Heston
Heston
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<catset>Category="Districts of London"</catset><catset>Category="Hounslow"</catset><dl> <dt><dd><i>For other uses of Heston see <a href="Heston (disambiguation)">Heston (disambiguation)</a></i> </dl> <right><p><table border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin-left:10px"><tr><th colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=ff9999>Heston</th></tr><tr><td width=50%><a href="British national grid reference system">OS Grid Reference</a>:</td><td><font color=#700070> TQ125775</font></td></tr><tr><th colspan=2 bgcolor=ff9999>Administration</th></tr><tr><td width=50%><a href="Borough">Borough</a>:</td><td><a href="London Borough of Hounslow">Hounslow</a></td></tr><tr><td width=50%><a href="Administrative counties of England">County</a>:</td><td><a href="Greater London">Greater London</a></td></tr><tr><td width=50%><a href="Regions of England">Region</a>:</td><td><a href="Greater London">Greater London</a></td></tr><tr><td width=50%><a href="Home Nations">Nation</a>:</td><td><a href="England">England</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan=2 bgcolor=ff9999>Other</th></tr><tr><td width=50%><a href="Ceremonial counties of England">Ceremonial County</a>:</td><td><a href="Greater London">Greater London</a></td></tr><tr><td width=50%><a href="Traditional counties of England">Traditional County</a>:</td><td><a href="Middlesex">Middlesex</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan=2 bgcolor=ff9999>Post Office and Telephone</th></tr><tr><td width=50%><a href="Post town">Post town</a>:</td><td>HOUNSLOW</td></tr><tr><td width=50%><a href="Postcode">Postcode</a>:</td><td>TW5</td></tr><tr><td width=50%><a href="UK telephone numbering plan">Dialling Code</a>:</td><td>020</td></tr><tr><th colspan=2 bgcolor=ff9999>Politics</th></tr><tr><td width=50%><a href="List of Parliamentary constituencies in the United Kingdom">Parliament</a>:</td><td><a href="Feltham and Heston (UK Parliament constituency)">Feltham and Heston</a></td></tr><tr><td width=50%><a href="London Assembly constituencies">London Assembly</a>:</td><td><a href="London Assembly constituencies">South West London</a></td></tr><tr><td width=50%><a href="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>:</td><td><a href="London (European Parliament constituency)">London</a></td></tr></table><p></right> <b>Heston</b> is a place in the <a href="London Borough of Hounslow">London Borough of Hounslow</a>, best-known as the location of the Heston service area on the <a href="M4 motorway">M4 motorway</a> 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 (<a href="John Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara">Lord Brabazon of Tara</a>). 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.<p>The main schools in Heston are Heston Community School, Springwell Junior School and Heston Junior School.<p>Nearest places: <ul> <li> <a href="Osterley">Osterley</a> <li> <a href="Norwood Green">Norwood Green</a> <li> <a href="Southall">Southall</a> <li> <a href="Harlington">Harlington</a> <li> <a href="Hanwell">Hanwell</a> <li> <a href="Isleworth">Isleworth</a> </ul><p>Nearest tube station: <ul> <li> <a href="Hounslow West tube station">Hounslow West tube station</a> </ul>