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Encyclopedia > Northwood
Northwood
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference: TQ095915
Administration
London borough: Hillingdon
County level: Greater London
Region: London
Constituent country: England
Sovereign state: United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county: Greater London
Historic county: Middlesex
Services
Police force: Metropolitan Police
Fire brigade: London Fire Brigade
Ambulance service: London Ambulance
Post office and telephone
Post town: NORTHWOOD
Postal district: HA6
Dialling code: 01923
Politics
UK Parliament: Ruislip-Northwood
London Assembly: Ealing and Hillingdon
European Parliament: London
London | List of places in London

Northwood is a suburb of London in the London Borough of Hillingdon. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The administrative area of Greater London contains 32 London Boroughs, of which 12 (plus the City of London) make up Inner London and 20 Outer London. ... The London Borough of Hillingdon is the westernmost London borough in London, England and forms part of Outer London. ... Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London and forms one of the nine regions of England. ... The region, also known as Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity of England in the United Kingdom. ... Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London and forms one of the nine regions of England. ... Constituent country is an official term used to describe three of the four principal component parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK): England; Scotland; Wales. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. ... Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London and forms one of the nine regions of England. ... The traditional counties of England are ancient subdivisions of England into around forty areas, which were used for both administrative and general geographical demarcation for several hundreds of years. ... Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and the second smallest (after Rutland). ... There are a number of policing agencies in the United Kingdom. ... The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) (commonly referred to by its former official name of the Metropolitan Police, or colloquially as The Met; often referred to in legislation as the Police of the Metropolis) is the Home Office (territorial) police force responsible for Greater London, England, with the exception of the... Fire brigades in the United Kingdom are organised on a territorial basis. ... The London Fire Brigade (LFB) provides fire fighting and rescue services in London, UK. It is the third largest fire department in the world with nearly 7000 staff. ... This is a list of ambulance services in the United Kingdom: Ambulance services in England: Category: ... The London Ambulance Service (LAS) is the largest ambulance service in the world that does not directly charge its patients for its services. ... A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ... UK postal codes are known as postcodes. ... The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ... The United Kingdom House of Commons is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs). ... Ruislip-Northwood could be the former Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Ruislip-Northwood (UK Parliament constituency) Category: ... Greater London is divided into a number of constituencies for London Assembly elections. ... Ealing and Hillingdon is a constituency represented in the London Assembly. ... The European Parliament building in Strasbourg The inside of the building The European Parliament (formerly European Parliamentary Assembly) is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... London is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. ... This is a partial list of places in London, the capital city of the United Kingdom. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. ... The London Borough of Hillingdon is the westernmost London borough in London, England and forms part of Outer London. ...


It is the home to Northwood Headquarters, which is the location of the British Armed Forces headquarters for planning and controlling overseas military operations. Tri-service badge of the British Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy. ... The armed forces of the United Kingdom are known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majestys Armed Forces, officially the Armed Forces of the Crown. ... Planning, calculating, or the giving or receiving of information. ...


The M.P for the consitituency of Ruislip-Northwood is currently Nick Hurd, who was elected in the May 2005 general electionwith 47.7% of the vote. The boundery of the consitituency , which currently encompases neighbouring Ruislip, will be modified for the next general election to create the consitituency of Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner. The Honourable Nicholas Hurd (1962— ) is a United Kingdom Conservative Party Member of Parliament. ... The United Kingdom general election of 2005 was held on Thursday, 5 May 2005 and won by the Labour Party, led by Tony Blair. ... Ruislip (pronounced rice-lip [raɪslɪp]) is a place in the London borough of Hillingdon, in northwest London, England, immortalised in Leslie Thomass 1974 novel of suburbia, Tropic of Ruislip. ... A general election is an election in which all members of a given political body are up for election. ... Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner will be a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...


Nearest places:

Nearest London Underground stations: Harefield is a village in the London Borough of Hillingdon. ... Hatch End is a place in the London Borough of Harrow. ... Northwood Hills, London, England, is the suburb surrounding Northwood Hills tube station on the Metropolitan line of the London Underground. ... Pinner is a suburb in north-west London. ... Ruislip (pronounced rice-lip [raɪslɪp]) is a place in the London borough of Hillingdon, in northwest London, England, immortalised in Leslie Thomass 1974 novel of suburbia, Tropic of Ruislip. ...

Northwood is a station on the Metropolitan Line, in Travelcard Zone 6. ... Moor Park is a London Underground station in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire. ...

Trivia

Kewferry Road in Northwood served as The Avenue in the BBC comedy, The Good Life. Founded in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company Ltd (a privately owned company), subsequently Incorporated and nationalised in 1927 as The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC, also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world. ... The Good Life on the cover of Radio Times magazine. ...


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