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Ruislip Manor is a small greater London suburb in the London Borough of Hillingdon sandwiched between Eastcote and Ruislip. The nearest tube station is Ruislip Manor tube station which is on both the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines. Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... The London Borough of Hillingdon is the westernmost London borough in London, England and forms part of Outer London. ... Eastcote is a place in the London Borough of Hillingdon. ... 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. ... Ruislip Manor tube station is a London Underground station in Ruislip in north London. ... The Metropolitan Line is part of the London Underground, coloured magenta on the Tube map. ... Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. ...
At the corner of the woods, go through a kissing gate to a display board for Ruislip Woods (of which Bayhurst Woods is a part) then ahead along the edge of the woods for 130 yards to a picnic area (a good spot for a break).
Ruislip Lido was dug in 1811 to feed the Grand Junction Canal and to provide drinking water for Paddington.
Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve was one of the first natural history reserves in southern England, and is one of only two NNRs in Greater London (the other being Richmond Park).
The tallest building in Sidcup is the sixteen-storey office block Marlowe House (1966) next to the railway station.
The old manor house is now used for civil marriage ceremonies.
Sidcup Art College nearby was once attended by Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones; it has recently been demolished to make way for a large modern supermarket.
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