Uxbridge

Uxbridge is a metropolis in west London, England, on occasion referred to as the "Venice of West London", and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon. 15 miles west-northwest of Charing Cross, it's miles one of the fundamental metropolitan centres identified inside the London Plan. Uxbridge historically formed a part of the parish of Hillingdon within the county of Middlesex, and became a massive local industrial centre from an early time.

As a part of the suburban increase of London inside the twentieth century it expanded and accelerated in populace, turning into a municipal borough in 1955, and has shaped a part of Greater London considering 1965. It is a great retail and commercial centre, and is the area of Brunel University and the Uxbridge campus of Buckinghamshire New University. The city is close to the boundary with Buckinghamshire, which is regionally the River Colne.

Several ancient activities have taken area in and across the town, which includes attempted negotiations between King Charles I and the Parliamentary Army for the duration of the English Civil War. The public house at the centre of those events, considering the fact that renamed the Crown & Treaty, nevertheless stands. Uxbridge also houses the Battle of Britain Bunker, from in which the air defence of the south-east of England changed into coordinated in the course of the Battle of Britain.