Boeing 747-400 over
Myrtle Avenue, Hounslow on approach to
Heathrow Airport runway 27L
Major roads There are three major roads in Hounslow. The east–west roads, the
A4 'Great West Road' and the 'Bath Road' that connects Hounslow to
Central London and
Slough, and the
A30 'Great South West Road' that connects it to
Staines-upon-Thames, which meet at Henlys Roundabout in Hounslow West. There is also the north–south road, the
A312 'The Causeway' and 'The Parkway', which connects Hounslow to
Hampton in the south and
Harrow to the north. Additionally, A and B roads in Hounslow include the A314 'Hanworth Road' that starts in Hounslow and finishes in
Hanworth,
Feltham. The historic A315 'London Road', 'Hounslow High Street', 'Hanworth Road', 'Grove Road' and 'Staines Road'; which starts in Central London and ends in
Bedfont, Feltham. In doing this, it connects Hounslow to towns and districts such as Kensington, Hammersmith, Chiswick, Brentford and Isleworth.
East-west roads The
A4 Great West Road joins with the
A3006 Bath Road (from the A315) before Henlys Roundabout, which is in
Hounslow West. From there a
WNW route passes
Heathrow Airport, terminals 1 to 3 and terminal 5 as the
Bath Road and a WSW route, the
A30, passes terminal 4, bypasses
Staines and reaches the
M25; the remainder is a mostly-minor route to
Land's End, Cornwall. The
M4 motorway is two miles north; its nearest junction, J3, being northwest along the
A312. The A315 is the historic WSW road out of London, on which Hounslow's High Street is placed. To the east, it bisects
Isleworth,
Brentford and
Chiswick. To the west it bisects
North Feltham and
Bedfont before joining the A30.
North-south roads The north–south
A312,
The Parkway, to the west of Hounslow leads south to
Hampton or north to
Harrow passing Waggoners' Roundabout (WNW of Henlys Roundabout in Hounslow West),
Hayes,
Yeading and
Northolt. Three minor roads converge on
Heston from the A315 in parts of Hounslow, the A3063, A3005 and B363. The single road re-divides just north in
Norwood Green into a northwest road to
Southall (the A3005) and into the
A4127 that passes by
Hanwell, briefly using the
A4020 west before bypassing
Dormers Wells, passing
Greenford to reach
Sudbury, the town immediately to the west of
Wembley and
North Wembley. For longer journeys north, the M4, A4 or A30 then M25 provides the best routes. For longer journeys south, Hanworth Road leads to the
A316 that becomes the
M3 motorway.
Trains and underground There are three London Underground stations in the town;
Hounslow East,
Hounslow Central and
Hounslow West, all on the
Piccadilly line. The
District line used to operate services to Hounslow, and the town also has abandoned stations on the old line, such as
Hounslow Town.
Hounslow railway station, operated by
South Western Railway, is on the
Hounslow Loop Line, opened in 1850.
Bus services buses confined to
Hounslow bus station during the
2009 snowfall Hounslow bus garage and an adjoining bus station are close to the
High Street. In 1962, as a result of the final stage of the
London trolleybus programme of conversion to motor bus operation, when
Isleworth garage was closed, the staff from that depot (coded IH) were transferred to Hounslow. The property is owned by the
RATP Group, which took it over with the purchase of
London United from
Transdev. In addition to its frequent and regular daytime services throughout the surrounding areas, Hounslow is served by the
N9 night service from
Heathrow Airport to Central London. == Education ==