Hillingdon’s Diversity

The London Borough of Hillingdon was created in 1965, when four smaller districts were merged. Standing on the western edge of London, it forms an integral part of the capital, while maintaining strong links with its neighbouring counties. The borough combines urban settings with areas of countryside and this protected ‘green belt’ is of crucial importance to the future development of Hillingdon.

Hillingdon’s diversity:

• Hillingdon contains 165 parks and open spaces and nearly 1,000 acres of
  publicly accessible woodland.
• There are around 7,500 registered businesses in Hillingdon, ranging from
  large multi-national corporations to local family firms.
• Heathrow Airport, which dominates the south of the borough, is the world’s busiest airport, with 64 million passengers passing through it every year.
• The borough offers a diversity of opportunity that few other boroughs in the region can boast: such as excellent communications, a pioneering knowledge economy, quality shopping facilities, an accessible and highly regarded natural environment and through this, a quality life/work balance.