Editing Feltham (section)

{{short description|Suburb of West London}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| type                     = [[Town]]
| region                   = London
| shire_county             = [[Greater London]]
| official_name            = Feltham
| population               = 63,368
| population_ref           = [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]]<ref>Feltham is made up of 5 wards in the London Borough of Hounslow: Bedfont, Feltham North, Feltham West, Hanworth, and Hanworth Park. {{cite web|url=http://data.london.gov.uk/2011-census-ward-pop |title=2011 Census Ward Population Estimates &#124; London DataStore |access-date=9 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222202755/http://data.london.gov.uk/2011-census-ward-pop |archive-date=22 February 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 6.56
| london_borough             = Hounslow
| coordinates              = {{coord|51.4496|-0.4089|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference        = TQ105735
| post_town                = FELTHAM
| postcode_area            = TW
| postcode_district        = TW13, TW14
| dial_code                = 020
| constituency_westminster = [[Feltham and Heston (UK Parliament constituency)|Feltham and Heston]]
| static_image_name        = Feltham high street 2.jpg
| static_image_caption     = High Street, Feltham town centre
}}
'''Feltham''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|ɛ|l|t|əm}}) is a town in [[West London]], England, {{convert|13|mi|km}} from [[Charing Cross]]. Historically part of [[Middlesex]], it became part of the [[London Borough of Hounslow]] in 1965. The parliamentary constituency of [[Feltham and Heston (UK Parliament constituency)|Feltham and Heston]] has been held by [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] MPs since 1992. In 2011, the population of the combined census area of Feltham, [[Bedfont]] and [[Hanworth]] was 63,368.

The economy of the town was largely agrarian until the early twentieth century, when it was transformed by the expansion of the London urban area. Most of the original High Street was demolished in the 1960s and 1970s. Further redevelopment in the early 2000s created the current shopping centre, which opened in 2006.

[[London Heathrow Airport|Heathrow Airport]] is to the north west of the town and is a major centre of employment for local residents. [[Feltham railway station]] is on the [[Waterloo to Reading line]], between [[Twickenham]] and [[Staines-upon-Thames]].