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Hounslow Community Land Project was a community garden and sports area on a derelict piece of land on Hanworth Road,
Hounslow Hounslow () is a large suburban district of West London, west-southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hounslow, and is identified in the London Plan as one of the 12 metropolitan centres in Gr ...
, west London. The site, owned by Transport for London, had been occupied by a group of land rights activists who have set up a camp and created a
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
pitch,
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court, wildlife pond and vegetable growing areas. Transport for London, who owned the derelict land which was formerly a dye-works and a
pub A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...
, had intended to build a new bus depot there. With strong public opposition, their plans were dropped in 2009, leaving the land derelict. TfL announced plans to sell the land for other development. Squatters moved in to form the Hounslow Community Land Project in May 2010. In December that year the project was abandoned and the group moved off of the site, citing "continuing antisocial behaviour".


See also

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Guerrilla Gardening Guerrilla gardening is the act of gardening – raising food, plants, or flowers – on land that the gardeners do not have the legal rights to cultivate, such as abandoned sites, areas that are not being cared for, or private property. It enco ...
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Diggers The Diggers were a group of religious and political dissidents in England, associated with agrarian socialism. Gerrard Winstanley and William Everard, amongst many others, were known as True Levellers in 1649, in reference to their split from ...
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Squatting Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. The United Nations estimated in 2003 that there ...
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Kew Bridge Ecovillage Kew Bridge Ecovillage was an ecovillage and social centre in Brentford on squatted land overlooking the River Thames at the north end of Kew Bridge in west London. Activists inspired by the land rights campaign group '' The Land is Ours'' occup ...


References


External links


- Hounslow Community Land Project's Blog at Hounslow Online.
{{SquatE&W Social centres in the United Kingdom DIY culture Squats in the United Kingdom Ecovillages Geography of the London Borough of Hounslow