Thursday 12 November: Chatty Café six-month celebration at The Water’s Edge Bob and Sue have hosted a Chatty Café Scheme table at The Water’s Edge, by Ruislip Lido, every Thursday at 2pm for six months, and they’re marking the milestone. Chat from 2pm as usual, then the food menu opens at 4pm, with carvery […]
On Thursday 19 November, Hillingdon’s Cabinet will decide whether to launch a review of the borough’s libraries. If it agrees, residents will be asked for their views from 1 December to 18 January. Cabinet is due to discuss the results and any proposals on 18 February 2027. No library has been singled out for closure. […]
Hillingdon Council’s planning officers are recommending approval for 114 new flats and a 22-room hotel extension on the land behind the Savera Hotel on Long Drive, next to South Ruislip Station. The Planning Committee will decide on Tuesday 17 November. Some residents have asked us about parking. The flats would be car-free apart from 12 […]
Hillingdon Council has answered our questions about its parking consultation. The answers confirm our fears: if the plans go ahead, you would lose the Hillingdon First resident rate and the free half hour at every ticket machine, even if you pay by card. The rules for getting the resident rate any other way haven’t been […]
Submissions closed on Wednesday 11 November 2026. Hillingdon Council has been consulting on changes to how residents pay for parking. If they go ahead, the Hillingdon First resident rate and the free half hour would no longer be available at a pay and display machine, even if you pay by card: only by phone, by […]
Historically, Ruislip is in the hundred of Elthorne, in the county of Middlesex, but for modern administrative purposes it is part of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Answers to many questions about services in and around Ruislip can be found on Hillingdon’s website:
Areas surrounding Ruislip are covered by other Residents’ Associations, so here are links to them:
