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Brook Green
Brook Green Parkspace
Brook Green Location within Greater London
Population	23,734 (Addison and Avonmore and Brook Green wards 2011)^[1]
London borough	Hammersmith & Fulham
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	W14, W6
Dialling code	020

Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London

UK Parliament	Hammersmith
London Assembly	West Central
List of places UK England London 51°29′47″N 0°13′14″W / 51.4964°N 0.2205°W / 51.4964; -0.2205

Brook Green is an affluent sub-neighbourhood of Hammersmith in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Located approximately 3.6 miles (5.8 km) west of Charing Cross, it is bordered by Kensington, Holland Park, Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and Brackenbury Village.

The Brook Green neighbourhood takes its name after the recreational park space also named Brook Green, which runs from Shepherd's Bush Road to Hammersmith Road.

The area is principally composed of tree-lined streets with Victorian townhouses and boasts a significant French and Italian, as well as growing Chinese, expatriate community.

Brook Green itself and adjacent streets are among the most prestigious and expensive residential addresses in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham due to their proximity to leading schools such as St Paul's Girls' School, Bute House Preparatory School for Girls, St James Independent Schools, Ecole Francaise Jacques Prevert, and Kensington Wade.

Brook Green has two main shopping areas, Shepherd's Bush Road and Blythe Road, the latter of which is home to a number of small, independent shops. Also tucked in behind the green is a large Tesco supermarket. Brook Green is also close to Kensington High Street, King Street and Westfield London.

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History

The name Brook Green is first recorded in 1493, and the hamlet was established by the 16th century.^[2] The area was developed as industrialisation spread out of London. Businesses in Brook Green included the Osram Lamp Factory, now converted into social housing,^[3] J. Lyons and Co. and its complex at Cadby Hall,^[4] and Post Office Savings Bank Headquarters in Blythe Road. Brook Green was also home to St Mary's College from 1850 to 1925, when the college moved to Strawberry Hill.

St Paul's Girls' School, one of the leading independent schools in the country, has been situated on Brook Green since its foundation in 1904. The composer Gustav Holst was Director of Music at the school from 1905 to 1934, and in 1933 wrote Brook Green Suite for the school's junior orchestra.

The Brook Green Hotel has stood at the western end of Brook Green since 1886. The original brook, which was covered over in the 19th century, still flows under the hotel. The area's inns – the Brook Green Hotel and the Queen's Head – were originally coach houses, and became popular entertainment venues. Today, the Brook Green Hotel is a pub on ground level, along with a cocktail bar in the basement below and a hotel upstairs. The Queen's Head overlooks the green itself at the front and has a garden at the back.

Brook Green boasts four English Heritage blue plaques: they commemorate the artist Sir Frank Short, the composer Gustav Holst, the Silver Studio of design, and the writer Elizabeth Anne Finn (founder of the charity now known as Elizabeth Finn Care). There is also Brook Green Market and Kitchen, a FARMA certified farmers market in Addison Primary School.

Education

St Paul's Girls' School^[5]
Bute House Preparatory School for Girls^[6]
Ecole Francaise Jacques Prevert^[7]
Kensington Wade^[8]
St James Independent Schools^[9]
Larmenier and Sacred Heart Catholic School^[10]
Sacred Heart High School^[11]
Addison CE Primary School^[12]
Lena Gardens Primary School
Avonmore Primary School^[13]
St Mary's Catholic Primary School^[14]
Lionheart Education (private tutorial college)

Notable residents

Notable businesses

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Cultural references

Brook Green, Hammersmith, appears as "Brugglesmith" in the Rudyard Kipling story of the same name which was first published in 1891. The story is a farce in which the narrator, who it is implied is William Thackeray, has to escort a drunken sailor back to his wife.

Brook Green is also mentioned in chapter four of Patrick Hamilton's 1928 novel Twopence Coloured as a place where accommodation can be found.

References

Footnotes

^ Census Information Scheme (2012). "2011 Census Ward Population figures for London". Greater London Authority. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
^ Brook Green Hamlet (PDF), Brook Green Conservation Area, LBHF, p. 4, archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012.
^ Osram Lamp Factory (PDF), Catalogue UK GEC 1932, Page 5, 1932, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2011, retrieved 23 November 2010.
^ "Cadby Hall".
^ "St Paul's Girls' School".
^ "Bute House School".
^ "Ecole Francaise Jacques Prevert".
^ "Kensington Wade".
^ "St James Independent Schools".
^ "Larmenier and Sacred Heart School".
^ "Sacred Heart High School".
^ "Addison CE Primary School".
^ "Avonmore Primary School".
^ "St Mary's Catholic Primary School".

Bibliography

Bird, James; Norman, Philip (1915), Survey of London: volume 6: Hammersmith

Cole, Emily, Lived in London: Blue Plaques and the Stories Behind Them

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brook Green.

Friends of Brook Green website

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Districts	Brook Green Chelsea Harbour College Park East Acton Fulham Hammersmith Old Oak Common Parsons Green Sands End Shepherd's Bush Walham Green West Kensington White City
Attractions	7 Hammersmith Terrace Bush Theatre Craven Cottage football stadium Fulham Palace Hammersmith Apollo Leighton House Museum Linford Christie Stadium Loftus Road (football stadium) Lyric Theatre Olympia London Queen's Club Riverside Studios Shepherd's Bush Empire Stamford Bridge (stadium) Television Centre
Parks and open spaces	Bishops Park Cathnor Park Eel Brook Common Furnival Gardens Hammersmith Park Hurlingham Park Lillie Rec Little Wormwood Scrubs Parsons Green Ravenscourt Park Shepherd's Bush Green South Park Wormholt Park Wormwood Scrubs
Constituencies	Chelsea and Fulham Hammersmith
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Tube and rail stations	Barons Court East Acton Fulham Broadway Goldhawk Road Hammersmith (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines) Hammersmith (District and Piccadilly lines) Imperial Wharf railway station Parsons Green Putney Bridge Ravenscourt Park Shepherd's Bush Shepherd's Bush railway station Shepherd's Bush Market West Kensington White City Wood Lane
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