Shepherd's Bush is a district of West London, England, within the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham west of

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, and identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan. Although primarily residential in character, its focus is the shopping area of Shepherd's Bush Green, with the

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shopping centre a short distance to the north. The main thoroughfares are Uxbridge Road,

Goldhawk Road Goldhawk Road is a road in west London, which starts at Shepherd's Bush and travels west. There are numerous shops, restaurants and businesses lining the road, which forms the southern boundary of Shepherd's Bush Green. It is designated part of ...

and Askew Road, all with small and mostly independent shops, pubs and restaurants. The Loftus Road football stadium in Shepherd's Bush is home to Queens Park Rangers. In 2011, the population of the area was 39,724. The district is bounded by

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to the south, Holland Park and Notting Hill to the east, Harlesden and Kensal Green to the north and by Acton and Chiswick to the west.

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forms the northern part of Shepherd's Bush. Shepherd's Bush comprises the Shepherd's Bush Green, Askew, College Park & Old Oak, and Wormholt and White City wards of the borough.

History

Origins

The name ''Shepherd's Bush'' is thought to have originated from the use of the

common land Common land is land owned by a person or collectively by a number of persons, over which other persons have certain common rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect wood, or to cut turf for fuel. A person who has ...

here as a resting point for shepherds on their way to Smithfield Market in the

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. An alternative theory is that it could have been named after someone in the area, because in 1635 the area was recorded as "Sheppard's Bush Green". Evidence of human habitation can be traced back to the

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. Shepherd's Bush enters the written record in the year 704 when it was bought by Waldhere,

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as a part of the "Fulanham" estate.

19th century

A map of London dated 1841 shows Shepherd's Bush to be largely undeveloped and chiefly rural in character, with much open farmland, compared with fast-developing Hammersmith. Residential development began in earnest in the late 19th century, as London's population expanded relentlessly. In 1904 the Catholic Church of Holy Ghost and St Stephen, built in the Gothic style with a triple-gabled facade of red brick and Portland stone, was completed and opened to the public.

20th century

Foundation stone in Shepherds Bush with shrapnel damage

Like other parts of London, Shepherd's Bush suffered from bomb damage during

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, especially from

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attacks (known as "doodlebugs" or "buzzbombs"), which struck randomly and with little warning. On 13 April 1963,

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recorded their first-ever BBC Television broadcast at

Lime Grove Studios Lime Grove Studios was a film, and later television, studio complex in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The complex was built by the Gaumont Film Company in 1915. It was situated in Lime Grove, a residential street in Shepherd's Bush, a ...

in Shepherd's Bush. The group returned in 1964 for a further recording. Lime Grove Studios was demolished in 1994 to make way for residential accommodation. More recently, the

White City bus station White City bus station serves the White City area of west London and Westfield London shopping centre. The bus station was opened on 29 November 2008 to serve the new Westfield London shopping centre. The station has been built around the Grad ...

is housed in the redeveloped

Dimco Buildings The Dimco Buildings are a pair of 19th-centry structures in White City, London, just north of Shepherd's Bush. Originally built in 1898 as an electric railway power station, they are now in use as a bus station. History The Dimco Buildings wer ...

(1898), Grade II listed red brick buildings which were originally built in 1898 as a shed for a London Underground power station. The Dimco buildings were used as a filming location for the 'Acme Factory' in the 1988 film ''

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'', and later served as the interior of the British Museum in '' The Mummy Returns''.

Geography

The area's focal point is Shepherd's Bush Green (also known as Shepherds Bush Common), a triangular area of about of open grass surrounded by trees and roads with shops, with Westfield shopping centre to its north. The Green is a hub on the local road network, with four main roads radiating from the western side of the green and three roads approaching its eastern apex, meeting at the large Holland Park Roundabout. This position makes it an important node of the

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, with eighteen bus routes arriving there. It is also served by five

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stations (see '' Transport'' below): Shepherd's Bush and

both on the Central line, and

Shepherd's Bush Market Shepherd's Bush Market is a street market in Shepherd's Bush, London. The market is located on the east side of the railway viaduct for the Hammersmith and City Tube line, and is bordered on the north side by the Uxbridge Road, and on the south ...

