Acton

Worth seeing in and around Acton

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Wembley Stadium

   Wembley Stadium, branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons, is an association football stadium in Wembley, London, England. It opened in 2007 on the site of the original Wembley Stadium, which had stood from 1923 until 2000.

   4.7 km · stadium in London, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Kew Gardens

   Kew Gardens is a botanic garden in southwest London founded in 1759 that houses the "largest and most diverse botanical and mycological collections in the world". Its living collections include some of the 27,000 taxa curated by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, while the herbarium, one of the largest in the world, has over 8.5 million preserved plant and fungal specimens.

   4.2 km · botanical garden and world's largest collection of living plants in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Live Aid

   Live Aid was a two-venue benefit concert and music-based fund-raising initiative held on Saturday, 13 July 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise further funds for relief of the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia, a movement that started with the release of the successful charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in December 1984.

   4.7 km · Global concert raised massive funds for famine and had Queen's Iconic performance · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Craven Cottage

   Craven Cottage is a football stadium in Fulham, West London, England, which has been the home of Fulham F.C. since 1896. The ground's capacity is 28,107; the record attendance is 49,335, for a game against Millwall in 1938.

   5.5 km · football stadium in Fulham, London · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium

   Loftus Road, currently known as MATRADE Loftus Road Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Shepherd's Bush, West London, Greater London, England, which is home to Queens Park Rangers Football Club, with a capacity of 18,439. In 1981, it became the first stadium in British professional football to have an artificial pitch of Omniturf installed.

   2.7 km · football stadium in London · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Brentford Community Stadium

   The Brentford Community Stadium, currently known as the Gtech Community Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium in Brentford, West London that is the home of Premier League football club Brentford. The stadium has a capacity of 17,250 and is suitable for use for both association football and rugby union matches.

   2.8 km · stadium in London, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Wembley Arena

   Wembley Arena is an indoor arena next to Wembley Stadium in Wembley, Greater London, England. The 12,500-seat facility is Greater London's second-largest indoor arena after the O2 Arena, and the ninth-largest in the United Kingdom.

   5 km · indoor arena adjacent to Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London · Wikipedia
8. 08
   The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness

   The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, also known as A Concert for Life, was a benefit concert by British rock band Queen and a number of supporting artists. It took place on 20 April 1992, at Wembley Stadium in London, England.

   4.7 km · 1992 benefit concert · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

   Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. An internationally important botanical research and education institution, it employs 1,100 staff.

   4.2 km · government botanical research institute in the UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Hammersmith Bridge

    Hammersmith Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the River Thames in west London. It links the southern part of Hammersmith in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, on the north side of the river, with Barnes in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, on the south side of the river.

    3.9 km · suspension bridge in London, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Acton

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 14 km · London Luton (LTN), 41 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 41 km

Stations

Queensway tube station, 5.8 km · Notting Hill Gate tube station, 5.1 km · Acton Town tube station, 1.4 km · Bayswater tube station, 5.7 km · Wembley Central station, 4.7 km

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  10 km · quickest by road, 44 min · £1–1.5
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• Luton, Luton → Acton

  42 km · quickest by road, 1h 9m · £5–6
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• London, Essex → Acton

  10 km · quickest by road, 44 min · £1–1.5
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