Hatton, London
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| Hatton | |
  Hatton shown within Greater London |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| London borough | Hounslow |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | FELTHAM |
| Postcode district | TW14 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| European Parliament | London |
| UK Parliament | Feltham and Heston |
| London Assembly | South West |
| List of places: UK • England • London | |
Hatton is a small settlement in the London Borough of Hounslow, on the southern perimeter of London Heathrow Airport and on the A30 road.
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[edit] Etymology
Hatton's name comes from Anglo-Saxon Hǣþtūn = "heath farmstead".
[edit] Neighbours
It is bordered by Feltham to the south, Bedfont to the west and Heathrow Airport to the north. The A30 road forms the borough boundary with Hillingdon; a border established in 1994, before then land north of the road had been in Hounslow.[1]
[edit] Features and facilities
Hatton's main architectural features are a collection of industrial buildings providing ancillary services to Heathrow Airport. However, there is a pub, "The Green Man", owned by the Greene King brewers.[2] Adjoining the Green Man is a field where horses, geese, cows and other livestock live, despite the noisy occupants of the skies overhead on the southern approach to Heathrow. Hounslow Urban Farm[3] (next to Hatton Cemetery), the largest city farm in London.[citation needed]
Hatton has no shops or post office, though there is a convenience store and newsagents within Hatton Cross station. There is also a 24 hour Tesco supermarket adjoining the urban farm. The hamlet no longer possesses a church, since the chapel building in Steam Farm Lane was converted for office use in 2000. Most of the local housing is mainly semidetached or maisonettes built between 1930s and the 1950s. Several older properties exist in Green Man Lane, including the old Manor house, now the headquarters to a car leasing company and two other 18th Century dwellings. The 17th Century blacksmiths has long since been converted into a family home and the stables converted to living space. The now disappeared Steam Farm was so named because it was the first in the area to possess a steam plough.
[edit] Transport
The nearest tube station is Hatton Cross tube station. The area is served by a number of London Buses routes, connecting Hatton to the airport, Hounslow, Northolt, Southall, Richmond and Staines.[4]
Stagecoaches would once have traversed the area en route from London to the south west, a heritage remembered now by this being the location of one of the depots of Ashford Luxury Coaches, whose "Windsorian" branded coaches are used to transport members of the British Royal Family.
[edit] References
- ^ Office of Public Sector Information - Heathrow Airport (County and London Borough Boundaries) Order 1993
- ^ Beer in the Evening - The Green Man
- ^ Hounslow London Borough Council - Hounslow Urban Farm
- ^ Transport for London - Buses from Hatton Cross
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