Local Attractions

1) Walking Distance
  • Carling Apollo Hammersmith
    • Major concert venue
  • Earls court and Olympia exhibition centres
    • Major trade and consumer shows and exhibitions
  • Lyric Hammersmith
    • Plush Victorian interior. Main and Studio theatres
  • The Queen's Club
    • Premier lawn tennis and racquets club, hosts the Stella Artois Championships in June. Founded in 1886
  • Riverside Studios
    • Renound arts and media centre: TV productions, theatre, films and special events.
  • The Old Ship, The Dove, The Blue Anchor, The Rutland, The Crabtree and other traditional pubs by the river with a variety of food.
  • River Cafe
    • Famous Italian restaurant by the river
  • Hammersmith Irish Centre
    • London's premier centre for Irish art and music: big name concerts and arts.
  • Kensington, Sons of the River Rowing Club; and Corinthians Sailing Club
  • Rowing and Sailing Clubs
    • Close to the traditional pubs by the river. There are the Furnivall Sculling Auriol
  • POLSK (Polish) Centre
    • For Polish arts and culture, concerts, plays, dances and Polish restaurant and cafe.
  • Shepherd's Bush Empire
    • Major music venue
  • BBC Backstage Tours
    • Tours and free TV show tickets at BBC's television centre
  • Museum of Fulham Palace
    • Historic home of the Bishops of London

 

 

 

 

2) Near-by (10 - 20 minutes by underground)

3) By Public Transport (40-60 minutes from Hammersmith) 

  • Westfield Shopping Center (largest inner-city mall in Europe)
  • Kew Gardens
  • Natural History Museum
  • Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum
  • London Wetland Centre
  • Science Museum
  • Harrods
  • Kensington Palace
  • Albert Hall
  • Hyde Park
  • Piccadilly Circus
  • Westend Theatreland
  • Trafalgar Square
  • Tate and Tate Modern Galleries
  • Westminster Abbey
  • St Paul's Cathedral
  • London Aquarium
  • London Zoo
  • Madame Tussaud's and Planatarium
  • Oxford Street shopping world
  • Chelsea harbour Design centre - nearly 80 shouw rooms for leading interior designers and decorators
  • Buckingham Palace
  • Portobello Market
  • Covent Garden
  • Houses of Pariament and Big Ben
  • The London Eye
  • British Museum
  • IMAX Cinema (3D cinema)
  • Wimbledon Tennis Club
  • Windsor Castle

  • Lego Land

  • Thorpe Park

  • Hampton Court

  • Chessington World of Adventure