Gunnersbury
| Gunnersbury | |
|---|---|
 The Gunnersbury public house | |
  Gunnersbury Location within Greater London | |
| OS grid reference | TQ195785 |
| London borough | |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | W3, W4, W5 |
| Post town | BRENTFORD |
| Postcode district | TW8 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| UK Parliament | |
| London Assembly | |
Gunnersbury is an area of West London, England.
Toponymy
The name "Gunnersbury" originally meant "Gunner's (Gunnar's) fort", and is a combination of an old Scandinavian personal name + Middle English -bury, meaning, "fort", or "fortified place" .Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
In August 1921, London General Omnibus Company established a bus overhaul facility off Chiswick High Road.[1] It incorporated a Training School with a bus skidpan.[2] In 1989, London Transport closed the works.[3][4] In 2001 the site was redeveloped as the Chiswick Business Park with 12 medium density office buildings.[5][6] It houses companies including SBS Broadcasting Networks, CBS News, Technicolor, Discovery Channel Europe, Intelsat, Singapore Airlines, Qantas, Foxtons, and a Virgin Active health club.
Immediately to the east is Gunnersbury Triangle nature reserve. An area of woodland, it supports many species of birds, plants, and animals. It has free admission and its entrance is on the south of Bollo Lane, a few yards from Chiswick Park Tube Station.[7][8]
Just to the north of Gunnersbury Triangle, Chiswick Park Footbridge connects Gunnersbury's Chiswick Business Park with Chiswick Park tube station. It was designed by Expedition Engineering and Useful Studios.[9][10]
Gunnersbury lends its name to a nearby secondary school, formerly a Grammar School, in Brentford. Gunnersbury Catholic School is a boys-only Catholic comprehensive with co-educational sixth form. It used to be located on Gunnersbury Avenue and it backed on to Gunnersbury Park. Since 1984, it has been located in The Ride, Brentford.
In 1886, Gunnersbury was given its own parish church, dedicated to Saint James. The church stood on Chiswick High Road, near Chiswick Roundabout. The church was decommissioned just over a century later, in 1987, and demolished soon afterwards. The parish was united with that of St Paul's, Brentford.[11]
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Gunnersbury Baptist Church -
BSI building over Gunnersbury station -
18th-century mock temple in Gunnersbury Park -
Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, Harvard Road -
Transport
Nearest tube stations
Nearest railway station
References
- ^ Inspecting General Overhaul Works Commercial Motor 1 September 1925
- ^ Chiswick London Bus Rally 1983 YouTube clip
- ^ BEL grows in London Commercial Motor 20 July 1989
- ^ Taylor, James (2009). The London Bus. Botley: Shire Publications. p. 26. ISBN 978-074780-728-5.
- ^ Chiswick Business Park Invest Hounslow
- ^ Route 27 Comes to Chiswick Business Park Chiswick Herald
- ^ "Gunnersbury Triangle". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 18 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ^ "Map of Gunnersbury Triangle". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ "New bridge legs bring Crossrail access nearer for Chiswick Park". The Chiswick Herald. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "Chiswick Park Footbridge". Expedition. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
- ^ "Saint James, Gunnersbury: Chiswick High Road, Hounslow". aim25.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
External links
Media related to Gunnersbury at Wikimedia Commons
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