and Wood Lane all on the Hammersmith & City and

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lines. To the east, Shepherd's Bush is bounded by the physical barrier of the West London railway line and the grade-separated West Cross Route (part of the aborted 1960s London Motorway Box scheme); the Holland Park Roundabout and the small Addison Bridge to the south are the only ways to cross this barrier from Shepherds Bush. Most of the areas to the east of the barrier differ significantly in character, being associated with the more affluent Holland Park and Notting Hill; although the Edward Woods Estate just to the north-east of the roundabout is part of and is managed by the

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. To the south, Shepherd's Bush neighbours Brook Green and

Commerce

Commercial activity in Shepherd's Bush is now focused on the Westfield shopping centre next to Shepherd's Bush Central line station and on the many small shops which run along the northern side of the Green.

Originally built in the 1970s with a rooftop car park and connecting bridge to the station, the older West 12 Shepherds Bush shopping centre was significantly redeveloped in the 1990s. The bridge was removed, and the centre now houses several chain stores, a 12-screen cinema, gym, pub, restaurants, a medical practice and a supermarket. The small shops continue along many of the most popular roads within Shepherd's Bush, such as Uxbridge Road. Many of these establishments cater for the local ethnic minority communities. For example, a relatively large proportion of the local shops on Goldhawk Road (south of the Green) are dedicated to Ethiopian culture, whether that be through food, clothing or barbershops. (see '' Demographics''). Running parallel to, and partly under, an elevated section of the Hammersmith & City line there is a large permanent market, the

, selling all types of foodstuffs, cooked food, household goods, clothing and bric-à-brac. The Westfield Group (with Hausinvest Europa) opened a shopping centre in October 2008.

Office buildings

As well as the offices within the Television Centre on Wood Lane, opposite this is Network House, 1 Ariel Way, a building that was let by Frost Meadowcroft on behalf of Westfield to Zodiak Entertainment in September 2009 and in Rockley Road is the Shepherds Building where Endemol another TV company are based and where Jellycat, a soft toy company, relocated their head office to in February 2010. The same building also houses Escape Studios, a digital art school providing computer graphics training for the

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industry in London.

Residential

The residential areas of Shepherd's Bush are primarily located to the west of the Green, either side of Uxbridge Road and Goldhawk Road to the southwest, and about as far as Askew Road in the west. Much of the housing in this area consists of three- or four-storey terraces dating from the late 19th century, and subsequently divided up into small flats. Shepherd's Bush is also home to the White City Estate, a

housing estate A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex or housing development) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to country. Popular throughout the United States ...

that was originally constructed in the 1930s and further extended after the war in the early 1950s. It was built on the site of the grounds of the 1908 Franco-British Exhibition and close to the

White City Stadium White City Stadium was a stadium located in White City, London, England. Built for the 1908 Summer Olympics, it hosted the finish of the first modern marathon and other sports like swimming, speedway, boxing, show jumping, athletics, stock ca ...

and has given its name to the northern part of Shepherd's Bush which is now better known as White City.

Demographics

Significant communities from

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and

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exist in Shepherd's Bush. Street names in the area suggest links to

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but these were inspired by places and personalities from the

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or by their proximity to the former position of the South Africa Pavilion in the White City exhibition area. There is a Polish community, with a community centre in nearby Hammersmith. There are also Afro-Caribbean,

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Ethiopian Ethiopians are the native inhabitants of Ethiopia, as well as the global diaspora of Ethiopia. Ethiopians constitute several component ethnic groups, many of which are closely related to ethnic groups in neighboring Eritrea and other parts of ...

, Eritrean,

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

n, Lebanese,

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ian, Irish, Algerian, Moroccan and

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communities that exist in Shepherd's Bush.

Transport

Rail and Tube

Shepherd's Bush is a major transport interchange in west London. Five

stations serve the area, including: * Shepherd's Bush – at the eastern apex of Shepherd's Bush Green, near the Westfield shopping centre * Shepherd's Bush Market – to the north-west of the Green, on Uxbridge Road * Goldhawk Road – to the south-west of the Green, on Goldhawk Road * White City – to the north of the Westfield shopping centre * Wood Lane – to the north of the Westfield shopping centre All stations are in London fare zone 2. The Central line links the area to Ealing and areas of north-west London, such as

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and Ruislip. To the east, the line links Shepherd's Bush to London's West End, the City, and Stratford. Shepherd's Bush railway station MMB 06 377201

