Brentford

Worth seeing in and around Brentford

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
   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.

   1.4 km · botanical garden and world's largest collection of living plants in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Twickenham Stadium

   Twickenham Stadium is a rugby union stadium in Twickenham, London, England. It is owned by the Rugby Football Union, the English rugby union governing body, which has its headquarters there.

   4 km · rugby stadium in London · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   1.6 km · stadium in London, England · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   1.3 km · government botanical research institute in the UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Griffin Park

   Griffin Park was a football ground in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow, England. It was the home ground of Brentford from its opening in September 1904 to August 2020.

   600 m · association football stadium in London · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Kew Palace

   Kew Palace is a British royal palace within the grounds of Kew Gardens on the banks of the River Thames. Originally a large complex, few elements of it survive.

   1.1 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Kew Bridge

   Kew Bridge is a wide-span bridge over the Tideway linking the London Boroughs of Richmond upon Thames and Hounslow. The present bridge, which was opened in 1903 as King Edward VII Bridge by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, was designed by John Wolfe-Barry and Cuthbert Arthur Brereton.

   1.6 km · bridge in London, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   University of West London

   The University of West London is a public research university in the England with campuses in Ealing, Brentford and Reading, Berkshire. The university has roots in 1860 when the Lady Byron School was founded, later Ealing College of Higher Education.

   2.3 km · university in Ealing, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Syon House

   Syon House is the west London residence of the Duke of Northumberland. A Grade I listed building, it lies within the 200-acre Syon Park, in the London Borough of Hounslow.

   1 km · house with park in Isleworth, west London, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Richmond Bridge

    Richmond Bridge is an 18th-century stone arch bridge that crosses the River Thames at Richmond, connecting the two halves of the present-day London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It was designed by James Paine and Kenton Couse.

    3.2 km · 18th-century bridge in London, England · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

Although not nearly as concentrated as Central London, West London's attractions are many and varied:

From Wikivoyage: Brentford, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Rugby League:

1. 01
   London Broncos

   Vallis Way, Ealing W13 0DD (near Castle Bar Park railway station, 2tph to Greenford CEN and West Ealing ELI ),.

2. 02
   Questors

   12 Mattock Ln, Ealing, W5 5BQ, Box Office), jane@questors.org.uk.

3. 03
   Watermans Arts Centre

   The Watermans Centre is one of West London's finest arts and cultural venues.

4. 04
   Brentford FC

   Brentford Community Stadium, 166 Lionel Road North TW8 9QT.

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Where to eat

Chiswick is an area of West London with a wide range of options. There are at least 30 restaurants in Chiswick. Chiswick High Road has the usual wide selection of fast food outlets and supermarket food. For the more discerning, an extensive range of restaurants and eateries exists for all tastes and budgets that makes Chiswick a definite destination for the gastronome. = =

1. 01
   Oddono's Chiswick

   159 Chiswick High Road, W4 2DT (tube: Turnham Green DIS ),.

2. 02
   High Road Brasserie

   Mon-Thu 7AM-midnight, Fri 7AM-1AM, Sat 8AM-1AM, Sun 8AM-11PM.

3. 03
   La Trompette

   5-7 Devonshire Rd, Chiswick (tube: Turnham Green DIS 418 m, Chiswick Park DIS 821 m), fax: +44 20 8995-8097, info@latrompette.co.uk.

4. 04
   Old Pack Horse

   434 Chiswick High Rd, Chiswick, W4 5TF (tube: Chiswick Park DIS ),.

5. 05
   At Thai

   Inexpensive Thai food with the same menu as Angrid Thai in Oxford.

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Getting to Brentford

Airports

London Heathrow (LHR), 11 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 38 km · London Luton (LTN), 43 km

Stations

Acton Town tube station, 2.8 km · Turnham Green tube station, 3.9 km · Boston Manor tube station, 1.5 km · Ealing Common tube station, 3.1 km · Ealing Broadway station, 3.2 km

• Luton, Luton → Brentford

  44 km · quickest by road, 1h 15m · £5–7
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• London, Essex → Brentford

  13 km · quickest by road, 47 min · £1.5–2
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Brentford

  155 km · quickest by road, 2h 56m · £18–24
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Brentford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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