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Welcome to Whitton Park. This is a guide to the Whitton Park area.

The area is still referred to as Whitton Park. The Houses were built on what used to be Whitton Park and Whitton Park House (the mansion of the Gostling family). Whitton Park House was demolished in 1911 after the estate was sold for development.
©Helene
Taken looking north east from Collingwood Close on a winter afternoon. Soon after the sun disappeared and the afternoon was very dark.
©David Hawgood
Nelson road PTA charge £15 to park here for events at Twickenham. Well worth it!
©Steve Fareham
This is the ex-LSWR station, later British Railways. The road bridge just west of the station carries Whitton Road, part of the B361 from Hounslow to Twickenham. Hounslow town centre is about half a mile north of this station, and is nearer to the London Transport station, Hounslow Central.
©Dr Neil Clifton
The badly-faded sign seems to depict a very early railway locomotive. I believe 'North Star' was the name of an early broad-gauge locomotive on the Great Western railway, so it would not have run in Hounslow, which was not reached by the railway until 1850, by which time locomotive design had progressed well beyond that of the machine depicted here.
©Dr Neil Clifton
This is the road that leads from Hounslow station to the town centre. The bus on Route 281 started from Hounslow Bus Station (close to Hounslow East LT station) and is destined for Tolworth Broadway.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Taken from Platform 2 this shows that only the Up platform (No 1) has a canopy.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Looking northeast from the London end of the station we see a long lattice-girder footbridge, which runs through from Maswell Park Road on the south side to Ivy Road on the north, but which cannot be accessed directly from either platform. Further on is a road bridge carrying Heath Road, an unclassified suburban road.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Looking west from the London end, this ives a good overall impression of this suburban station. One can actually travel to Waterloo from either platform here, as many of the Down trains return there via Twickenham and Kingston. Up trains reach Waterloo via Brentford.
©Dr Neil Clifton
Dist:1.0km north<br/>Bell Road, Hounslow. Marks one end of the High Street.
©Helene
Dist:1.0km east<br/>Royal School of Music
©Helene
Dist:1.0km west<br/>
©Ian Day
Dist:1.0km west<br/>Taken looking north from the London Loop path. The heath used to be notorious as the haunt of highwaymen. Now most of it has been absorbed by Heathrow Airport, light industry and housing.
©David Hawgood
Dist:1.0km west<br/>This is an area of flat grassland on the heath. Looking north. Buildings in the background are on Staines Road, which is a Roman Road.
©David Hawgood
Dist:1.0km west<br/>The flats are near Hanworth Road. Photo taken looking east in afternoon sunshine from the London Loop path across the heath.
©David Hawgood

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