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London Borough of Hounslow

London Borough of Hounslow
Shown within Greater London
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 occupies a sector of west London from Chiswick in the east to just south of London Heathrow Airport in the west. It includes the areas:

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

As of 2000, the various 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.

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