Uxbridge has gone through many changes over the years; it has become a thriving multi-ethnic town with a good mix shops restaurants and cultural events to satisfy most tastes. The town has excellent links to central London via the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines, making it really easy to arrange a special connection with one of our
London escorts who would love to accompany you for an unforgettable evening of entertainment.
The road known as the Oxford Road was an important main route which ran from London to Oxford. Uxbridge grew along the road where it crossed the River Colne. The original bridge along Oxford Road was Wuxen Bridge which was named by a Saxon tribe. The Swan & Bottle is now situated on the bridge near to the canal.
The Queens Head pub has the sign of Anne Boleyn who was the wife of Henry VIII. The pub was previously called The Axe likely to have dated back to the 1540’s. A tunnel connects the pub to the church.
Uxbridge’s distant past had a really unpleasant reputation, it was claimed that every tooth out of your mouth would be stolen as you walk through the Uxbridge streets and at the bottom of Windsor Street there was a cemetery with an archway. It was here that Lynch Green that John Denley, Robert Smith and Patrick Packingham were burned to death for their controversial views
Robert Catesby, the alleged leader behind the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 took refuge in his house in Uxbridge but unfortunately he was found and shot for this action.
Windsor Street is now the oldest preserved street in Uxbridge and was originally called Cattesditch and then the Lynch (meaning a slope). Presumably it was renamed Windsor Street because it is on the road to Windsor.
The nightclub called Turpin's on Vine Street opposite Randall's in Uxbridge is a reminder of the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin’s dirty deeds of thefts along the roads of Uxbridge in the 1700’s.
Uxbridge has been built up around the canals in the town. The first stretch of the canal was built in the late eighteenth century. Further upstream is Uxbridge Lock, and nearby is a flourmill belonging to Allied Mills. A Mister King, who called it "Kingsmill", bought this in the nineteenth century. This brand name is one of the best selling bread-makers in the UK.
Uxbridge is well known for RAF Uxbridge and is most famous for being the Headquarters of 11 Group RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain. A replica Spitfire can be seen on display at the front entrance to the base.