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 estateagent styled village term was first used in early 80s to market houses, at the time the term did not even reach as far as Dudley rd. 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] Rahul Raswant,[4] Jonathan Powell[5] and Mary Nightingale.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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. ↑ "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.

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


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