Chiswick: famous for ship building and cheese

Chiswick is cut in two by the A4 road. North of the A4 below Chiswick High Road, in the area of Turnham Green, the small houses of the Glebe Estate, lying between Duke Road and Devonshire Road, contain cottages from the 19th century. There are large 1930s mansion blocks at Sutton Court Road and Watchfield Court. There are desirable houses in the area towards Hammersmith and north and south of Chiswick High Road. Round Gunnersbury station there are a mixture of mansion blocks and houses from “period” to modern. On the other side of the A4 - the Thames side - there is a cluster of old streets at Strand-on-the-Green. This was a village from ancient time and contains many cottages in its small streets. Many houses are Georgian but in the late 20th century small developments were added where gaps allowed.

Further round the Thames is Grove Park, which is on a slightly grander scale. The Duke of Devonshire built an estate here for the well-to-do on the grounds of his former house. The houses are not all of one style. There are Victorian and Edwardian houses right through to more recent developments before the Second World War. The most desirable part of the estate is Hartington Road where the houses run parallel with the river. There are several little riverside developments such as Chiswick Quay, Chiswick Staithe and Thames Village, almost on the banks of the Thames.

On the north side of the railway line into London are the attractive streets around Staveley Road and Park Road which is a conservation area. Further round the Thames, there is another cluster of residential streets at Old Chiswick, the original village. Most of the prestigious houses are on Chiswick Mall along the river. Pumping Station Road, which was originally industrial (as the name implies) was developed into residential homes in the 1990s. There are groups of houses in other new developments schemes in this area.