Uxbridge in the context of London Borough of Hillingdon

The London Borough of Hillingdon (pronunciation) is a London borough in Greater London, England. It forms part of outer London and West London, being the westernmost London borough. It was formed in 1965 from the districts of Hayes and Harlington, Ruislip-Northwood, Uxbridge, and Yiewsley and West Drayton. The borough includes most of Heathrow Airport and Brunel University, and is the second largest of the 32 London boroughs by area.

The main towns in the borough are Hayes, Ruislip, Northwood, West Drayton and Uxbridge. Hillingdon is the third least densely populated of the London boroughs, due to a combination of rural land in the north, RAF Northolt Aerodrome, and Heathrow Airport.

Uxbridge is a London Underground station in Uxbridge in the London Borough of Hillingdon. It is the terminus of its branches of both the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines. The next station towards Central London is Hillingdon. The station is 15.5 miles (24.9 km) west of Charing Cross, and is in London fare zone 6. The closest station on the Chiltern Line and Central line is West Ruislip. The closest station on the Elizabeth line is West Drayton, Uxbridge was formerly the terminus of a branch of the District line which ran from Ealing Common; the Piccadilly line took over in 1933.