Past town centre improvement projects

In this section

• Eastcote
• Harefield Village
• Hayes End Parade
• Hayes Parades (Uxbridge Road) 
• Hayes Town Centre
• Kingshill Avenue, Hayes
• Northwood Hills 
• Ruislip Manor
• Ryefield Avenue, Hillingdon
• Uxbridge Town Centre
• West Drayton Crossrail
• Yiewsley and West Drayton

Eastcote

• New 'rain gardens' introduced to help mitigate against surface water flooding 
• Implementation of 'Eastcote' bridge signage and lighting 
• New paving throughout 
• Increased and better street lighting 
• Introduction of a new zebra crossing 
• New 20mph zone between Deane Croft Road and Eastcote Station 
• 34 Shop front grants offered to improve the appearance of independent shops 

Harefield Village

• Footways in the high street resurfaced 
• Roads and raised crossings in the village centre resurfaced 
• Lighting, landscaping, benches, cycle stands and waste bins refurbished 
• 24 shop front grants offered to improve the appearance of independent shops 
• Visual merchanting training offered to 35 businesses

Hayes End Parade

• Increased and better street lighting 
• New paving and street furniture throughout 
• Roads and raised crossing resurfaced  
• New planters with a mix of street trees and low-level planting 
• 4 shop front grants offered to improve the appearance of independent shops

Hayes Parades (Uxbridge Road) 

• Creating a new civic square outside Lidl
• Introducing high quality paving and street furniture throughout  
• New shared surface within Belmore Parade 
• Extensive landscaping with new planters and a mix of street trees and low-level planting 
• More efficient 'Stop and Shop' parking with individually-marked bays 
• Installation of 'Hayes Gateway' signage on the approach to the parades 

Hayes Town Centre

Future proposals 

• Light and sound installation to subway connecting the station to Blyth Road 
• Implementation of town centre clock to complement the 'Gold Disc' feature 
• Boardwalk extension installed at Botwell Bridge, creating a cycle lane and an attractive walkway with open views of the Grand Union Canal 

• New paving, street lighting and street furniture throughout to complement town centre works  
• Bus stop improvements to accommodate new routes, such as the 278, linking Ruislip to Heathrow via Hayes 
• Introducing new drop off / pick up spaces in Blyth Road for nearby Hayes and Harlington crossrail station 

• Re-opening Station Road to through traffic, including buses  
• Introducing a continuous dedicated cycle lane throughout the town centre 
• New on-street parking places in Crown Close 
• Replacing the existing bandstand with a new 'Gold Disc' canopy, reflecting the musical heritage of Hayes 
• Brighter street lighting, which illuminates the footpaths as well as the road 
• 20mph zone introduced throughout the town centre 
• Upgraded pedestrian crossings with 'Countdown' timers 
• New street furniture and landscaping throughout 

2012 improvements - funded by the GLA and Hillingdon Council 

• 792m² of forecourts improved 
• 35 shop front grants offered to improve the appearance of independent shops 
• Visual merchanting training offered to 24 businesses  

Kingshill Avenue, Hayes

• New paving, street lighting and street furniture throughout  
• Planting of new street trees 
• Better use made of the existing informal parking by creating individual parking bays 
• Decluttering the street scene by removing extensive lengths of guard railing and bollards 
• New raised table at the Adelphi Way junction to provide an informal crossing point 
• Installation of a mural to the Post Office wall to give a unique feature  

Northwood Hills 

• Introduction of a tree lines boulevard within the carriageway 
• Terrazzo paving installed within the station forecourt 
• New paving, street lighting and street furniture throughout the town centre 
• Parking bays redesigned to allow for safer entry and exit onto the high street 
• Installation of 'Metroland' inspired mural along both side of the station bridge 
• 36 shop front grants offered to improve the appearance of independent shops 
• Visual merchanting training offered to 90 businesses 

Ruislip Manor

• Post Office relocated to a more prominent and central location  
• Railway bridge painted with Ruislip Manor lettering, and LED lighting added to the underside 
• New paving, street lighting and street furniture throughout 
• Installation of murals, providing signage to library and Shenley Park 
• 66 shop front grants offered to improve the appearance of independent shops 
• Visual merchanting training offered to 73 businesses 

Ryefield Avenue, Hillingdon

• 'Stop and Shop' parking introduced  
• Central island installed to prevent obstructive double parking 
• All paving, including private forecourts, replaced 
• New street lighting and street furniture throughout 
• Installation of mural with Ryefield Avenue branding 
• 13 shop front grants offered to improve the appearance of independent shops

Uxbridge Town Centre

• New paving, street furniture and feature catenary lighting outside the Tesco store  
• Opening of Fassnidge Yard with new surfacing, street furniture, landscaping and bespoke wayfinding signage 
• Installation of a mural dedicated to the late Kate Fassnidge 
• Introduction of new bin storage units within Bakers Yard to improve the key route connecting Uxbridge bus station and the town centre 
• Decluttering existing street furniture and consistent use of high-quality furniture throughout the town centre 
• Extending the use of York stone paving in the town centre (between Vine Street and St Andrews Roundabout) 
• Bus stop improvements, including the introduction of a new shelter in Vine Street 
• 28 shop front grants offered to improve the appearance of independent shops 

West Drayton Crossrail

• Improvements to Station Approach and the area around the new station building, including reconstruction of the carriageway 

2018 to 2020 improvements - funded by Crossrail Complementary Measures and Hillingdon Council 

• Installation of a historic timeline mural to West Drayton bridge 
• Full cleaning and sealing of the bridge, and pigeon mitigation
• Upgrade of lighting to pedestrian walkways 
• Footpath and carriageway improvements in Warwick Road

Yiewsley and West Drayton

• Grand Union Canal bridge feature 
• Piazza areas with new seating and trees 
• New paving between Falling Lane and Swan Road 
• Road resurfaced throughout, including raised tables 
• Introduction of 'Stop and Shop' parking 
• Legible London signage installed throughout