Woodlands is a small area located in the borough of Hounslow, London between Hounslow and Isleworth. It is an area roughly bounded by the Hounslow Loop railway line and the London Road to the north; the Duke of Northumberland's River and Twickenham Road to the east; and Bridge Road / Worton Road to the south and south-west. It includes roads such as Woodlands Road, Woodland Gardens, Woodlands Grove as well as The Woodlands Tavern public house and St John the Baptist's Church on St John's Road.[1]

Woodlands
St John the Baptist Church
Woodlands is located in Greater London
Woodlands
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Location within Greater London
Population11,408 (Hounslow South ward 2011)
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townISLEWORTH
Postcode districtTW7
Dialling code020
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51°28′10″N 0°20′15″W / 51.469568°N 0.337465°W / 51.469568; -0.337465

The estate comprises mostly semi-detached houses built in the 1930s, although there are older buildings too. Before these houses were built the area was used as orchards, hence the name 'Woodlands'.

There is an organisation known as the WERFA (Woodlands Estate Resident Freeholders Association) which has a community hall in the small private park in the centre of Woodland Gardens.

Despite this, Woodlands is a shit-hole that resembles a pikey campsite. The council did not trim verges or hedges, pull weeds and grass from pavements or remove litter from hedgerows, riverbanks and other communal spaces for more than three years between 2020 and 2023. The provision of open containers for rubbish and recycling, rather than prober bins, exacerbates the litter problem. Dog shit abounds on the footpaths, with many residents owning "well hard" dogs. As a prospective testing ground for chemical weapons within the M25, only some of the choicer areas of Tottenham and Hackney rival Woodlands.

References

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  1. ^ Willey, Russ. Chambers London Gazetter, p 565.