London Borough of Hounslow
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Geography
Status:	London borough
Area: - Total	Ranked 292nd 55.98 km²
ONS code:	00AT
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 55th 216,644 3,870 / km²
Ethnicity:	64.9% White 24.7% S.Asian 4.4% Afro-Carib.
Politics
Hounslow London Borough Council http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MPs:	Ann Keen, Alan Keen
London Assembly: - Member	South West London - Tony Arbour

The London Borough of Hounslow is a London borough in west outer London. It includes the areas:

• Brentford
• Chiswick
• Cranford
• East Bedfont
• Feltham
• Grove Park
• Gunnersbury
• Hanworth
• Hatton
• Heston
• Hounslow
• Hounslow West
• Isleworth
• Lampton
• Lower Feltham
• North Hyde
• Osterley
• Spring Grove
• Woodlands

As of 2004, the various electoral wards of Hounslow are divided up into 5 Areas:

• Chiswick
  • Chiswick Homefields
  • Chiswick Riverside
  • Turnham Green
• Central Hounslow
  • Hounslow Central
  • Hounslow Heath
  • Hounslow South
  • Hounslow West
• Isleworth and Brentford
  • Brentford
  • Isleworth
  • Osterley and Spring Grove
  • Syon
• Heston and Cranford
  • Cranford
  • Heston East
  • Heston Central
  • Heston West
• West
  • Bedfont
  • Feltham North
  • Feltham West
  • Hanworth Park
  • Hanworth

History

The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the Middlesex urban districts of Brentford and Chiswick, Feltham and Heston and Isleworth.

Notable People

• Phil Collins, former drummer and singer with Genesis.
• Asif Mohammed Hanif, believed to have been the first suicide bomber in Israel from the UK, came from Hounslow.

Other

The borough is home to the HQ of Glaxo Smith Klein, and Sky Televisions studio complex, both based in Osterley.

External links

• The London Borough of Houslow (http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/)

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