Editing Uxbridge (section)

==Geography==
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Uxbridge lies at a mean elevation of {{convert|40|m|order=flip}} above mean sea level.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/uxbridge#?tab=climateTables |title=Annual UK weather averages |publisher=Met Office |access-date=5 May 2013}}</ref> Like much of the rest of the UK its climate is generally [[temperate]], with few extremes of temperature or weather.

The landscape upon which the settlement of Uxbridge was established is largely unchanged from the [[Mesolithic]] era. Much of it was covered by oak and elm trees, which were gradually cleared by early settlers. An archaeological excavation by the [[Museum of London]] in the 1990s found evidence of flint items shaped by Mesolithic hunters, as well as various animal bones and traces of charcoal from the remains of campfires.<ref name="Cotton p.8"/>

The [[River Pinn]] runs through Uxbridge, passing through the former site of RAF Uxbridge and the grounds of Brunel University. It joins the [[Frays River]], which branches off from the [[River Colne, Hertfordshire|River Colne]] and acts as the boundary between Uxbridge and the neighbouring county of [[Buckinghamshire]].

Uxbridge is centred {{convert|15.4|mi}} from [[Charing Cross]] in Central London; {{convert|3|mi}} from [[Hayes, Hillingdon|Hayes]]; {{convert|3.1|mi}} from [[Ruislip]]; {{convert|4.7|mi}} from [[Northolt]]; {{convert|5.4|mi}} from [[Slough]]; and {{convert|12.8|mi}} from [[High Wycombe]].