About » Uxbridge Town Centre

Uxbridge is a place in the London Borough of Hillingdon in West London, England. It is a suburban development situated 15 miles (24 km) west north-west of Charing Cross and near to the boundary with Buckinghamshire which is locally the River Colne.

The name is derived from "Wuxen Bridge" which was likely to have been near the bottom of Oxford Road where the "Swan and Bottle" now stands. The Wuxen were a 7th-century Saxon tribe.

Transport

Uxbridge station, fronted by a pedestrian high street is served by the Metropolitan and Piccadilly underground lines.

The station is connected to a bus terminus with connections to Hillingdon, Hayes, Ealing, Ruislip, and Slough.

There were once three railway stations - Uxbridge Vine Street (originally just Uxbridge Station), Uxbridge High Street, and Uxbridge Belmont Road. All three have now closed, replaced by the underground and bus services.

The former Grand Junction Canal, now Grand Union Canal, which connects London with Birmingham, passes immediately to the west of Uxbridge, and forms the borough boundary. The first stretch was built in the late eighteenth century from Brentford to Uxbridge. Further upstream is Uxbridge Lock, and nearby is a flourmill belonging to Allied Mills. A Mister King, who called it “Kingsmill”, bought this in the nineteenth century. This brand name is one of the best-selling bread-makers in the UK, though most of the milling is now done on Tyneside.


Shopping

Much of the town centre is pedestrianised, and it is a popular destination for shopping in West London.

Uxbridge boasts two shopping centres and a busy high street. The most modern covered shopping is found in the Chimes, home to a variety of nearly 80 shops, including Debenhams, GAP, Next, BHS, TopShop and many more. The Chimes is also home to the nine-screen Uxbridge Odeon. In the other centre, among the 100 stores in the Mall Pavilions, you can find M&S, TK Maxx, Iceland, Tesco, Wilkinsons, Peacocks and Argos.

In addition, just off the High Street is Windsor Street, a short road still populated by old, traditional, independent shops. Interestingly, the Art Deco department store, Randalls, is owned by the family of the Conservative MP for Uxbridge, John Randall, who was elected in a 1997 by-election when the sitting MP, Sir Michael Shersby, died shortly after the 1997 general election. John Randall is a strong supporter of independent shop-keepers.

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