Shepherd's Bush

Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	Maps for TQ225805
Administration
London borough:	Hammersmith and Fulham
County level:	Greater London
Region:	London
Nation:	England
Other
Ceremonial county:	Greater London
Historic county:	Middlesex
Services
Police force:	Metropolitan Police
Fire brigade:	London Fire Brigade
Ambulance service:	London Ambulance
Media
ITV franchise:	ITV London
BBC region:	BBC London
BBC Local Radio:	BBC London 94.9
Post office and telephone
Post town:	LONDON
Postal district:	W12
Dialling code:	020
Politics
UK Parliament:	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush
London Assembly:	West Central London
European Parliament:	London

Shepherd's Bush is a district in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham situated 4.9 miles (7.9 km) west of Charing Cross. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The administrative area of Greater London contains 32 London Boroughs, of which 12 (plus the City of London) make up Inner London and 20 Outer London. ... The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is a west London borough. ... Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government. ... For more coverage on London, visit the London Portal. ... The BOGUS regions, also known as BOGUS FASCIST SCOTTISH Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity in England. ... For more coverage on London, visit the London Portal. ... Home Nations is a term used to refer to the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (collectively, but also as separate entities, distinct from the United Kingdom as a whole), or the nations of the British Isles (traditionally... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st... The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England. ... For more coverage on London, visit the London Portal. ... The traditional counties of England are historic subdivisions of the country of England into around 40 regions. ... Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England. ... There are a number of police forces in the United Kingdom. ... The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) (commonly referred to by its former official name of the Metropolitan Police, or colloquially as The Met; often referred to in legislation as the Police of the Metropolis) is the Home Office (territorial) police force responsible for Greater London, England, with the exception of the... Fire brigades in the United Kingdom are organised on a territorial basis. ... The London Fire Brigade (LFB) provides fire fighting and rescue services in London, UK. It is the third largest fire department in the world with nearly 7000 staff. ... This is a list of ambulance services in England : ... The London Ambulance Service (LAS) is the largest ambulance service in the world that does not directly charge its patients for its services. ... ITV1 is a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... ITV London is the brand name and on-screen identity used by ITV plc for the ITV1 television channel in the London region. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... BBC London is the brand for the BBCs tri-media radio, television and online service for London and its immediate environs. ... BBC Local Radio is the BBCs regional radio service for England and the Channel Islands, consisting of 40 stations. ... BBC London 94. ... A post town is a required part of all UK postal addresses. ... UK postal codes are known as postcodes. ... W12 is a London postal district for Shepherds Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. ... The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which replaced the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel) in 2003. ... To see the list in alphabetical order see the categories UK Parliamentary constituencies and UK Parliamentary constituencies (historic). ... Ealing, Acton and Shepherds Bush is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... Greater London is divided into a number of constituencies for London Assembly elections. ... Greater London is divided into a number of constituencies for London Assembly elections. ... The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ... London is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... Image File history File links Summary Remade LCC/GLC crest. ... The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is a west London borough. ... The Victorian Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. ...

It is bordered by Hammersmith to the south, Notting Hill to the east, Willesden and Harlesden to the north, and Acton to the west. The Lyric theatre is just one of the arts and entertainment venues that have made Hammersmith a worthy rival to the West End. ... Notting Hill is a district of London located to the west of the centre and close to the north-western corner of Hyde Park. ... Willesden is an area in North London which forms part of the London Borough of Brent. ... Harlesden is a place in the London Borough of Brent. ... Acton is the name of several places, people and organizations: // Places England Acton, Cheshire Acton, Dorset Acton, Staffordshire Acton, Shropshire Acton, Worcestershire Acton, Suffolk Acton, London Of these, the London Acton is the largest. ...

Shepherd's Bush Green

The area's focal point is Shepherd's Bush Green, a large triangular patch of open grass, of approx 8 acres, surrounded by trees and roads with a couple of tennis courts.

Shepherd's Bush is thought to have been named after the area which shepherds were said to use as a meadow. However, it is also thought that it could have been named after someone in the area, because in 1635 the area was recorded as "Sheppards Bush Green". Events February 10 - The Académie française in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite. ...

Population

The area has long been a first home to second and first generation immigrants. There is a substantial expatriate population (including many travelling Antipodeans). Many of this latter group frequent the Walkabout pub on the Green. Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ...

Places of interest

Running parallel to, and partly under, the Hammersmith & City line tracks there is a large permanent market, selling groceries, cooked food, clothing and bric-à-brac. It caters considerably to the local Afro/Caribbean community. For details see here. A physical marketplace in Portugal enables buyers and sellers of produce to do business with each other. ...

A new 12-screen cinema opened recently, and the shopping centre that opened in the early 1970s was redeveloped. Also in W12 are Hammersmith Hospital, Hammersmith Park and HM Wormwood Scrubs Prison. It is also the home to Queens Park Rangers who play their home games in Loftus Road. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... W12 is a London postal district for Shepherds Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. ... Wormwood Scrubs is a place in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London. ... Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English football team, from Shepherds Bush, London. ... Loftus Road is a side-street in Shepherds Bush London W12. ...