The

and Hammersmith & City lines share the same route through the area, with direct services southbound to nearby

. To the north, the lines curve eastwards towards Latimer Road and

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. The lines then run directly to key destinations such as

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, King's Cross, Moorgate in the city, and the

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. Shepherd's Bush railway station is served by National Rail trains, operated by London Overground () and

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. There are direct services from Shepherd's Bush to Kensington, and Clapham Junction and Balham, both of which are based in the south west of London, and

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in the south east of London. Northbound Southern services link the area to Wembley,

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, and

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. London Overground services running northbound travel towards

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, where services continue towards West Hampstead, Camden, Hackney, and Stratford in east London. The station is an out-of-station interchange with Shepherd's Bush tube station on the Central line, and is situated on the western side of Holland Park Roundabout.

Bus

There are two main bus interchanges in Shepherd's Bush. London Buses routes 31, 49, 72, 94, 95, 148, 207, 220, 228, 237, 260, 272, 283, 295, 316, 607, N72, N207, and C1 serve Shepherd's Bush Green and the southern side of the Westfield shopping centre. Most of these routes also serve

on the northern side of Westfield. Shepherd's Bush was also the proposed terminus of the West London Tram, an on-street light rail line running to

Uxbridge Uxbridge () is a suburban town in west London and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Hillingdon. Situated west-northwest of Charing Cross, it is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Uxb ...

via Acton, Ealing and Southall. This project was cancelled in 2007 in favour of an enhanced bus service and the development of Crossrail.

Cycling

Cycle lanes run around the southern rim of the Holland Park Roundabout on the eastern side of Shepherd's Bush. This provides cyclists with traffic-free access from Holland Park Avenue to Shepherd's Bush Green. Transport for London (TfL) proposes that a cycle spur will link the roundabout to Cycleway 9, which is intended to run along Kensington High Street. The Santander Cycles

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operates around Shepherd's Bush, with docking stations near Westfield, Wood Lane station, and Shepherd's Bush Road.

Road

A3220 Approaching the Holland Park Roundabout - geograph

The A3220/West Cross Route runs along the eastern rim of the district. Until 2000, the route was the M41 motorway, part of the abandoned Ringways network of

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s in London. Despite not retaining motorway status, pedal cycles are prohibited from using the route northbound. The A3220 links Shepherd's Bush with the A40/Westway to the north. This provides the area with a dual-carriageway link to

and

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to the east, and westbound to Acton and the M40 motorway. Southbound, the

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is named Holland Road and links the area to Earl's Court, the A4, and Chelsea. Other key routes through Shepherd's Bush include: * the

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( Wood Lane/Shepherd's Bush Road) – northbound to

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, and Harlesden, southbound to Hammersmith, Fulham, and Putney; * the A402 (

/ Holland Park Avenue) – westbound to Chiswick, eastbound to Notting Hill Gate, Marble Arch, and Oxford Street; * the A4020 ( Uxbridge Road) – westbound to Acton and Ealing.

In popular culture

Arts and entertainment

The junkyard in the sitcom '' Steptoe & Son'' was situated at the fictional 24 Oil Drum Lane, Shepherd's Bush. It is often humorously referred to in the popular BBC series '' Absolutely Fabulous'' where the main character, Edina Monsoon, owns her home but prefers to say she lives in the more favourable, upscale Holland Park nearby. The BBC used to have many offices in Shepherd's Bush, but many have now been closed or moved. They included the

on the site of previous film studios Gaumont and Gainsborough Pictures. Sulgrave House, Threshold and Union Houses and Kensington House—now a hotel. The BBC's presence in the Bush is now concentrated in two huge sites on Wood Lane, Television Centre and the White City building. The Media Village was built next to the White City building in the mid-1980s on the former site of the

. It is used by the BBC and other media companies including Red Bee Media (formerly BBC Broadcast, now a private company). Television Centre was the national home of BBC Television, and it is from there that BBC TV and radio news, the BBC website and a host of TV drama and light entertainment were broadcast. The BBC moved all of its news operations from Television Centre to Broadcasting House in central London in 2012. Shepherd's Bush Green The newly regenerated green in 2012–13 was the site for the public sculptures Goaloids by Fine Artist Elliott Brook. This Inspire Mark (awarded by LOCOG ( London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games) making it part of the

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) artwork was installed on Shepherd's Bush Green for the duration of London 2012 and the

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. These large unique rotating football related sculptures commemorated the history of Shepherd's Bush and

, which hosted the

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football. The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is the only Borough to have three football teams playing Premier League Football.

