EASTCOTE

'Eastcote' is a place in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The 2001 UK census gave the population of the Eastcote and South Ruislip Ward as 11,480.

Contents

History

Culture and Entertainment

Notable people associated with Eastcote

Transport and locale

Nearest places

Nearest tube station

History

Formerly home of an American Air Force Base and elementary school, Eastcote is home to the historical dovecot and coach house to the now demolished Elizabethan Eastcote House. Eastcote House was home to the Hawtrey family, and its most famous resident was Lady Bankes, who resisted soldiers in the Civil War from taking Corfe Castle, Dorset.
In the same place is also a walled garden which is believed to be of the same age. Similarly Haydon Hall, another grand manor house from the area was pulled down in the 1960s.The tube line came to Eastcote in 1904, and now both the Piccadilly and Metropolitan lines run through Eastcote.
During and just after World War II, Eastcote had an outstation from the Bletchley Park codebreaking establishment, where some of the Bombes used to decode German Enigma messages were housed. This closed when GCHQ was established at Cheltenham.

Culture and Entertainment

Eastcote is home to several pubs such as The Manor on Field End Road and Venue 5 (formally The Clay Pigeon). For live music and clubs the adjacent tube station connects to Harrow, Uxbridge and Central London easily. It is also home to many parks and open spaces and close to Queensmead sports centre.

Notable people associated with Eastcote

★ The SWEET - 70's pop band also lived in Eastcote.

★ Siobhan Donaghy (born 1984) Pop singer.

★ Fearne Marie Cotton - popular TV and childrens TV presenter.

Transport and locale

Nearest places

★ Pinner

★ Rayners Lane

★ Northwood

★ Ruislip

Nearest tube station

★ Eastcote tube station (Piccadilly Line & Metropolitan Line)