Lettings agents in Chelsea: Lettings in London SW3 & SW10

Chelsea is a district of London, loosely defined by the area around the King’s Road, beginning at Sloane Square at one end, and the “World’s End” public house at the other, the River Thames and the Victorian artists’ district to the south, and some parts between the King’s Road and the Fulham Road. The eastern boundary is defined by the River Westbourne, which is now in a pipe above Sloane Square Underground and Counter’s Creek provided the original western boundary. The district is part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Although the heady days of the Sixties are long gone the King’s Road still retains its charm and character and is an excellent street for shopping. As a residential area Chelsea has a reputation for elegance and is therefore home to many a celebrity. The properties are smart and can command high rental figures.

Lettings Agents in Chiswick: Lettings in London W4

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

Travel Links to Chelsea

• Sloane Square (Circle & District lines), South Kensington (Circle, District and Piccadilly lines), Gloucester Road (Circle, District and Piccadilly lines)

• Clapham Common Railway Station

• Motorway Junction M4 Junction 1

• Airport London City

Famous Residents of Chelsea

Chelsea probably has more Blue Plaques than any other district of London. Some of the great and not-so-good who have lived here include:

James Bond (fictional) and John le Carre’s Smiley.
Sir Marc Isambard Brunel and Isambard Kingdom Brunel (civil engineers) (Cheyne Walk)
George Eliot
Elizabeth Gaskell
Mick Jagger and (at one time) all the Rolling Stones (h Grove)
Roger Keyes
Freddie Mercury (1 Logan Place, W8), the outer wall is covered in graffiti and messages by Queen fans from around the world, particularly from Japan.
Sylvia Pankhurst (Cheyne Walk)
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Gerald Scarfe and Jane Asher
Algernon Swinburne
Margaret Thatcher (Flood Street)
William Turner
James McNeill Whistler
Oscar Wilde (Tite Street)
Agatha Christie
Francis Bacon

Bob Marley composed his hit “I Shot The Sheriff” in a one-bedroom flat off Cheyne Walk in the mid-Seventies.
Gwyneth Paltrow has recently put in an offer for a £1.25 million apartment just off the King’s Road. Johnny Depp rented a property on the King’s Road for the duration of filming Finding Neverland, which follows the life of J.M. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan.

Chelsea History

The King’s Road was named for Charles II, recalling the king’s private road from St James’s Palace to Fulham, which was maintained until the reign of George IV. According to Encyclopædia Britannica “the better residential portion of Chelsea is the eastern, near Sloane Street and along the river; the western, extending north to Fulham Road, is mainly a poor quarter”. And it is so today.

The memorials in the churchyard of St Luke near the river, known as the Old Church, illustrate much of the history of Chelsea. Chelsea was once famous for the manufacture of Chelsea buns (a Chelsea bun is made from a long strip of sweet dough tightly coiled, with currants trapped between the layers, and topped with sugar). Chelsea is still famous for its “Chelsea China” ware, though the works were sold in 1769, and moved to Derby. Examples of the original Chelsea ware fetch high values.

The best-known building is Chelsea Royal Hospital for invalid soldiers, set up by Charles II and opened in 1694. The beautifully proportioned building by Wren stands in extensive grounds. There was also until recently the Duke of York’s Barracks off the King’s Road, now a shopping mall. Chelsea Barracks, at the end of Lower Sloane Street, is still in use – primarily by ceremonial troops of the Household Division.

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.

Dentists in Chiswick

Chiswick Park Dental Care
594, Chiswick High Rd,
Chiswick, London, W4 5RP
Tel: 020 8994 7240

Clarke,Marnitz & Associates
Chiswick Health Centre, Fishers Lane,
Chiswick, London, W4 1RX
Tel: 020 8994 6202

J.A Hughes
60, Thames Rd,
Chiswick, London, W4 3RE
Tel: 020 8995 0298

Neale Katz & Associates
111, Chiswick High Rd,
Chiswick, London, W4 2ED
Tel: 020 8995 1696

Clarke, Marnitz & Associates
31, Burlington Rd,
Chiswick, London, W4 4BH
Tel: 020 8994 7720

Chiswick Dental Centre
244a, Chiswick High Rd,
Chiswick, London, W4 1PD
Tel: 020 8995 1411

Chiswick Park Dental Practice
62, South Parade,
Chiswick, London, W4 5LG
Tel: 020 8987 9977

Wellesley Road Dental Practice
55, Wellesley Rd,
Chiswick, London, W4 3AR
Tel: 020 8994 9292

The Dentist at Chiswick
1, Southfield Rd, London, W4 1AQ
Tel: 020 8994 1525

Pubs, Bars, Cafés and Restaurants in Chiswick

The Mawson Arms
110, Chiswick Lane South,
Chiswick, London, W4 2QA
Tel: 020 8994 2936

The Pilot
56, Wellesley Rd, Chiswick, London, W4 4BZ
Tel: 020 8994 0828

The Barley Mow
9, Heathfield Terrace, Chiswick, London, W4 4JE
Tel: 020 8994 1880

Tommy Flynn’s
450, Chiswick High Rd, Chiswick, London, W4 5TT
Tel: 020 8994 3980

The Bulls Head
Strand On The Green, Chiswick, London, W4 3PQ
Tel: 020 8994 1204

Duke of York
107, Devonshire Rd, London, W4 2HU
Tel: 020 8994 2118

City Barge
27, Strand On The Green, Chiswick, London, W4 3PH
Tel: 020 8994 2148

George IV
185, Chiswick High Rd, Chiswick, London, W4 2DR
Tel: 020 8994 4624

The Paragon
80, Chiswick High Rd, Chiswick, London, W4 1SY
Tel: 020 8742 7263

The Stag
177, Acton Lane, Chiswick, London, W4 5DA
Tel: 020 8987 2677

Cafe Piccolo
26, Chiswick High Rd, Chiswick, London, W4 1TE
Tel: 020 8747 9989

Anna Purna
101, Chiswick High Rd, Chiswick, London, W4 2ED
Tel: 020 8995 4431

The Hole in the Wall
12, Sutton Lane North, Chiswick, London, W4 4LD
Tel: 020 8742 7185

Firezza Ltd
48, Chiswick High Rd, Chiswick, London, W4 1SZ
Tel: 020 8994 9494

Fat Boys Cafe
10a, Edensor Rd, Chiswick, London, W4 2RG
Tel: 020 8994 8089

Tootsies Restaurants
148, Chiswick High Rd, Chiswick, London, W4 1PR
Tel: 020 8747 1869

Woodlands Restaurant
12-14, Chiswick High Rd, Chiswick, London, W4 1TH
Tel: 020 8994 9333

The Packhorse & Talbot
145, Chiswick High Rd, Chiswick, London, W4 2DT
Tel: 020 8994 0360

Taste Of Raj
18, Fauconberg Rd, Grove Park, Chiswick, London, W4 3JY
Tel: 020 8742 0881

Zagora
38, Devonshire Rd, Chiswick, London, W4 2HD
Tel: 020 8742 7922

Libraries in Chiswick

Twi Archive
Unit 3/5, Axis Centre,
Hogarth Business Park, Burlington Lane,
Chiswick, London,, W4 2TH
Tel: 020 8233 5500

Chiswick Library
Dukes Avenue, Chiswick, Chiswick,
London,, W4 2AB
Tel: 020 8994 1008