Bush Theatre The Bush Theatre is located in the Passmore Edwards Public Library, Shepherd's Bush, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It was established in 1972 as a showcase for the work of new writers. The Bush Theatre strives to create a s ...

is one of the most celebrated new writing theatres in the world. Situated on the green it has international reputation for discovering, nurturing and producing the best new theatre writers from the widest range of backgrounds, and for presenting their work to the high standards. Shepherd's Bush Empire is a music venue and former television studio, and has played host to some very popular acts and TV programmes, including

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, Rolling Stones,

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, '' The Old Grey Whistle Test'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Crackerjack'', and ''

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''.

Bush Hall Bush Hall is located at 310 Uxbridge Road, Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. Originally a dance hall, it is now an independent music venue with a capacity of 400. Bush Hall was built in 1904. It was used as a soup kitchen during World Wa ...

is another, rather smaller, venue at 310 Uxbridge Road, built in 1904 as a dance hall. It predominantly showcases smaller acoustic performers. Shepherd's Bush Walkabout was a popular music and live sports venue located on the western end of the green. On Australian and New Zealand national holidays, big sporting events such as the

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, and memorial days such as Anzac Day the Shepherd's Bush Walkabout became very busy. The live music was usually a mixture of up and coming local acts, and cover bands who played Australian and New Zealand classic songs and contemporary popular music. Shepherd's Bush Walkabout closed in early October 2013 and it was announced the site would be redeveloped into a hotel. The casting agency

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, which supplies extras for film shoots, is based in Hopgood Street, just off Shepherd's Bush Green. Some important

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groups have roots in Shepherd's Bush.

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infused much of their work with the youth culture of Shepherd's Bush during the 1960s and 1970s.

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, guitarist of punk legends the Sex Pistols, was born in Shepherd's Bush, and Pistols drummer Paul Cook grew up here.

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's early work is infused with the culture of Shepherd's Bush and the Westway.

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and Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty moved to Shepherd's Bush at age 16. Tony Butler, bass-player with 1980s band Big Country and others, was born in Shepherd's Bush. Bands Bush and

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hail from Shepherd's Bush, the former taking their name from the area. Classical musicians Evelyn Glennie and Robert Steadman have both lived in Shepherd's Bush. In the Westfield shopping centre area at White City, the grade II listed Dimco buildings (1898), now redeveloped as a bus station, were used as the location for the 'Acme Factory' in the 1988 film ''

''.

Sports

Shepherd's Bush is home to Queens Park Rangers football club, who play their home games in Loftus Road. Olympic gold medal winner Linford Christie also grew up in Shepherd's Bush and lived in Loftus Road as a child. A stadium on nearby

is named the

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in his honour. Some of the football games in the

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were hosted in Shepherd's Bush. Shepherds Bush F.C. were the local side until 1915. Former

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captain

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was born in Shepherd's Bush. The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham has created the Shepherd's Bush Conservation Area in order to promote the protection of local buildings of historic interest, and improve the character of the neighbourhood.

Politics

At Westminster, Shepherd's Bush is represented by

Andy Slaughter Andrew Francis Slaughter (born 29 September 1960) is a British Labour Party politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hammersmith, previously Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush, since 2005. He had previously served as Leader of the L ...

, the Labour Party MP for the constituency of

, which includes Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and North Fulham."Andy Slaughter MP"
Labour. Retrieved March 2012.

Gallery

File:Shepherd's Bush West12 Shopping Centre.jpg, Shepherds Bush's West 12 Shopping Centre, north entrance (2006) File:Shepherd's Bush Market.jpg,

, early morning, from the Uxbridge Road end (2006) File:Shepherd's Bush Overground stn entrance.JPG, The new Shepherd's Bush Overground station, opened in 2008 File:Westfield London Main Atrium 2009.jpg, Westfield Shopping Centre File:GOALOIDS PEOPLE WALKING.JPG, Goaloids by Artist Elliott Brook Shepherd's Bush Green (installed 2012)