The Westfield Group (with Hausinvest Europa) are building a new shopping centre, bounded by the West Cross Route (A3220, was the M41), the Westway (A40, previously A40(M)), and Wood Lane. A219 (also the old A40) This centre will be branded "whitecity" (a registered trade mark) and is mainly being constructed on the site of the Franco-British Exhibition (1908) and the 1908 Olympics. Ironically, this area is considered by locals to be part of Shepherd's Bush and not its namesake White City, London. The Westfield Group ASX: WDC is an Australian-owned company that owns shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. ... The West Cross Route is a short, 0. ... The West Cross Route is a short, 0. ... For other uses of Westway, see Westway Westway, or The Westway is the main route from central London to the northwestern suburbs and beyond. ... The A40 is a trunk road in England and Wales, connecting London to Fishguard. ... Wood Lane is a street in London. ... The A219, is a road in West London, England, which connects the A404 in Harlesden to the A24 in South Wimbledon. ... The Franco-British Exhibition (1908) was held in area now called White City. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... White City may be: In the United Kingdom: White City, London In Canada: White City, Saskatchewan In the United States: White City, Florida White City, Kansas White City, Illinois White City, Oregon White City, Utah And also; Tel Aviv; The White City is a nickname for this city in Israel...

Transport

The area is served by Shepherd's Bush, Central Line station and Shepherd's Bush, Hammersmith and City Line station of the London Underground. The stations are situated some five minute walk apart. 1900 Map showing location of Shepherds Bush Central Line station close to Shepherds Bush Green Shepherds Bush is a London Underground station. ... In medicine, a central (venous) line (or central venous catheter) is a catheter placed into a large vein. ... Shepherds Bush is a London Underground station. ... The Hammersmith and City Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured salmon pink on the Tube map. ... The Tube redirects here. ...

Other stations in the area include Goldhawk Road on the Hammersmith & City Line and, somewhat further afield, White City and East Acton station on the Central Line. Goldhawk Road Tube station, part of the London underground subway system, is located in northern Hammersmith, just on the edge of Shepherds Bush Green. ... White City tube station is a station of the London Underground on the Central Line, which lies just a short distance north of the disused Wood Lane tube station. ... East Acton is a London Underground station. ...

As a result of the current redevelopment work, a new station will be built on the Hammersmith and City Line at the Wood Lane overbridge, between Shepherd's Bush and Latimer Road stations. The station will be positioned east of Wood Lane and north of the line, to reduce the walking distance for those connecting with the Central Line. The Hammersmith and City Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured salmon pink on the Tube map. ... Wood Lane is a street in London. ... Shepherds Bush is the name of two separate stations of the London Underground. ... Latimer Road Tube Station is part of the Hammersmith and City Line on the London Underground Categories: Hammersmith & City Line stations | London Underground stubs ... In medicine, a central (venous) line (or central venous catheter) is a catheter placed into a large vein. ...

A new bus station is also under construction. There will also be a station on the West London Extension line, (West London Line) which lies to the east of the site and runs between Clapham Junction and Willesden Junction, sited between Kensington (Olympia) and Willesden Junction. To be called Shepherd's Bush due to open in late 2005/early 2006. The development is due to open in 2007. The West London Line is a short overground railway linking Clapham Junction in the south to Willesden Junction in the north. ... Clapham Junction is a railway station located in Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. ... Willesden Junction station is both a London Underground station and a railway station. ... Kensington (Olympia) station is a railway and tube station in West London. ... Willesden Junction station is both a London Underground station and a railway station. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A tram terminus is also planned at Shepherd's Bush as part of the West London Tram project, which will run from Uxbridge. There has been some initial research, but the project has currrently been delayed. Uxbridge is a place in the London Borough of Hillingdon in west London. ...

Associations with entertainment

Shepherd's Bush was the fictional home of Steptoe & Son, at 24 Oil Drum Lane. The BBC used to have many offices in Shepherd's Bush, but all have now been closed or re-located. They included the Lime Grove Studios on the site of previous film studios Gaumont and Gainsborough Pictures. Sulgrave House, Threshold and Union Houses and Kensington House—now a hotel. Steptoe and Son was a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about two rag and bone men living in Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherds Bush, London. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... Lime Grove Studios was a film studio complex built by the Gaumont Film Company in 1915 situated in a street named Lime Grove, near Hammersmith, west London and described by Gaumont as the finest studio in Great Britain and the first building ever put up in this country solely for... Gaumont Pictures were founded in 1895 by the engineer-turned-inventor, Léon Gaumont (1864-1946). ... Gainsborough Pictures was a film studio based in Islington, London, active between 1924 and 1951. ...

