Brackenbury Village

Brackenbury Village is a residential district of west London between the Goldhawk Road, King Street, Hammersmith Grove and Ravenscourt Park. It is named after Brackenbury Road in which there is a small parade of shops which form the heart of the village. This includes Brackenburys (Delicatessen & Coffee Shop), The Brackenbury Restaurant, Sisi's (Hardware & Ironmonger), Hepsibah (Gallery & Hatmaker) and Stenton's (Traditional family butchers). The name of the area came from estate agent descriptions,[1][2] with houses in the area selling for over a million being seen regularly.[1] The area has one of Britain's best all-girl schools, Godolphin and Latymer School and the highly publicised Toby Young's West London Free School and West London Free School Primary.

Famous residents include Jayne Hepsibah,[3] Adrian Chiles,[4] Jeremy Vine,[5] Hanif Kureishi,[5] Jonathan Powell[5] and Mary Nightingale.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Shockwaves in affluent enclave". Evening Standard. 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  2. ↑ "Evans's odyssey". The Independent. 1996-03-02. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  3. ↑ Mary Wilson (12 Apr 2007), "Wherever I lay my hat... that's my home", Daily Telegraph
  4. ↑ "Minutes of the 2006 Annual General Meeting" (pdf). Brackenbury Residents Association. 2006-07-20. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "The rise of postcode snobbery; Londoners obsessed with what an address says about them lie about where they live". Evening Standard. 2006-05-03. Retrieved 2010-08-01.

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Coordinates: 51°29′56″N 0°13′55″W / 51.499°N 0.232°W