The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is a London borough in West London and forms part of Inner London.
It was formed in 1965 by merging the MetropolitanBorough of Hammersmith and the MetropolitanBorough of Fulham.
The borough is known internationally for the 1908 Olympics, hosted in White City, and for being home to the main facilities of the BBC at BBC Television Centre.
HAMMERSMITH, a western metropolitanborough of London, England, bounded E. by Kensington and S. by Fulham and the river Thames, and extending N. and W. to the boundary of the county of London.
Hammersmith is mentioned with Fulham as a winter camp of Danish invaders in 879, when they occupied the island of Hame, which may be identified with Chiswick Eyot.
The borough council consists of a mayor, 5 aldermen, and 30 councillors.