Description
Uxbridge Friends Meeting House is a Georgian brick building with arched windows built in 1817-18, which originally consisted of two rooms divided by a cross passage with sliding shutters. It is surrounded by its small burial ground, which is railed to the road and contains a few gravestones near the Meeting House. This now provides a small garden with grass, conifers and other trees, and is open at certain times to the public. Part of the garden is also used by a nursery that occupies the Meeting House on weekdays. Friends Walk divides the garden from a further area of paving and seating owned by the adjacent Allied Irish Bank.
Practical Information
| Previously known as | Uxbridge Quaker Meeting House |
|---|---|
| Site location | Belmont Road/York Road, Uxbridge |
| Postcode | UB8 1QW |
| What3Words | ///keep.spoon.tile |
| Type of Site | Cemetery |
| Borough | Hillingdon |
| Open to Public | Yes |
| Opening Times | but not during the day Mon-Fri only after 6pm. Evening until dusk & at the weekend, with due respect for activities taking place in the Meeting House |
| Special Conditions | no dogs |
| Events | Has opened for Open House. |
| Public Transport | Tube: Uxbridge (Metropolitan, Piccadilly). Bus: 222,331, 427, 607, U4 |
| Research Updated | 1 October 2014 |
| Last Updated | 18 October 2026 |
Full description
Uxbridge was an important centre of non-conformism from the C17th, with Quaker meetings taking place in the locality from 1658. The first Friends Meeting House in Uxbridge was built in 1692, the building later replaced in 1755.
Further Information
| Grid Reference | TQ056843 |
|---|---|
| Site Ownership | Friends Meeting House |
| Site Management | Friends Meeting House |
| Dates | 1818 |
| Listed Structures | LBII: Friends Meeting House; wall on north and west of graveyard |
| On National Heritage List for England (NHLE), Parks & Gardens | No |
| Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965 | No |
| Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931 | No |
| Local Authority | Hillingdon |
| In Conservation Area | No |
| Tree Preservation Order | Yes |
| Nature Conservation Area | No |
| Green Belt | No |
| Metropolitan Open Land | No |
| Special Policy Area | No |
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Nearby parks and gardens
The Old Burial Ground was laid out on the edge of Uxbridge village in 1576, and is now surrounded by busy roads. It closed to burials in 1855 and was made into a public garden. Most of the gravestones were moved to the perimeter with a few chest tombs and gravestones remaining in the grass. A drinking fountain was erected in the garden in 1898, and later a War Memorial,
The site was donated to Uxbridge District Council by Kate Fassnidge, widow of landowner Edward Fassnidge who had died in 1921. It was formerly the garden of their Uxbridge house, The Cedars. Originally named The Fassnidge Memorial Recreation Ground, the park is an unusually well-preserved early C20th park and its layout and features are remarkably little changed since opening in October 1926, the first recreation ground dedicated to the public in Uxbridge.
Hillingdon House was the former manor house of West Hillingdon, an old settlement on the way to Uxbridge. The house was rebuilt in 1717 by the Duke of Schomberg but largely destroyed by a fire in 1844 and rebuilt by architect George Mair. It has been an RAF Officers' Mess since 1915 when the RAF bought the estate. There is a serpentine lake in the grounds, which still stretch down to the River Pinn, although the character has been eroded by RAF use.