The BBC also used the Shepherd's Bush Empire theatre built in 1901 as a TV studio for many years for such shows as Wogan, That's Life!, Crackerjack, This is Your Life and others until 1991 and is now a concert venue. But BBC Television is still based at Television Centre in Wood Lane, their other major site/building BBC — White City stands on the site of the 1908 London Olympic Games, also called White City. The Shepherds Bush Empire (the first word is sometimes spelled Shepherds) is a music venue in Shepherds Bush in West London, England run by the Academy Music Group. ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Wogan was a chat show on British television, hosted by Terry Wogan. ... Thats Life! was a BBC television series, which began in 1973 and ran until 1994. ... Crackerjack was a British childrens comedy/variety BBC television series. ... This Is Your Life was a television show hosted by Ralph Edwards, first broadcast in the United States from 1952 to 1961 on NBC. It originated as a radio show airing from 1948 to 1952. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which began in 1936. ... BBC Television Centre BBC Television Centre (sometimes abbreviated TVC or TC) in London is home to the vast majority of BBC television output and, since 1998, almost all of the corporations national TV and radio news output by BBC News. ... Wood Lane is a street in London. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation. ... White City may be: In the United Kingdom: White City, London In Canada: White City, Saskatchewan In the United States: White City, Florida White City, Kansas White City, Illinois White City, Oregon White City, Utah And also; Tel Aviv; The White City is a nickname for this city in Israel... 1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London (see Wiktionary:London for the name in other languages) is the capital of the United Kingdom and England. ... For months before the Olympic Games, runners relay the Olympic Flame from Olympia to the opening ceremony. ... White City may be: In the United Kingdom: White City, London In Canada: White City, Saskatchewan In the United States: White City, Florida White City, Kansas White City, Illinois White City, Oregon White City, Utah And also; Tel Aviv; The White City is a nickname for this city in Israel...

Shepherd's Bush Empire is now a music venue, and has played host to some very popular acts, including David Bowie, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan. There is another, rather smaller, venue at 310 Uxbridge Road called Bush Hall, built in 1905 as a dance hall. It predominantly showcases smaller acoustic performers 'on their way up' (including M Ward and Emiliana Torrini), but has also been used by much better-known acts like R.E.M., Scissor Sisters and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds for fan club shows. David Bowie (born David Robert Hayward-Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English rock singer, musician and actor. ... The Rolling Stones are a British rock group who rose to prominence during the 1960s. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet whose enduring contributions to American song are often compared, in fame and influence, to those of Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... M. Ward is a Portland, Oregon based songwriter Matt Ward. ... Emiliana Torrini. ... R.E.M. is a rock band formed in Athens, Georgia in early 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and vocalist Michael Stipe. ... The Scissor Sisters (left to right): Del Marquis, Ana Matronic, Jake Shears, Paddy Boom, Babydaddy The Scissor Sisters are a five-piece American glam rock band strongly influenced by the gay-club scene of New York and named after a lesbian sex position (see tribadism). ... Nicholas Edward Cave (born September 22, 1957) is a musician, songwriter, poet, author, and actor. ...

The members of several important rock and roll groups, including Bush, The Clash, The Who and the Sex Pistols, grew up in Shepherd's Bush, as did (more recently) rock singer Pete Doherty. The post-grunge band Bush take their name from Shepherd's Bush. In the Spring of 2004 two actors, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman rented a small property in Bulwer Street, off of Wood Lane, where they prepared for their epic motorcyle journey Long Way Round. Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Bush is the name of some things and places, and a family name. ... The Clash was one of the most successful British punk rock groups that existed from 1976 to 1986. ... The Who are a British rock band that first came to prominence in the 1960s. ... Sex Pistols are, despite their short existence, one of the most influential English punk bands. ... Peter Doherty Pete Doherty (born 12 March 1979) is the singer for the band Babyshambles, and formerly co-frontman and songwriter (along with Carl Barat) of The Libertines, with whom he first shot to fame and appeared in the public eye. ... Grunge music (sometimes also referred to as the Seattle Sound) is an independent-rooted music genre that became a commercially successful offshoot of hardcore punk, thrash metal, and alternative rock in the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Bush is the name of some things and places, and a family name. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... Ewan McGregor Ewan Gordon McGregor (born March 31, 1971 in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland) is a Scottish actor who has had significant success in both mainstream and art house movies. ... Charley Boorman (born on August 23, 1966 in Wimbledon, London, UK), is an English actor and the son of movie director John Boorman and his wife, the former Christel Kruse. ... Wood Lane is a street in London. ... Overview Long Way Round is the title of the book, television series, and cd publicising the journey of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman from London to New York on motorcycles. ...

Classical musicians Evelyn Glennie and Robert Steadman have both lived in Shepherd's Bush. Evelyn Glennie on the cover of her greatest hits album Evelyn Glennie (born July 19, 1965 in Aberdeenshire) is a Scottish virtuoso percussionist who studied at Londons Royal Academy of Music. ... Robert Steadman (born April 1, 1965) is a British composer and conductor of classical music who mostly works in a post-minimalist style but also writes lighter music, including musicals, and compositions for educational purposes. ...