Editing Isleworth (section)

==Amenities==
[[File:Isleworth Post Office, London.jpg|thumb|Olympic gold medal-winning distance runner [[Mo Farah]]'s gold post box is outside a large convenience shop; his senior school was [[Isleworth and Syon School]]]]
Isleworth is home to [[Isleworth Crown Court]] whose original remit has been expanded to include judicial work formerly conducted at the [[Middlesex Guildhall|Middlesex Crown Court]]; an extension to create six new courtrooms was completed in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/move-to-make-way-for-supreme-court-hits-planning-snag/45371.article|title=Move to make way for supreme court hits planning snag|date=1 December 2006|newspaper=Law Society Gazette|access-date=14 January 2023}}</ref>

The town's municipal facilities include a public library, a public leisure centre with swimming pool, a gymnasium, four recreation grounds, and a town hall.

There used to be a film studio in Worton Road, Isleworth. Known variously as [[Worton Hall Studios]] and [[Isleworth Studios]], its most notable film was [[The African Queen (film)|''The African Queen'']] (1951) starring [[Humphrey Bogart]] and [[Katharine Hepburn]]. After the Studio closed, the premises became a Mining Research Establishment for the [[National Coal Board]]. It is now an industrial estate.

Isleworth has been home to satellite television broadcaster [[Sky UK|Sky]] since its launch in 1989 by [[Rupert Murdoch]]. Originally centred on Grant Way, the sprawling campus around [[Gillette Corner]] once took in New Horizons Court and is now the sole occupier of the Centaurs Business Park, with offices, studios, production space, research and development facilities, plus a dedicated energy centre including a wind turbine by [[Arup Group|Arup Associates]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arup.com/projects/sky-studios |publisher=Arup |title=Sustainable Building for Sky |access-date=30 August 2021}}</ref>

The Boat Cathja is moored in Old Isleworth. This is unique 38 metre barge which has been the home of a mental health charity since 1996. It helps mentally disabled people a chance to hone into their artistic skills. Situated on the boat is the Sculpture "The Heron" by Martin Cotts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cathja.org/|title=Friends of Cathja - a unique service to people suffering from mental health problems|website=cathja.org|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref>

Isleworth was home to opera group ''Isleworth Baroque'' (now [[Richmond Opera]]) from 2002 to 2015.<ref name=IsleworthBaroque>{{cite web|url=https://isleworthbaroque.wordpress.com/ |publisher=Richmond Opera|title= Isleworth Baroque |access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref><ref name=RichmondOpera>{{cite web|url=https://richmondopera.org.uk/about/ |publisher=Richmond Opera|title= About Richmond Opera|date=18 April 2013|access-date=10 February 2019}}</ref>

===Hospitals===
'''Brentford Workhouse Infirmary and West Middlesex Hospital''' (historic)

The Brentford Poor Law Union had a workhouse built in 1838 covering much land to the east of Twickenham Road in Isleworth. At the turn of the 20th century, this was totally rebuilt as an infirmary, with a much larger workhouse newly erected in the grounds.<ref name="workhouses.org.uk">[http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Brentford/Brentford.shtml The Workhouse – www.workhouses.org.uk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513101919/http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?Brentford%2FBrentford.shtml |date=13 May 2009 }}</ref>  This infirmary functioned until 1920, when it became 'West Middlesex Hospital'. In 1931 it was upgraded to a county hospital, but in 1948 (under the NHS) 'County' was dropped from its title. It later became a [[teaching hospital]], and added 'University' to its title in 1980.<ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=26&page=69 Hospital Records Details] The National Archives</ref> The Victorian buildings were closed in 2003, and redeveloped as housing, called Union Lane, after the original workhouse. The hospital was rebuilt on the adjacent site.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hospitals|url=http://www.derelictlondon.com/hospitals.html|publisher=Derelict London}}</ref>

'''[[West Middlesex University Hospital]]''' (NHS Trust)

This is a major acute hospital on the Twickenham Road, Isleworth, with 394 beds, providing the full range of services expected of a general hospital. It serves residents of both the London boroughs of [[London Borough of Hounslow|Hounslow]] and [[Richmond upon Thames|Richmond]]. As a university hospital it is affiliated with [[Imperial College London]]. A programme of building, renovation and modernisation in recent years has resulted in the hospital offering modern facilities.

''' Percy House Auxiliary Military Hospital''' (historic)

Within the old union workhouse complex stood a school, facing Twickenham Road, called Percy House – Percy being the surname of the dukes of Northumberland. Owing to its gradual disuse as a school it was adapted to function as a military hospital during [[World War I]] of 1914–18. From 1915 onwards it treated some 5,000 war-wounded soldiers, and ceased operation at the end of 1918.<ref>{{cite web |title=Percy House Auxiliary Military Hospital |url=http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk/percyhouse.html |website=Lost Hospitals of London |access-date=22 February 2019}}</ref> Among the VAD nurses was [[Sophia Duleep Singh]]. The building was demolished in 1978.<ref name="workhouses.org.uk"/>

'''Mogden Isolation Hospital''' (historic)

For nearly a hundred years an isolation hospital existed on the south side of Mogden Lane, which runs west from Twickenham Road. Opened in 1897, Mogden Isolation Hospital was renamed 'South Middlesex Fever Hospital' in 1938 but continued under local authority control. When the National Health Service was formed it became, in 1948, simply [[South Middlesex Hospital]]. It closed in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/details.asp?id=177&page=55|title=The National Archives - Search the archives - Hospital Records- Details|website=www.nationalarchives.gov.uk|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref>