Editing Feltham (section)

==Leisure==
[[File:Frozen pond, Feltham Green - geograph.org.uk - 96599.jpg|thumb|right|Frozen pond on Feltham Green]]

Feltham has in its land use considerably more open spaces than average in (Greater) London;<ref name=future/> bounding it to the east is a natural small river, the [[River Crane, London|Crane]] separating off the once vast [[Hounslow Heath]] to the east, stretching from north by [[Harlington, London|Harlington]] south to [[Hampton, London]] until the early 20th century. To other sides it includes a country park formed from converted gravel pits (Bedfont Lakes) with rolling adjacent meadows open to walkers by its railway and (within the [[post town]]) one of Greater London's first airfields, [[London Air Park]] at [[Hanworth]], which has well-trimmed grass, is surrounded by trees and is a large and sports-oriented public open space.

Public venues include Feltham Assembly Hall, opened in 1965 in Feltham Park, community rooms in the new library, as well as several residents association halls and clubs. Since the controversial removal in 2008 of the Feltham Community Association from the Feltham People's Centre (the former Feltham Hotel), the town has lacked a dedicated community centre and after protests from the community a new one I now being built on Feltham Green with a planned opening date of spring 2025

[[Springwest Academy]] (formerly Feltham Comprehensive School) and [[Rivers Academy West London]] (known as Longford School until 2011) both have excellent sports facilities. These supplement the Hanworth Air Park Leisure Centre and Library, operated by Fusion Leisure on behalf of Hounslow Council. Leisure West (a privately developed and managed complex of entertainment and dining facilities including a multiplex cinema, tenpin bowling alley, bingo club and restaurants) opened on the former industrial sites around Browell's Lane in the mid-1990s.
Feltham has a [[Non-League football]] club [[Bedfont & Feltham F.C.]] who play at the Orchard in East Bedfont. Bedfont Recreation Ground hosts [[Brentford Women FC|Brentford Women]].