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Shops on Chiswick High Road facing Turnham Green. Chiswick High Road is the principal shopping and dining street of Chiswick, a district in the west of London.It was part of the main Roman road running west out of London, and remained the main road until the 1950s when the A4 was built across Chiswick.
Chiswick (/ ˈ tʃ ɪ z ɪ k / ⓘ CHIZ-ik) [3] is a district in West London, split between the London Boroughs of Hounslow and Ealing.It contains Hogarth's House, the former residence of the 18th-century English artist William Hogarth, Chiswick House, a neo-Palladian villa regarded as one of the finest in England and Fuller's Brewery, London's largest and oldest brewery.
The roundabout is named after the eighteenth-century painter William Hogarth whose home Hogarth's House is behind a long high wall to the west of the junction. [2] The eastern approach abuts the Griffin Brewery of Fuller, Smith and Turner where beer has been brewed since 1654. [3] The south side has the 18th-century George and Devonshire pub. [4]
Chiswick Park station is closer to Turnham Green (on the south side of Chiswick High Road) than the station of that name. The station is located on the site of the Battle of Turnham Green (1642), during the First English Civil War. The Royalist lines, facing London, extended southward from the station to where the Great West Road now runs. [7]
Imagemap with clickable links. Infographic of Old Chiswick, based on c. 1880 Ordnance Survey map. "Chiswick New Town" has started to spread to the north. Old Chiswick occupies a roughly rectangular area between the river Thames with Chiswick Mall running beside it to the southeast, Church Street to the southwest, Chiswick Lane South to the northeast, and Mawson Lane (now beside the Great West ...
Chiswick Roundabout is a major roundabout with a flyover in Chiswick, West London.It was opened in 1959 and is the meeting point of three roads that terminate here, the A205 South Circular, A315 Chiswick High Road, A406 North Circular; and one road which carries on through and interfaces with the M4 – the A4 Great West Road – therefore, it is extremely busy in daytime.
title: Former police station, Chiswick High Road, London W4 (English) author name string: Jim Osley. inception. 17 July 2015. coordinates of the point of view.
The station is located off Chiswick High Road and opened on 1 January 1869. The station is located in Travelcard Zone 3. On the District line, the station is between Turnham Green and Kew Gardens; and on the Mildmay line, it is between South Acton and Kew Gardens.