West Drayton
The groups work is listed in the new UB7 website at http://www.ub7.org. . There is a primary school.The school used to be called Evelyns Community School which was knocked down making way for the new Stockley Academy. West Drayton also incorporates a conservation area, The Green. This is thought to indicate a place where a boat could be dragged overland to avoid a river bend. The former RAF West Drayton was host to a military air traffic control (ATC) centre co-located with the civil London Area and Terminal Control Centre (LATCC), but these functions have been relocated to Swanwick), with the last ATC functions ending in January 2008.
West Drayton is generally south of this divide and Yiewsley to the north. Around The Green are a number of listed buildings, both residential and business. The area was mentioned as Draegtun in 989.
The nearby A3044 goes through Harmondsworth to the south. West Drayton railway station provides rail links on the First Great Western Link service from Paddington station in London to Reading and Bristol. The Town Centre Action Group, and the UB7 Projects Development Group are two.
Coordinates: 51°30′15″N 0°27′53″W / 51.5043°N 0.4646°W / 51.5043; -0.4646 West Drayton is a district in the London Borough of Hillingdon in the far west of London, England. Formerly part of the Yiewsley and West Drayton Urban District of Middlesex, the district became part of Greater London in 1965. The London Borough of Hillingdon is split by the Great Western Railway and the Grand Union Canal, which both run east-west.
It has become more of a commuter town due to its proximity to the M25, M4, M40 and M3 motorways, Heathrow Airport and Stockley Business Park. A new shopping complex is soon to be built in the town centre. The local secondary school is Stockley Academy on Falling Lane.
It is situated just north of junction 4 of the M4 motorway (Heathrow Airport spur) which intersects with the A408 (for Stockley Business Park), north for Uxbridge and it terminates south at Heathrow Airport itself. The former RAF station barracks are currently under redevelopment as an exclusive gated community. Historically employment was connected to the railway and canal and to some extent still is.
An Ofcom-licensed community radio station, 91.8 Hayes FM, serves the area s populace. The area now has some important local development groups.
