The future of the Osterley Bowls Club and Library site

Background to this survey 

The former Osterley Bowls Club site is currently disused following the club’s closure in 2020. Hounslow Council needs to consider the future of the site and wants residents to help us explore the options.  

The Bowls Club site sits alongside Osterley Library and within the Osterley Park Conservation Area.  

The library is an important community facility which the council is committed to retaining. That may not mean retaining the existing library building, however. Changes on the Bowls Club site could provide an opportunity to rethink the library site too – for instance, designing a new building to house the library and other community facilities. We are therefore inviting you to think about the whole site as you complete this survey. 

What are the current options for the Osterley Bowls Club and Library site? 

At this stage, no options have been developed – those will come later, based on what we learn from this community engagement phase and, alongside that, a feasibility study. Whatever options emerge, they will need to be financially viable. Before we reach the stage of costing different options, however, we want to understand as fully as we can residents’ ideas, priorities and concerns.