Open House Festival

Brook Green walk

walk/tour

Hammersmith station, Hammersmith and City line, W6 7AA

what3words: boot.chief.rapid

A walk around Brook Green with emphasis on the buried lost river, Stamford Brook.

Getting there

Tube

Hammersmith

Additional travel info

We will start and end at the Hammersmith and City underground station, at the entrance opposite the Swan pub in Beadon Road. Not Piccadilly

Access

What you can expect

Some seating available about half way.

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Activities

Wed 16 Sep

Walking tour

10:30–12:00

Walking tour

We will see a variety of buildings and learn about various inhabitants

How to book

Bookings will open at midday on 19 August. You won't be able to book a ticket before then.

About

Brook Green

A walk to follow the course of one of London's lost rivers, Stamford Brook. There are three tributaries in West London. The one which runs under Brook Green was used extensively for various industrial processes, and we will explore some of the reminders of these uses.

Online presence

www.hounslow-heritage.org.uk

Nearby

Drop in / Talk

Sacred Heart High School, 212 Hammersmith Road, W6 7DG

religious

This historic Grade II* site is shielded from view by a long wall but once inside your eyes and mind will be opened to its extraordinary heritage features (including the sheltered cloister garden and 130m of wall paintings) and the hidden history of those who shaped this place from 1669. Royalty, subterfuge, escape, resistance and an audacious plan.

John Francis Bentley, 1881

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

Drop in

Tuckey Design Studio

architectural practice, community/cultural

This transformation of a derelict pub into an architecture studio doubles up as a gallery and lecture theatre. The new office is an example of the practice’s approach towards existing structures and intelligent architectural interventions.

Unknown, 1884

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