Heston Heston Hendon Category="Districts of London"Category="Hounslow"
For other uses of Heston see Heston (disambiguation)

Heston
OS Grid Reference: TQ125775
Administration
Borough:Hounslow
County:Greater London
Region:Greater London
Nation:England
Other
Ceremonial County:Greater London
Traditional County:Middlesex
Post Office and Telephone
Post town:HOUNSLOW
Postcode:TW5
Dialling Code:020
Politics
Parliament:Feltham and Heston
London Assembly:South West London
European Parliament:London

Heston is a place in the London Borough of Hounslow, best-known as the location of the Heston service area on the M4 motorway and for air cargo handling facilities. A large area of Heston was once a World War 2 airfield known as the Heston Aerodrome. The area that was Heston Aerodrome is now a residential area in which the road names honour pilots and aircraft of the past such as; Wright Road (Wright Bros), Bleriot Road (Louis Bleriot), Cobham Road(Sir Alan Cobham) and Brabazon Road (Lord Brabazon of Tara). It was at Heston Aerodrome that the then Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain stood on the steps of an arriving aircraft waving his famous 'Peace In Our Time' agreement with Hitler.

The main schools in Heston are Heston Community School, Springwell Junior School and Heston Junior School.

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