Wormwood Scrubs is a place in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London. It is just north of Shepherd's Bush and White City. It is the location of HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, built between 1875 and 1891. The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is a west London borough. ... St. ... Shepherds Bush is a suburb in west London. ... White City is a place in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in London in England. ... Her Majestys Prison Service is the British Executive Agency reporting to the Home Office tasked with managing many of the prisons within the United Kingdom. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1891 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
A large open space, the area also includes the Linford Christiestadium and the North Pole sidings used by the Eurostar trains. Linford Christie Linford Christie (born April 2, 1960) is a former British athlete. ... The Olympia Stadium: start and finish lines visible, defining the length of one stadium (in this case 192. ... Eurostar logo Eurostar is a train service that connects London with Paris and Brussels. ...
The eastern part of the area is known as Little Wormwood Scrubs - it was here that a suspect package linked to the 21 July 2005 London bombings was found in bushes. Wikinews has news related to this article: Four small explosions strike Londons transport system On 21 July 2005, four attempted bomb attacks disrupted part of Londons public transport system two weeks after the 7 July 2005 London bombings. ...
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Nowadays WormwoodScrubs is better known to Londoners as the drill ground for Household Cavalry or as a place where Volunteers practise at rifle butts and "sportsmen" destroy pigeons.
WormwoodScrubs is essentially a prison for "doing time" - where all incarcerated, male and female, have been sentenced to imprisonment, principally for short periods.
The most earnest wish of the authorities at WormwoodScrubs is not to force, but to persuade; to keep their charges well in hand, but to impress upon them that when their offence is once purged they should no more return to gaol.
WormwoodScrubs, known locally as The Scrubs, is an open space located in the north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London.
At the western end is HM PrisonWormwoodScrubs, built between 1875 and 1891 by convict labour.
In 1879, Parliament passed The WormwoodScrubs Act, which aimed to create a 'metropolitan exercising ground' for the military and to provide the Scrubs for 'the perpetual use by the inhabitants of the metropolis for exercise and recreation'.
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