Where to live in Barnes

Castelnau runs from Upper Richmond Road and becomes Rocks Lane on the way. At the top it branches left to form Lonsdale Road which runs along the Thames bank towards Barnes Bridge. These streets have huge detached and semi-detached mentions set well back from the road behind gardens and driveways. At the Hammersmith Bridge end there are Edwardian mansion blocks in Riverview Gardens and Clavering Avenue. The streets between Lonsdale Road and Castelnau contain family houses from the Victorian and Edwardian eras through to the 1930s. They include streets such as Nassau Road, Westmoreland Road and Kitson Road. On the east side of Castelnau is the former waterworks which has been converted into the Barnes Waterside estate. Part of the site is now a large nature reserve. Nearby is another new estate, Harrods Village, containing houses and flats in the former Harrods warehouse.

The original Barnes village is in the area below Church Road. Piper Road and neighbouring streets towards Barnes Common contain Victorian houses in Gothic style. Station Road leading from the village pond to the railway station contains Victorian terraces and workers cottages, as well as large Victorian mansions. Towards the railway lines, there are Victorian and early 20th-century semi-detached houses in Cleveland Road and Brookwood Avenue. By the river, The Terrace contains beautiful Georgian houses. On the other side of the Barnes Bridge, Elm Bank Gardens has more Georgian houses as well as an Edwardian mansion block called Elm Bank Mansions.

Inland from the river, there are small cottages in Charles Street, Thorne Street, Archway Street and Westfields Avenue which were originally constructed for local brewery workers. This area is called Little Chelsea because the houses are similar to mews houses across the river.