Northwood, London

Northwood
Former Central Post Office, today a restaurant
Northwood is located in Greater London
Northwood
Northwood
Location within Greater London
Population22,047 (2011 Census[1]
OS grid referenceTQ095915
• Charing Cross11.5 mi (18.5 km) SE
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNORTHWOOD, LONDON
Postcode district[[HA postcode area postcode area|HA postcode area]]
Dialling code020, 01923
PoliceMetropolitan
FireLondon
AmbulanceLondon
UK Parliament
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51°36′04″N 0°25′03″W / 51.601°N 0.4176°W / 51.601; -0.4176

Northwood is an area in the London Borough of Hillingdon, North West London, located 14.5 miles (23.3 km) north-west of Charing Cross. Northwood was part of the ancient parish of Ruislip, Middlesex. The area was situated on the historic Middlesex boundary with Hertfordshire, and since being incorporated into Greater London in 1965, has been on the Greater London boundary with that county.

The area consists of the elevated settlement of Northwood and Northwood Hills, both of which are served by stations on the Metropolitan line of the London Underground. At the 2011 census, the population of Northwood was 10,949, down from 11,068 in 2008,[2] while the population of Northwood Hills was 11,578, up from 10,833 in 2001.[3]

Northwood adjoins Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve. It was also used for location filming of the Goods' and Leadbetters' houses and surrounding streets in the BBC TV sitcom The Good Life acting as Surbiton.[4]

  1. ^ Northwood is made up of 2 wards in the London Borough of Hillingdon: Northwood, and Northwood Hills. "2011 Census Ward Population Estimates | London DataStore". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
  2. ^ "A focus on Northwood" (PDF). London Borough of Hillingdon. January 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Local statistics – Office for National Statistics". neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  4. ^ "All About The Good Life (broadcast on BBC2 9.00pm 28 December 2010)

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