Visitor attractions and information - Southall
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 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey,
TW9 3AB. Tel: 020 8332 5655. Open for the first time in 10 years,
Kew Palace is the oldest building within the Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew, built in 1631. It is impossible to take in all of Kew's
300 acres at once. Location:
About 3 miles east of Southall. |
www.kew.org |
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Grand
Union Canal. The Grand Union Canal main line covers the 137 miles
from London and Birmingham. Branches take it to places such as
Slough, Leicester, Wendover, Aylesbury and Northampton. One end
of the Canal is at Brentford on the River Thames, the other end
at Bordesley Junction in the centre of Birmingham. At Bordesley
it divides to join up with other canals.
Passes within 1 mile of
Southall. |
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SOUTHALL MARKET, Off the High Street (Uxbridge
Road), opposite North Road, Southall, Middlesex, UB1 3DG. Enquires
Tel: 020 8574 1611. Poultry & Caged Birds (Tuesday), Horses
Market and Auction (Wednesday), Antiques & Bric-a-Brac (Friday),
General Retail Sales (Saturday). In Southall. |
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Southall
is about 12 miles from Charing Cross, Westminster, generally
accepted as the place for measuring the distance to and from
London. It is in the borough of Ealing located on the historic
Grand Union Canal which first linked London with the rest of
the growing canal system. If you are flying to/from London, Heathrow
airport is about 3 miles from Southall.