Ruislip

Template:Infobox London place Ruislip (pronounced "rice-lip" [raɪslɪp]) is a place in the London borough of Hillingdon, in northwest London, England, immortalised in Leslie Thomas's 1974 novel of suburbia, Tropic of Ruislip. (The book was actually based on nearby Carpenders Park.)

Nearby attractions include Ruislip Lido, a converted reservoir with an artificial sand beach, surrounded by woodlands through which runs the Ruislip Lido Railway, a miniature 12"-gauge railway with diesel and steam locomotives. Ruislip Lido was established as a reservoir to feed the Grand Union Canal by damming and flooding the lower part of the valley between Park Wood and Copse Wood, including the hamlet of Park Hearn. Work began in 1811; the reservoir began feeding the Canal in 1816.

To the North of Ruislip High Street stand the Grade II listed Manor Farm House; a 13th-century Grade II Great Barn; and the 16th-century Little Barn, which houses Ruislip library. The 20-acre (8-hectare) site includes the remains of an 11th-century fortification that is a scheduled ancient monument. A working farm until the 1930s, the farm was let by King's College, Cambridge, the owners of the land from 1500 to the mid 20th century.

Nearby is RAF Northolt, with the Northolt Aerodrome, where a Polish War Memorial memorializes the numerous Polish airmen stationed, along with airmen of other nations, in the area during the World War II.

Ruislip, together with the adjacent areas of Northwood and Eastcote, is named after an 11th-century parish.

Its name probably came from Anglo-Saxon Rysc-hlȳp = "rush-leap" = "place where people jumped over a stream and rushes grew".

Nearest places

• Eastcote
• Harefield
• Ickenham
• Northwood
• Pinner
• Ruislip Manor
• Uxbridge

Nearest Tube stations

• Ruislip
• Ruislip Gardens
• Ruislip Manor
• South Ruislip
• West Ruislip

Nearest railway stations

• South Ruislip
• West Ruislip