Shepherds Bush and Brook Green Lettings London W6 & W12

Brook Green, whilst located just to the north of Hammersmith, retains a village atmosphere and is therefore a popular residential location. Properties are mainly family houses and apartments in conversions.

Neighbouring Shepherd’s Bush, just to the west of Brook Green is known mainly for being home to the BBC. The area is busy and therefore a popular choice for young single professionals and couples. Shepherd’s Bush is very reasonably priced, given the convenience of the underground lines serving the area.

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One of the most upmarket and fashionable suburbs of London, Chiswick with its leafy environs makes it a popular area for families and individuals seeking some greenery. Transport is excellent with easy access to the M4, Heathrow Airport and tube stations close to the town centre. There is a wealth of places of historical interest, including Chiswick House. Chiswick High Road is known for its restaurants and pavement cafes giving the area a cosmopolitan feel. Shopping facilities include high street retailers alongside quaint boutiques. Green open spaces are plentiful including Turnham Green and other centrally located parks.

Travel Links to Chiswick

• Turnham Green (Piccadilly and District Lines)

• Chiswick Railway Station

• Motorway Junction M4 Junction 1

• Airport Heathrow

Shepherds Bush Travel Links

The area acts as a hub for transport for London. Buses from all over London pass through or terminate here, ready to proceed on to other parts of London or the parts which they have just come from. Shepherd’s Bush tube station on the Central line as well as a separate station on the Hammersmith and City line of the Underground (one of the quickest tube lines) provides quick easy access to the business district of central London as well as all those shops. It is possible to publicly commute to absolutely any part of London from Shepherd’s Bush.

No less than thirteen different routes visit Shepherd’s Bush on their travels, and that’s not even including night buses. Below is a spider map of all buses running through Shepherd’s Bush as well as where in the area to catch them from.

The central line travels from Ealing Broadway at one end through to Debden in East London at the other. The central line stops at many popular destinations in central London, including Oxford Circus Marble Arch and Chancery Lane

The Hammersmith and City line runs from Hammersmith all the way to Barking. This line misses out the main shopping centres of London, instead running through station such as Liverpool Street, Whitechapel, and Paddington.

• Shepherds Bush (Central Line)

• Kensington Olympia Railway Station

• Motorway Junction M4 Junction 1

• Airport Heathrow

Shepherd’s Bush History

Shepherd’s Bush Common is an ancient piece of common land indeed the first recorded use of the name Shepherd’s Bush was in 1635.It is believed to have got its name because shepherds used it as a resting place on the way to Smithfield market.

The area is also steeped in historical infamy. Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, narrowly escaped assassination at Shepherd’s Bush in January 1657 when Miles Syndercombe planned to spray his coach with fire from a primitive machine gun. The plot failed and Syndercombe was sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered. This acted spurred on the development of certain aspects of Shepherd’s Bush and by 1701, there were gallows installed at the eastern end of the Common. Today a giant barometer stands in its place.

Charles Dickens also became involved in the history of Shepherd’s Bush when he unveiled a plan to build a rehabilitation centre for prostitutes at Shepherd’s Bush in 1846. He was an enthusiastic supporter of the home, Urania Cottage, until 1862 when a scandal over the separation from his wife forced him to sever the link.

Another famous Shepherd’s Bush resident, was the admired composer Gustav Holst who lived in a two bed flat above a shop in Shepherd’s Bush until after his marriage in the late 1890s.

Until the middle of the 19th century, Shepherd’s Bush consisted of mainly a rural mainly rural area, indeed some landowners continued to graze sheep in Shepherd’s Bush until the end of the 19th century.

Shepherd’s Bush also has strong Athletic ties. In 1908 the modern Olympic Games were held at a specially designed stadium next to the White City exhibition centre. World leader’s and Elites such as John F. Kennedy have also attended the Oxford Vs Cambridge meet held at the White City stadium.

More recent claims to fame for Shepherd’s Bush include local boys The Who using the area for the location for the hit film Quadrophenia. Julie Andrews has also sung at the world famous Shepherd’s Bush Empire and Europe’s largest street party, the Notting Hill carnival is held just next door to Shepherd’s Bush every year in late August, just as the last of the good weather is upon us.

