Join me on a Delightful London Walking Tour along Chiswick's Beautiful Thames Path. I start my walk at Kew Bridge, which is fairly quiet with Families watching the Ducks, exploring the Thames and enjoying Ice Cream. As I continue towards the East, it gets a bit busier with Football Fans and Families enjoying the lovely weekend weather.

HISTORY / ABOUT:

Chiswick is a district in the London Borough of Hounslow, West London, England. It contains Hogarth's House, the former residence of the 18thcentury English artist William Hogarth; Chiswick House, a neoPalladian villa regarded as one of the finest in England; and Fuller's Brewery, London's largest and oldest brewery. In a meander of the River Thames used for competitive and recreational rowing, with several rowing clubs on the river bank, the finishing post for the Boat Race is just downstream of Chiswick Bridge.

Chiswick is a leafy, affluent district with a village feel. Media and creative professionals mingle in indie shops, wine bars, and highend restaurants along Chiswick High Road.

The Chiswick reach of the Thames is heavily used for competitive and recreational rowing. Championship Course from Mortlake to Putney runs past Chiswick Eyot and Duke's Meadows. The Boat Race is contested on the Championship Course on a flood tide (in other words from Putney to Mortlake) with Duke's Meadows a popular viewpoint for the closing stages of the race. The finishing post is just downstream of Chiswick Bridge.

Chiswick was first recorded c. 1000 as the Old English Ceswican meaning "Cheese Farm"; the riverside area of Duke's Meadows is thought to have supported an annual cheese fair up until the 18th century. The area was settled in Roman times; an urn found at Turnham Green contained Roman coins, and Roman brickwork was found under the Sutton manor house.

Some of the most beautiful period mansion blocks in Chiswick, such as Heathfield Court and Arlington Mansions, line the sides of Turnham Green – the site of the Battle of Turnham Green in 1642. Other suburbs of Chiswick include Grove Park (south of the A4, close to Chiswick railway station) and Strand on the Green, a fishing hamlet until the late 18th century.

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FUN FACTS:

Chiswick is home to the Griffin Brewery, where Fuller, Smith & Turner and its predecessor companies brewed their prizewinning ales on the same site for over 350 years. The original brewery was in the gardens of Bedford House in Chiswick Mall.

The BBC sitcom My Family was set in Chiswick; it ran from 2000 to 2011.

Chiswick residents have included the singer Sophie EllisBextor, Actors Phyllis Logan, Colin Firth, David Tennant, Georgia Tennant, and Vanessa Redgrave, the TV presenters Clare Balding, Sarah Greene, Gavin Campbell, and the celebrity duo Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.

Chapters:

0:00 Kew Bridge
0:37 Thames Road
4:10 Thames Path North Bank
9:05 Kew Railway bridge
9:57 Thames Path North Bank
12:10 Grove Park Road (BEAUTIFUL HOUSES)
14:38 Hartington Road (MORE BEAUTIFUL HOUSES)
22:41 Chiswick Quay
24:33 Thames Path North Bank
28:02 Quintin Boat Club (LOTS OF PEOPLE)
29:47 Thames Path North Bank
32:46 Tideway Scullers School
34:38 Thames Path North Bank
42:10 Thames Path North Bank (BIRDS, DUCKS AND ROWERS MUSIC)
46:26 Dan Mason Drive
48:23 Dukes Meadow Footbridge
50:44 Thames Path North Bank
51:22 Emanuel School Boat Club / Barnes Bridge Ladies Rowing Club & Cygnet Rowing Club
51:52 Thames Path North Bank (Chiswick Ground / Dukes Meadows)
1:02:50 Thames Path North Bank
1:04:43 Corney Reach
1:05:58 Thames Path North Bank
1:10:11 Chiswick Mall
1:21:11 Thames Path North Bank / Upper Mall
1:27:46 The Dove / Furnivall Gardens
1:30:02 Hope Pier / Lower Mall (LOTS OF ROWING CLUBS)
1:33:00 Hammersmith Bridge (LOTS OF PEOPLE)

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