Cowley, Middlesex

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Cowley
Middlesex
Location
Grid reference: TQ055825
Location: 51°31’53"N, 0°28’41"W
Data
Post town: Uxbridge
Postcode: UB8
Dialling code: 01895
Local Government
Council: Hillingdon
Parliamentary
constituency:
Uxbridge and South Ruislip

Cowley is a town in western Middlesex; a suburban development south of and contiguous with Uxbridge.

St Laurence Church, the parih church, was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.

Little Britain Lake in the west of Cowley extends for about 500 yards between the River Colne and Frays River.

Nearest stations

Overground:

    • West Drayton
    • Langley

From 1836 to 10 September 1962 there was a railway line between West Drayton and Uxbridge, with an intermediate station at Cowley, which opened 1 October 1904. There is still a 'Station Road', with bridges where the tracks once were.

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