Northwood, London

Northwood is a town in the London Borough of Hillingdon, located 14+1⁄2 miles (23 kilometres) northwest of Charing Cross. Northwood was part of the ancient parish of Ruislip, Middlesex. The majority of the town is situated in the London Borough of Hillingdon but most of the northern part of the town (Parts of Moor Park and Eastbury) are situated in Hertfordshire. Northwood shares post towns with parts of Hertfordshire. Since the Middlesex side of the town being incorporated into Greater London in 1965, has been on the Greater London boundary with that county. It has also been within the Metropolitan Police District since 1840. The Northwood Headquarters is on the Hertfordshire side.

The area consists of the elevated settlement of Northwood and Northwood Hills, both of which are served by stations on the Metropolitan line of the London Underground. At the 2011 census, the population of Northwood was 10,949, down from 11,068 in 2008, while the population of Northwood Hills was 11,578, up from 10,833 in 2001.

Northwood adjoins Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve. The area was used for location filming of the Goods' and Leadbetters' houses and surrounding streets in the BBC TV sitcom The Good Life, standing in for Surbiton.