Brook Green is an affluent London neighbourhood in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It is located approximately west of

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. 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,

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, 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.

History

The name Brook Green is first recorded in 1493, and the hamlet was established by the 16th century. The area was developed as industrialisation spread out of London. Businesses in Brook Green included the

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Lamp Factory, now converted into social housing,

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and its complex at Cadby Hall, 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

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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

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s: 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 * Bute House Preparatory School for Girls *Ecole Francaise Jacques Prevert *Kensington Wade *

*Larmenier and Sacred Heart Catholic School *

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*Addison CE Primary School *Lena Gardens Primary School *Avonmore Primary School *St Mary's Catholic Primary School *Lionheart Education (private tutorial college)

Notable residents

* Ken Suttle * Elizabeth Anne Finn *

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* Richard Eyre * John Silvester Varley *

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Notable businesses

Virgin Media Press Office in Brook Green in London, spring 2013

* Immediate Media Co *

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* L'Oréal * Fever-Tree *

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* Charlotte Tilbury Formerly: * EMI * The Silver Studio * Omnifone * Virgin

Nearest places

Places adjoining Brook Green: *

* West Kensington

Transport

Stations: * Kensington Olympia station * Barons Court tube station * Shepherd's Bush tube station * Shepherd's Bush railway station * Hammersmith tube station (Piccadilly and District lines) * Hammersmith tube station (Circle and Hammersmith & City lines) *

Goldhawk Road tube station Goldhawk Road is a London Underground station located in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, on the south side of Goldhawk Road, about west of Shepherd's Bush Green. It is served by the Circle and Hammersmith & City lines in Travelc ...

London Underground Lines: * District line *

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* Central line

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.

References

;Footnotes ;Bibliography * *

External links

Friends of Brook Green
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