Open House Festival

Stamford Brook walk

walk/tour

Goldhawk road, W6 0XS

Start at Stamford Brook tube. Follow the hidden river, Stamford Brook, through streets and parks. Amongst the architecture, we will see on this route is a delightful square with great variety. Finish near Hammersmith Station.

Getting there

Tube

Stamford Brook

Train

Gunnersbury

Bus

237

Additional travel info

We will finish near Hammersmith underground station.

Access

Facilities

What you can expect

A few seats at the beginning and end and some about half way. Toilets at beginning and end of the walk plus in Ravenscourt Park

Map of course of Stamford Brook

About

History

Stamford Brook is one of London's hidden rivers. The walk takes you through a culturally rich and diverse area. The architecture is also diverse, ranging from a plantation owner's house, the home and studio of an impressionist painter, Victorian mansion blocks, the home of a woman writer, a hospital and the site of a medieval manor house, home to a king's mistress. Also ordinary homes and businesses.

Online presence

www.hounslow-heritage.org.uk

Nearby

Guided tour

Polish Social and Cultural Association

community/cultural, mixed use

Built 1972-74 in a part-brutalist style, POSK is the largest Polish Centre in Western Europe. It contains a theatre, the Polish Library, the Polish University Abroad, a Joseph Conrad collection, the Piłsudski Institute, Jazz Café with regular live concerts, art gallery, and art collection on public display.

M. F. Grzesik, 1971

Guided tour

Emery Walker's House

historical house

The home of Emery Walker, printer, antiquary and mentor to William Morris. A unique Arts and Crafts domestic interior.

Furnishings by Philip Webb and William Morris, 1750

Drop in

The Victorian Society

community/cultural, historical house, garden

Part of the original pioneering Bedford Park development, latterly restored by the Victorian Society and serving as their headquarters since the 1970s. Picturesque style; 3-storeys, Red and yellow brick; Dutch gable; oriel windows. Dated 1880, designed by E. J. May.

E J May, 1880

Drop in / Walking tour

Bedford Park Walking Tour and Exhibition

walk/tour, community/cultural

The event is hosted by the Bedford Park Society. Bedford Park is a planned suburb of 1875-86 and a precursor to the Garden Cities and Garden Suburbs, celebrating the 150th Anniversary of its founding in 202. Houses, churches, and other buildings by leading 19th century architects Richard Norman Shaw, EW Godwin, EJ May, Maurice B Adams, and learn of the early radical and aesthetic community.

Norman Shaw, EW Godwin, EJ May and Maurice B Adams, 1875

Drop in

William Morris Society - Kelmscott House

historical house

Residence of Sir Francis Ronalds, George MacDonald and (from 1878-96) William Morris. Organised by the William Morris Society. Access to the William Morris Society's premises in the Coach House and basement only, including the current exhibition.

Unknown, 1780

Drop in

Hammersmith Quaker Meeting House

religious

Recently designated as a Building of Cultural Interest by the Council, the Quaker Meeting House is designed to be a highly sustainable building to embody the Quaker values of simplicity and equality. The award winning building promotes a sense of calm and tranquility.

Stewart Dodd, 2020

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