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Northwood
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Northwood is a suburb of London in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
It is the home to Northwood Headquarters, which is the location of the British Armed Forces headquarters for planning and controlling overseas military operations.
The M.P for the consitituency of Ruislip-Northwood is currently Nick Hurd, who was elected in the May 2005 general election with 47.7% of the vote. The boundary of the consitituency , which currently encompases neighbouring Ruislip, will be modified for the next general election to create the consitituency of Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner.
The name Northwood refers to the fact the town is located on the "north wood" of the area of Ruslip.
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Kewferry Road in Northwood served as The Avenue, Surbiton in the BBC comedy, The Good Life. A house on Kewferry Road was also used for filming in the production of the film Iris An area of Northwood has been put under a place of special interest restriction, as the area, including the old High Street, Chester Road and Hallowell Road has many beautiful Victorian houses and the roads form an architecturally interesting triangular shape.