Feltham

Feltham sits on the flat, low-lying land of west London between the Thames tributaries and the approach paths into Heathrow, a short haul from the airport itself. This is unshowy suburban England: wide roads, redbrick estates, retail parks and the kind of open, level ground that gives way easily to housing, allotments and the odd stretch of farmland. There are no hills or dramatic views here, but the flatness has its own use, breaking every so often into pockets of green space that soften the built-up streets around them.

Most people who stay in Feltham are here for practical reasons, its location makes it an easy base for Heathrow, for business in west London, or for visiting family in this part of the suburbs. It is not a place built around a single big-name hotel or a picturesque high street, but a working town where accommodation tends to be straightforward and well placed for getting elsewhere quickly.

Taken together, Feltham is a practical, lived-in suburb rather than a scenic one, flat, functional and well connected, with just enough in the way of farm, cinema, bowling and food to fill the hours around whatever brought you to this corner of west London in the first place.