Estate and letting agent in Ruislip Manor

Ruislip Manor is a piece of Metro-land history hiding in plain sight. The station was rebuilt and reopened in 1938 to a design by Charles Holden, the architect behind many of the Underground’s finest buildings, and its ticket hall still has its original Art Deco clock. The rebuild was driven by extraordinary growth: journeys from the station rose from 17,000 in 1931 to 1.25 million in 1937 as the Manor Homes estate filled up. Victoria Road is the spine of the area, a long interwar parade running south from the station with everything from a Tesco to long-established independents. Bessingby Park, just to the west, is the green heart of the area at nearly sixteen hectares.

Families are well served here. Lady Bankes Primary School on Dawlish Drive opened in 1936 and is named after Mary, Lady Bankes, who defended Corfe Castle during the Civil War. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Bishop Winnington-Ingram CofE Primary School, Warrender Primary School and Field End Junior School are all within reach. For secondary, Ruislip High School on Sidmouth Drive and Queensmead School on Queens Walk are both close by. Our interactive map below shows the latest inspection information, catchment areas and distances, so you can see what is genuinely within walking range of any property.

Victoria Road is the main shopping street and it works hard: supermarkets, a pharmacy, banking, barbers, bakeries and a genuinely good spread of restaurants and takeaways covering Indian, Chinese, Turkish, Thai and Italian. J.J. Moon’s at 12 Victoria Road is the local Wetherspoon, open from breakfast through to late. Ruislip Manor Library on Linden Avenue moved into new premises in 2007. Side parades on Manor Way, Pembroke Road and Park Way pick up the everyday bits, and Ruislip village and the Old Dairy at South Ruislip are both a few minutes away for a bigger shop.

Bessingby Park is the main open space, with bowling greens, playgrounds, a cricket square, football pitches, an outdoor gym and tennis courts. To the north, Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve covers 726 acres of ancient woodland across Park Wood, Mad Bess Wood and Copse Wood, and it is one of the largest surviving blocks of its kind anywhere in Greater London. Ruislip Lido, with its sandy beach and miniature railway, is a short drive or bus ride away, as is Manor Farm with its medieval Great Barn and the Duck Pond Market. Cavendish Recreation Ground adds courts and a playground on the Eastcote side.

Ruislip Manor station is served by both the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines and sits in Zone 6. Baker Street is around thirty-three minutes on the Metropolitan, which also runs to Euston Square, King’s Cross St Pancras and Liverpool Street. The Piccadilly gives you a direct run into the West End, though for Heathrow you change at Acton Town. The A40 Western Avenue is just to the south, linking east into central London and west to the M40 and the M25 at Junction 16. Heathrow is roughly eight miles, usually twenty to thirty minutes by car.