 south ruislip is an area of northwest london in the london borough of hillingdon. the population, according to the 2001 uk census, was 10,823. by 2008, this had reached 11,116. ==education== schools in south ruislip include bourne primary, deanesfield, field end, st swithun wells and queensmead. ==sports== emerald gaa grounds is located on west end road and is the headquarters of london gaa. it is the primary venue for playing hurling and gaelic football in britain. ==transport== south ruislip station is served by the central line of the london underground. chiltern railways serve hourly, with trains to london marylebone and . although no bus route directly serves the station, london buses route e7 serves one end of nearby station approach and route 114 serves the other. the royal air force station, raf northolt, is situated in south ruislip near the a40 and the tube station. most early raf airfields were named after the nearest railway station; in this case northolt junction, the original name of south ruislip station. ==landmarks== thumb|right|polish war memorial in south ruislip polish fighter pilots during in the battle of britain were based at raf northolt, and the polish war memorial was built later after the conflict. the memorial stands next to the a40 adjacent to the airfield, and is dedicated to the memory of the polish airmen who fought with the royal air force during the second world war. a damaged vickers wellington, attempting to land at raf northolt, crashed in station approach in october 1942. the resulting fire caused the remaining ammunition on board to detonate, and 21 people were killed.bowlt 1994, p.135 in the 1950s and 1960s raf south ruislip supported by raf west ruislip was headquarters, 7th air division of the strategic air command (sac), supp
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