There are sidings at Oakwood, South Harrow, Arnos Grove, Rayners Lane, Down Street, Wood Green, Acton Town, Ruislip and Uxbridge.

The wards of Uxbridge North and Uxbridge South are used for election of councillors to Hillingdon London Borough Council and for statistical purposes.

The Office of National Statistics recorded an approximate population figure for Uxbridge North of 12, 357 in 2008, with 12, 967 in Uxbridge South.

Within the borough, Uxbridge is split into two wards: Uxbridge North and Uxbridge South.

Uxbridge had its own parliamentary constituency until boundary changes at the 2010 general election meant it became part of the Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency.

The Art Deco style department store, Randall's, is owned by the family of the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip, John Randall.

Of these areas, the borough is further divided into these wards: Barnhill Ward, Botwell Ward, Brunel Ward, Cavendish Ward, Charville Ward, Eastcote and East Ruislip Ward, Harefield Ward, Heathrow Villages Ward, Hillingdon East Ward, Ickenham Ward, Manor Ward, Northwood Hills Ward, Northwood Ward, Pinkwell Ward, South Ruislip Ward, Townfield Ward, Uxbridge North Ward, Uxbridge South Ward, West Drayton Ward, West Ruislip Ward, Yeading Ward, Yiewsley Ward: this link has pointers to maps.

The borough also includes RAF Northolt and the former sites of RAF Eastcote, RAF South Ruislip, RAF West Drayton, RAF West Ruislip and RAF Uxbridge.

The borough maintains several libraries: Charville, Eastcote, Harefield, Harlington, Hayes End, Hayes, Ickenham, Manor Farm, Northwood Hills, Northwood, Oak Farm, Ruislip Manor, South Ruislip, Uxbridge, West Drayton, Yeading, and Yiewsley.

Uxbridge includes the villages of North Uxbridge, Linwood, Wheelockville, and Ironstone ( South Uxbridge ).

The rural districts were Hendon, South Mimms, Staines and Uxbridge.

On 1 March 1910, an extension of the District line from South Harrow to connect with the Metropolitan Railway at Rayners Lane was opened, enabling District line trains to serve stations between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge.

The station is on the Uxbridge branch of both the Metropolitan Line, between Eastcote and West Harrow stations, and the Piccadilly Line, between Eastcote and South Harrow stations.

On 1 March 1910, an extension of the District Line was opened from South Harrow to connect with the Metropolitan Railway at Rayners Lane junction east of the station enabling District Line trains to serve stations between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge from that date.

The nearest places to Harefield are: Denham, Ickenham, Northwood, Rickmansworth, Ruislip and Uxbridge.

Harefield is served by route 331 operating between Uxbridge and Ruislip, and route U9 between Uxbridge and Harefield Hospital.

Ickenham was within the Uxbridge constituency until boundary changes at the 2010 general election meant it became part of the new Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner constituency, represented by Nick Hurd MP.

The council announced in June 2011 that it would be lobbying Transport for London to have the Central line extended from West Ruislip station to Uxbridge station.

The Lock and its surrounding areas were filmed at Yeading Marina, shots of the town centre of Charnham were in Uxbridge, and wooded areas featured Ruislip, Denham and Iver among others.

The London Borough of Hillingdon announced in June 2011 that it would be lobbying Transport for London to have the Central line extended from West Ruislip station to Uxbridge.

* 331 ( Uxbridge to Ruislip )

* U10 ( Uxbridge to Ruislip Heathfield Rise )

The Metropolitan Railway ( Harrow and Uxbridge Railway ) constructed the line between Harrow on the Hill and Uxbridge and commenced services on 4 July 1904 with, initially, Ruislip being the only intermediate stop.

Under the name Uxbridge English Dictionary making up daffynitions is a popular game on the BBC Radio 4 comedy quiz show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

William Ponsonby, before leading the British cavalry charge, tells Uxbridge that his father had been killed in battle by lancers, not least because he had been riding an inferior horse: in fact his father had been a politician who died of natural causes back in England, and he is simply foretelling his own fate in the battle.

* June 27 – Uxbridge, Massachusetts, is incorporated as a town.

Just before Uxbridge is Cowley Peachey junction, where the Slough Arm branches off westward.

Leading off Acton High Street is Acton Hill on the Uxbridge Road which is home to Thai Nice, the very popular North China Restaurant and the new " Little French Restaurant ".

* Botanist John Lightfoot ( 1735-1788 ) lived in Uxbridge from 1767 and is buried in Cowley

Further east still and back across on the north side of the Uxbridge Road at the junction of Hanwell Broadway is the " Duke of York " This became an important staging point for stagecoaches on their way between Oxford and London.

It is situated on the north side of the Uxbridge Road on the former common land of East Field.

* Al Bowlly, singer, is buried with other WW2 bombing victims in a mass grave in the City of Westminster Cemetery, Uxbridge Road, Hanwell.

Although there is no eponymous tube or railway station in Harefield, buses in the area link to Northwood and Uxbridge tube stations and Denham and Rickmansworth railway stations.

Local businesses include a number of furniture shops including Chaplins, which holds the largest selection of contemporary designer furniture in Europe, plus numerous restaurants including Italian ( for example, there is a branch of ASK on the Uxbridge Road ), Greek, Chinese, American and Indian.

A charter of Henry II gives the name as Hestune, meaning " enclosed settlement ", which is justified by its location in what was the Warren of Staines, between the ancient Roman road to Bath, and the Uxbridge Road to Oxford.

The main east west road through the town is Uxbridge Road ( A4020 ), though the name changes in the main shopping area to The Broadway and for an even shorter section to High Street.

Uxbridge () is a large town located in west London, England and is the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon.

Uxbridge is a significant retail and commercial centre, and is the location of Brunel University and the Uxbridge campus of Buckinghamshire New University.

Uxbridge is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of the 11th century, but a hundred years later the existing church, St Margaret's, was built.

He represented the English Parliament in Scotland in 1643, and attended the parliamentary commissions at the Uxbridge Conference in 1645.

In 1643 he was created Baron Hatton of Kirby ; and, acting as comptroller of the royal household, he represented the king during the negotiations at Uxbridge in 1645.

During the earlier part of the English Civil War he was at Oxford in attendance upon the King, whom he represented at the negotiations at Uxbridge.

Durham ( formerly known as Clarington — Scugog — Uxbridge ) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1968, and since 1988.

Uxbridge was a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Pickering — Ajax — Uxbridge was an electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2003.

Pembroke represented Parliament during the negotiations with the king at Oxford in January 1643, and was present during the Treaty of Uxbridge in 1645.