Car Rental Feltham

Feltham is one of the suburban towns in Hunslow Borough, and is located about 15 miles away from the south-west part of London’s Charing Cross location, which is referred to as the central part of London city. You can find a variety of car rental services in Feltham offered by Thrifty Car Rental. Feltham was an ancient Parish in the Middlesex region of London and is reported to be one of the ancient places in the United Kingdom having been recorded to have been existed as early as 986 A.D.

In the olden days tracing back to the 950s, the region of Feltham was renowned for the famous Parish Church of Saint Dunston. According to the experts, it is being stated that the name Feltham refers to the homes in the midst of fields, mostly agricultural fields. The vast fields and the scanty houses between the fields, it is noted, have been looked after by the Church of Saint Dunston.

Predominantly an agricultural region with agriculture as the main occupation of the people, the region of Feltham was insinuated from the hussles of city life for a very long period. Only after the railway line was laid in the year 1884, did the countryside region of Feltham came to have a feel about the city life and tried to entwine the twin benefits of countryside atmosphere and city buzz. A number of large houses have been built across the region and people have begun to enjoy the twin benefits of working in the cities, through transportation by rail, and relax in the countryside atmosphere.

Slowly, the locality of Feltham developed and industrialization started to show signs of developing in the fast developing township of Feltham. From just two gunpowder mills prior to laying of railway line, the area now has more factories and mills. Feltham has been selected to be ideal location for the railway marshalling yard after the end of World War, and is now the home for the second largest railway marshalling yard in the country. Thanks to industrialization, Feltham is the place where the now world-famous Minimax Fire Extinguishers were first manufactured and exported to all the countries across the world. Feltham is a very interesting destination to visit and Thrifty Car Rental offers unlimited mileage to wherever you need to go in Feltham.