On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:57:10 +0100, Bruce
wrote:

I have a business appointment near there (Colnbrook) later today so,
if I have the time, I will take a look.

It lies outwith the Heathrow security boundary but I recall that
parking in Longford is almost impossible unless you pay to use one of
the hotel car parks.


Unfortunately the meeting was relocated as the venue was in the
process of being demolished! Strange but true. So I didn't have much
chance to look in Longford, but I breezed through on my way to the
revised venue.

There is now ample on-street parking - pay and display - and there is
easily accessible public open space which leads from the village to
the new river feature.

Next time I am in the area, I will take a closer look.

I have a fondness for Longford as it was where I lived in 1983/4 when
I first gained promotion to my then employer's head office in London.
I stayed at the "Peggy Bedford", a 1920s inn named after the daughter
(b.1781) of the then licensee of the King's Head in Longford. Alas
the "Peggy Bedford" was demolished in 1995 for a filling station and
McDonald's fast food restaurant. :-(