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Shepherd’s Bush is on the western side of London at the top of the Uxbridge Road about 15 minutes from Marble Arch. Hammersmith borders it to the south, Notting Hill to the east, Wormwood Scrubs to the north and Ealing and Acton to the west.

Housing in Shepherd’s Bush offers many different opportunities. There is a wealth of small and medium sized flats starting at roughly £850 per calendar month for a one bed flat. The Houses in Shepherd’s Bush are spacious and luxurious, with houses ranging from two to six bedrooms, there is a house in Shepherd’s Bush which will fit you’re criteria and which you will absolutely love.

Chiswick W4

Chiswick is a leafy, attractive, and expensive suburb about six miles west of central London. The area is roughly circular, two miles across, with posh Bedford Park to the north and a long lazy loop of the river Thames to the south.

Chiswick is mostly residential, villagey sort of place, awash with cafes, trees, artists, commuters, and estate agents, with architecture ranging from Palladian Chiswick House to elegant 1880′s houses by Norman Shaw and swish twenty-first century offices by Richard Rogers.

Strand on the Green is a narrow picturesque walkway on the river, running east from Kew Bridge, with varied vintage houses and pubs along its length.

It’s very popular with weekend strollers and drinkers. A muscular steel Victorian railway bridge however, seriously interrupts the wonderful river views.

The two most conspicuous things about the posh residential enclave of Bedford Park, apart from the wealth, is that there are so many trees it’s hard to get a view of the houses, and it’s often so quiet you can wander around in the middle of the streets.

This is regarded as the world’s first garden suburb, developed in the 1880′s and 90′s with the aim of attracting the influential artistic set. Many of the best houses, designed by the brilliant Norman Shaw, have an elegantly rustic flavour.

Pubs, Bars, Cafés and Restaurants in Shepherds Bush

Walkabout Inn
58, Shepherds Bush Green, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 8QE
Tel: 020 8740 4339

The Crown & Sceptre
57, Melina Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 9HY
Tel: 020 8746 0060

Belushi’s
13-15, Shepherds Bush Green, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 8PH
Tel: 020 8735 0270

O’Neills
2, Goldhawk Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 8QD
Tel: 020 8746 1288

The Eagle
215, Askew Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 9AZ
Tel: 020 8735 0921

The Old Bull & Bush
93, Askew Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 9AS
Tel: 020 8743 1323

West 12 Ltd
74, Askew Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 9BJ
Tel: 020 8746 7799

Harveys Shepherds Bush
172, Uxbridge Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 7JP
Tel: 020 8749 5709

The Goldhawk Tavern
122, Goldhawk Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 8HH
Tel: 020 8576 6921

The Bushranger
55, Goldhawk Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 8QP
Tel: 020 8743 3016

Rajput Restaurant
144, Goldhawk Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 8HH
Tel: 020 8740 9036

Damera Restaurant
92, Goldhawk Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 8HD
Tel: 020 8743 8462

Gioia Mia
270, Uxbridge Road, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 7JA
Tel: 020 8743 5500

The Ocean Restaurant
282, Uxbridge Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 7JA
Tel: 020 8222 6690

Nepalese Tandoori
121, Uxbridge Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 8NL
Tel: 020 8740 7551

Ajanta Tandoori
10-12, Goldhawk Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 8DH
Tel: 020 8743 5191

Blah Blah Blah
78, Goldhawk Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 8HA
Tel: 020 8746 1337

Pasha Restaurant
18, Goldhawk Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 8DH
Tel: 020 8743 1541

Pyasa Tandoori
100, Goldhawk Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 8HD
Tel: 020 8740 0676

Libraries in Shepherds Bush

Askew Road Library
87-91, Askew Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 9AS
Tel: 020 8753 3863

Doctors in Shepherds Bush

Ashchurch Medical Centre
Ashchurch Surgery, 134, Askew Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 9BP
Tel: 0844 4778673

S Dr Miller & Partners
The New 143a, Uxbridge Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 9RB
Tel: 020 8743 1511

The Bush Doctors
15/16 The Links, West 12 Shopping Centre, Shepherds Bush Green, London, W12 8PP
Tel: 020 8749 1882

Dr C Anyiam-Osigwe
41, Uxbridge Rd, Shepherds Bush, London, W12 8LH
Tel: 020 8740 7328