According to the 2001 census Hammersmith and Fulham has a population of 165,242. 78% of the borough is white, 5% black Caribbean and 5% Black African. 44% of households are owner-occupiers.
Sport in the Borough
Considering its size, there are an extraordinary number of sporting successes based in and around the borough. They include:
Football Clubs
Fulham and Chelsea Football Clubs are both based in the borough and play Premiership football. Queens Park Rangers are lower league, but still can contribute to the borough's claim of having three of the nation's top 44 football teams.
Footballers
Andy Cole was born in the borough and is currently in his second spell for Fulham, having been capped for England and been a part of Manchester United's historic treble.
Sean Davis plays for Spurs and has been capped at Under-21 level.
Athletes
Linford Christie, Olympic gold medal winner at 100 metres, trained, lived and has a stadium named after him in the borough.
Rowers
There are a huge number of rowing clubs in the borough, the most famous being Tideway Scullers. Many of Britain's top rowers throughout modern history have trained along the Thames, including Matthew Pinsent and Steve Redgrave who between them have 9 Olympic Gold Medals.
Residents interested in the future of Fulham Football Club are being invited to a consultation meeting on 24 October.
The news comes after Hammersmith and Fulham Council was approached by the club who are seeking to increase the capacity of Craven Cottage by 4,000 seats.
The park, located on Lillie Road near to Fulham Pools, will undergo a £2.86 million redevelopment thanks to a partnership investment from North Fulham NDC and Hammersmith and Fulham council.
FULHAM, a western metropolitan borough of London, England, bounded N.W. by Hammersmith, N.E. by Kensington, E. by Chelsea, and S.E., S. and S.W. by the river Thames.
In the north Fulham includes the residential district known as West Kensington, and farther south that of Walham Green.
The manor house or palace of the bishops of London stands in grounds, beautifully planted and surrounded by a moat, believed to be a Danish work, near the river west of Putney Bridge.
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