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BROOK GREEN ...

 

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Three hundred years ago you might have passed Nell Gwynn and Kitty Fisher on Brook Green. Now it is more likely to be an harassed mother with a three-wheeler buggy. Something of a shake-up is happening in this "village" between Shepherd's Bush and Hammersmith.

Towering house prices in W11, excellent schools (from nursery up to 18) and a convenient transport network for a quick getaway to the country have led to an influx of young families. With new residents, so the kebab joints and junk shops are gradually giving way to more chi-chi shops and boutiques - yet none of Brook Green's essential charm has been lost.

Restaurants, bars & pubs
Shopping

Miscellaneous
Surgeries & clinics
The green
Libraries
Activities for pre-schoolers
Schools
Property
Estate agents



Restaurants, bars & pubs


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There is a thriving restaurant scene supported by lunch-time trade from Olympia fairs and business such as EMI and Virgin in Brook Green itself.

On Blythe Road
Cotto - expensive but popular modern cuisine, tel: 020 7602 9333

Blythe Road - quiet local. Excellent food but lacks former buzz, tel: 020 7371 3635

Pope's Eye - always busy. Go for top-quality steak and fantastic wine list, tel: 020 7610 4578


Masbro Road
Havelock Tavern - gets crowded and you can’t book, so pick your time well. Excellent food at reasonable prices

Parrs Head - good Thai nosh

Shepherd's Bush Road
The Raj of India - Excellent - good for takeaway too, tel: 020 7602 9112

Snows on the Green - you either love it or hate it, tel: 020 76032142

Los Molinos - basic tapas and sangria, tel: 020 7603 2229

Richmond Way
Chinon - Don’t look at the decor, though food is superb - a real personal touch, tel: 020 7602 4082
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Shopping

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Shepherd’s Bush Road
J W Beeton
Boutique with wearable eclectic clothes for women and men

Picture
Framing shop. With its excellent shop front it ups the tone of the road

Sutherlands
Longstanding deli - you can buy anything here


Tesco
Just west of Shepherd's Bush Rd
Getting better all the time - lots of organic and plenty of parking

Oliver Bonas
Great for gifts

Prime Time Video
84 Shepherd's Bush Rd
tel: 020 7371 3352

Sri Thai supermarket
56 Shepherd's Bush Rd
tel: 020 7602 0621

Blythe Road
Innes & Innes
Painted furniture and fabrics a la Cath Kidston

Boomerang
Secondhand kids’ clothes and furniture, including swift turnover of buggies and prams
NB closed Thursdays
tel: 020 7610 5232

Forrest & Co
Very friendly pharmacist will order anything you need

Richmond Way
La Florette
Consistently good florist

MG Hairdressing
tel: 020 7371 6383
Great with kids' hair
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Miscellaneous
Nannies
Brook Green Nannies
tel: 020 7603 9555

Masbro Centre
87 Masbro Road
tel: 020 7605 0800
For classes, including homeopathy, dark room hire, pilates and pottery workshop
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Surgeries & clinics
Brook Green Medical Centre
Bute Gdns (NHS and private)
tel: 020 7237 2800

Sterndale Surgery
Sterndale Rd
tel: 020 7602 3797 (NHS)
Offers private homeopathy and osteopathy services

Milson Road Health Centre
tel: 020 8846 6262
Many child health test (eg sight) held here and baby massage classes
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The Green

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Big green space that’s packed at lunchtimes in the summer.

One of the best playgrounds in London but consequently gets busy - go before 3.30pm on weekdays if you can.

Four tennis courts: £5 per hour (free before 9am)
tel: : 020 7736 1735 between 10am–noon Mon–Fri.

Rocco de Villiers (07956 184434) offers private coaching at £25 per hour for kids (from 3 years) and adults. There's a sociable dog section.
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Libraries
Hammersmith Library
Shepherd's Bush Road (opposite fire station)
tel: 020 8600 4888
Opening times: 9.30am-8pm Mon, Tue & Thu; 9.30am-5pm Wed, Fri & Sat; 1.15-5pm Sun
Reference-only (including trade magazines) library upstairs; video rental
A reading group meets every fourth Saturday at 10.30am (call Mr Herbert 020 8753 3811)
Regular children's books' readings - phone for details on above no
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Activities for pre-schoolers
Music
Music with Louisa Harmer
tel: 020 7603 3602
Tue & Wed 9.30-10.30 & 10.30-11.30

Rebecca's Songbirds
at St Matthew's
Masbro Rd
tel: 020 8752 0966 - phone for dates during summer. Friday mornings (10am) from autumn.

Playgroups - (all 10am-noon)
St Simon's
Rockley Road
Tue (parents only) & Thu
Best in the area

Masbro Centre
Mon & Thu

Brook Green Bunnies
Church hall on Brook Green
Mon & Wed

Babies
Baby massage
Offered privately by Alison Hodgkinson
tel: 020 7602 7426
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Schools
Independent nurseries
Sinclair Nursery
tel: 020 7602 3745

Bright Sparks
tel: 020 7371 4697

Busy Bee
tel: 020 7602 8905

State nursery
James Lee Nursery
tel: 020 8741 8877

Independent primary schools
Bute House
tel: 020 7603 7381
Girls only - ballot system of entry

State Primary schools
Addison Primary
tel: 020 7603 5333

Avonmore Primary
tel: 020 7603 9750

St Mary's Primary
tel: 020 7603 7717

Secondary Schools
St Paul's for Girls
tel: 020 7603 2288
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Buying Property
What you can expect to pay for a ...
two-bedroom flat: £235-275,000
three-bedroom house: £450-650,000
five-bedroom house: £900,000+
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Estate Agents
Barnard Marcus, tel: 020 7603 3000
Brook Green Estate Agency, tel: 020 7603 7232
Finlay Brewer, tel: 020 7371 4171
Landsdowne, tel: 020 7371 2122
Leslie Marsh, tel: 020 7603 5181
Marsh & Parsons, tel: 020 7602 0025
Tates, tel: 020 7602 6020
Townends, tel: 020 7602 5666
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First published in angels and urchins, Summer 2001