RAF Uxbridge
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RAF Uxbridge was a Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Uxbridge, within the London Borough of Hillingdon, occupying a 44.6-hectare (110-acre) site that originally belonged to the Hillingdon House estate. The British Government purchased the estate in 1915, three years before the founding of the RAF. Until the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the station was open to the public.
A full-size model Spitfire gate guard at the entrance to RAF Uxbridge.
The Officers' Mess building at RAF Uxbridge
The plotting table inside the Battle of Britain Bunker
The doorway to the former Park House, used by Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park
Uxbridge
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Uxbridge is a suburban town in west London and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Situated 15.4 miles (24.8 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross, it is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Uxbridge formed part of the parish of Hillingdon in the county of Middlesex, and was a significant local commercial centre from an early time. As part of the suburban growth of London in the 20th century it expanded and increased in population, becoming a municipal borough in 1955, and has formed part of Greater London since 1965.
Image: St Margaret of Antioch, Windsor Street, Uxbridge UB8 geograph.org.uk 1080620
Image: Uxbridge War Memorial geograph.org.uk 1755167
Image: Regal Cinema Uxbridge geograph.org.uk 753242
Image: Brunel University (15581852052)