Visit Chiswick Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Chiswick

  

Chiswick Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Chiswick

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Chiswick history

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Chiswick was first recorded c. 1000 as the Old English Ceswican meaning “Cheese Farm” The area was settled in Roman times; an urn found at Turnham Green contained Roman coins, and Roman brickwork was found under the Sutton manor house. In 1822, the Royal Horticultural Society leased 33 acres (13.4 ha) of land in the area south of the High Road between what are now Sutton Court Road and Duke’s Avenue. The population grew tenfold during the 19th century, reaching 29,809 in 1901.

Chiswick geography / climate

Chiswick occupies a meander of the River Thames, 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Charing Cross. The district is built up towards the north with more open space in the south. The river forms the southern boundary with Kew, including North Sheen, Mortlake and Barnes.

You can visit Chiswick places with Walkfo Chiswick to hear history at Chiswick’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Chiswick has 408 places to visit in our interactive Chiswick map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Chiswick, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Chiswick places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Chiswick & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Chiswick Places Map
408 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Chiswick tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Chiswick

  

Best Chiswick places to visit

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Chiswick has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Chiswick’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Chiswick’s information audio spots:

St Mary’s Church, Acton, London St Mary’s Church is a Church of England parish church in Acton in the London Borough of Ealing . The present church was designed by Horace Francis and constructed 1865–1867 . The church was listed Grade II in 1981 .

Old Pack Horse The Old Pack Horse is a Grade II listed public house in Chiswick, London . It is located on the corner of the High Road and Acton Lane .

Chiswick Empire The Chiswick Empire opened in 1912 and closed and was demolished in 1959 . George Formby, Laurel and Hardy, Chico Marx, Peter Sellers and Liberace performed there .

Compass Box Compass Box Whisky was founded in 2000 by American entrepreneur John Glaser, a former marketing director at Johnnie Walker . Jill Boyd began blending whisky for Compass Box in 2017 and was joined by James Saxon in 2019 .

Ealing Common Ealing Common is a large open space (approx 47 acres) in Ealing, West London . It is the largest open space in the world, with an area of 47 acres .

Mawson Arms The Mawson Arms/Fox and Hounds is a Grade II* listed public house . The entire terrace of five houses is listed, and they were built in about 1715 for Thomas Mawson . They adjoin one side of Fuller’s Griffin Brewery .

Hanger Hill Hanger Hill or Haymills Estate is a local area and ward of the London Borough of Ealing . It was developed in the interwar period when affluent Londoners moved out of Central London for more green spaces . The estate features spacious houses and flats designed by architects Douglas Smith and Barley .

Ealing Grove Ealing Grove was a mansion and estate in Ealing, Middlesex, west London . It was adjacent to the Ealing House estate, but distinct from it, and stood amongst trees .

Shepherd’s Bush Conservation Area Shepherd’s Bush Conservation Area is one of a number of areas in Hammersmith and Fulham which have been designated for conservation. Broadly speaking it encompasses Shepherd’s Green and its immediate environs, including many streets north of the Green.

North End, Fulham North End was, until the last quarter of the 19th-century, a scattered hamlet among the fields and market gardens, between Counter’s Creek and Walham Green in the Parish of Fulham in the County of Middlesex. Sir John Scott Lillie built the ‘North End Brewery’ complex in 1832.

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