developments at The Chimes shopping centre. In a significant transformation, the...
The ULEZ Expansion is Here. Here’s What You Need to Know
If you're reading this on MyUxbridge, you are probably squarely in the middle of the ULEZ expansions zone that will now cover Hillingdon. Here's the thing - I hear someone complaining about it with entirely incorrect information every day. In the last month alone, I...
Making MyUxbridge work for you
We are working on a lot behind the scenes, much of which we want to keep under wraps for now. But besides expanding the directory, and adding things to do in Uxbridge we are looking into a range of awards of the area, and a closer look at the community, and history of...
Review: Renting in Parkwest. The Real Issues
This review is almost two years on from when I first started renting in Parkwest in West Drayton, I thought that it might be helpful to have an honest – though hard to be unbiased – review of Parkwest, from someone that has actually lived there for over a year. Make...
Moving to Uxbridge, West London. The Ultimate Guide
Moving home can be an exciting and scary time, no matter where you are moving - and moving to Uxbridge is no different. We understand that you need to check EVERYTHING before you move, like where you will be living, what the transport is like, which school are...
Travelodge Confirmed to be Coming to Stockley Park
If you have been following the progress in Stockley Park and were slightly devastated when The White House, Wetherspoons closed down, then you may be interested to find out; it has finally been confirmed that we will be getting a Travelodge in Stockley Park Arena....
HMV Uxbridge RE-OPENS!
In a dramatic turn of events, HMV Uxbridge has re-opened its doors as of today, Friday 8th March, almost a month after it was originally closed as part of the HMV sale. There was a list of stores that would be closed in an effort to restructure and make HMV...
Disney Store Uxbridge Closing
*Update 2022* During the pandemic, Disney quietly closed most of the Disney Store Locations in the UK. The nearest to Uxbridge was once Westfield but that, too, is now closed. The only store in the UK is now the London flagship store on Oxford Street. Original...
Liquid and Envy, to Close, or Just Grabbing Some Attention?
After the surprise closure of The White House Wetherspoons, and the sudden selling of The Crown and Treaty, everyone in Uxbridge has been feeling a sense of impending doom about the next well-established, Uxbridge stalwart that will be closed. In an announcement last...
Wetherspoons White House in Stockley Park Arena Closing
**NEWS UPDATE Friday 10th May** (Artist's impression below) Over the last few days, we have finally seen some movement on the planned works in Stockley Park Arena. It was April last year that we first wrote about the closure of The White House. We now finally have...
What to do if you receive someone elses post
I recently moved to rented accommodation, and it wasn't long before the first bits of mail arrived that wasn't intended for me. And like most other people in the same situation, I wasn't entirely sure what to do. I obviously didn't have a forwarding address, and I...
Introducing Culture Bite 2017
The council's yearly festival, Culture Bite, celebrates the arts, literature, and culture and returns once again in September and October. We will list all the upcoming events and activities so you can find something you'd love to do. We are listing all the events on...
Planning Permission for Walls and Fences in England
TL;DR Planning permission is not required provided that: The wall or fence is not more than 2 metres in height anywhere on your property except where it adjoins a road or footpath. In this case, the height is restricted to 1 metre. You don’t live in an open...
About Uxbridge
Uxbridge is a town in west London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Fifteen miles (24.1 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross, it is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Uxbridge historically formed part of the parish of Hillingdon in the county of Middlesex and was a significant local commercial centre from an early time. As part of the suburban growth of London in the 20th century, it expanded and increased in population, becoming a municipal borough in 1955, and has formed part of Greater London since 1965. It is a significant retail and commercial centre, and is the location of Brunel University and the Uxbridge campus of Buckinghamshire New University. The town is close to the boundary with Buckinghamshire, which is locally the River Colne.
Several historical events have taken place in and around the town, including attempted negotiations between King Charles I and the Parliamentary Army during the English Civil War. The public house at the centre of those events, since renamed the Crown & Treaty, still stands. Uxbridge also houses the Battle of Britain Bunker, from where the air defence of the south-east of England was coordinated during the Battle of Britain. Situated in RAF Uxbridge, the No. 11 Group Operations Room within the bunker played a crucial rule during the battle and was later used during the D-Day landings.
The wards of Uxbridge North and Uxbridge South are used for the election of councillors to Hillingdon Council and for statistical purposes. The 2011 Census recorded population figures of 12,048 for Uxbridge North and 13,979 for Uxbridge South.