This Association represents the people living in Ruislip, a town with a long history. Ruislip was mentioned in the Domesday Book, and in its old church of St Martin of Tours and Manor Farm site it still has links with its Norman past. It is now in the London Borough of Hillingdon.
We hope that members and visitors will find this website useful. We will welcome your comments, please use the “Contact Us” page to get in touch with us.*
Following the recent refusal of the controversial HMO conversion at 149 Herlwyn Avenue on 20th March, a new planning application has already been submitted for the site. While the previous application for a six-person House in Multiple Occupation was rejected due to over-intensification and poor living standards, this new submission represents a notable change in strategy. How […]
Following the detailed discussions regarding HMOs at our public meeting on 25th March, the Ruislip Residents’ Association (RRA) has received a formal technical update from one of Hillingdon Council’s Planning Enforcement Team Leaders. While some of our Ward Councillors provided a helpful community overview at the AGM, this correspondence provides the specific legal grounds and […]
The Easter school holidays are in full swing, and the notoriously busy early May bank holidays are just around the corner. Ruislip Lido has officially entered its peak season. Yet, exactly a year after the Leader of the Council promised immediate action to address “obvious risks” at the site, residents are still waiting to see […]
Thank you to the 130 residents who joined us on Wednesday 25th March, for the our Annual General Meeting. This year, we experimented with rotating meeting locations to ensure we serve all parts of the community, holding the event at St Paul’s Church in Ruislip Manor. Because we had a packed agenda, we want to […]
Hillingdon Council’s 2026/27 Garden Waste bag tags are orange, and they’re on their way to this coming year’s subscribers. We remain unconvinced that having plastic tags is necessary, and we are even less convinced that it was worth spending £137,000 more on them this year (figures from this year’s budget – it seems an astronomical […]
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:
