London/Hammersmith and Fulham: See
1 Chelsea Harbour Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, SW10 0XG (train: Imperial Wharf OGD ; tube: Fulham Broadway DIS ; boat: Chelsea Harbour), ☏ +44 20 7225-9101, enquiries@chelsea-harbour.co.uk. Daily 9:30AM-5PM. The cutting edge of British design from Furniture to Fabrics and Lighting. Some showrooms actually sell their designs (at impossible prices). There is also a nice café here.
2 Fulham Palace, Bishop's Ave, SW6 6EA (Tube: Putney Bridge DIS or the 220 bus from Hammersmith DIS PIC CIR H&C ), ☏ +44 20 7736-3233, education@fulhampalace.org. Sat 11AM-2PM, Sun 11:30AM-3:30PM, Mon Tue noon-4PM. The former retreat of the Bishops of London until 1973 now incorporates Bishop's Park and is a lovely green area in a heavily built part of London as well as home to some important historic buildings. Also a museum which charts the history of the palace back to the 11th century (and the area itself back to prehistoric times). Of note in the museum includes an entire room dedicated to Bishop Henry Compton's botanical exploits where he would gather all kinds of plants from the North American colony and grow them in the palace garden. Sadly the garden itself was destroyed when "Capability" Brown's landscaping became fashionable and Compton's codex of plants is missing with exception of a few preserved copies of its pages. There is a small cafe. Free.
3 Gandhi's Student Accommodation, 20 Baron's Court Road, W14 9DT (tube: West Kensington DIS ). A blue plaque marks to house where Mahatma Gandhi lived as a law student.
4 Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Road, W10 4RA (tube: Kensal Green BAK OGD ), ☏ +44 20 8969-0152, fax: +44 20 8960-9744. One of the "Magnificent Seven" Georgian-Victorian cemeteries in London.
5 Queens Club, Palliser Rd, W14 9EQ (tube: Barons Court DIS or West Kensington DIS ), ☏ +44 20 7386-3400. Daily 7AM–8PM. hosts the traditional men's warm-up tennis competition, before the Wimbledon Championship. This grand Victorian structure is home to other racquet sports such as badminton and squash. A new National Tennis Centre has been built further west at Roehampton, to hopefully end the Wimbledon English-winner drought.
6 Hammersmith Terrace (tube: Ravenscourt Park DIS ). Several blue plaques can be found at the historic Grade II-listed Hammersmith Terrace, including Edward Johnston (the creator of the iconic London Underground typeface and roundel logo) who lived at No. 3 from 1905 to 1912. (updated May 2019)
7 William Morris Society (Kelmscott House), 26 Upper Mall, London W6 9TA (next to The Dove pub and near Furnival Gardens), ☏ +44 20 8741-3735. Thu, Sat-Sun: 2pm-5pm; Mon-Wed, Fri: closed. A small museum dedicated to William Morris and the works of the Arts and Crafts movement. Not to be confused with much larger Kelmscott Manor near Lechlade-on-Thames in Gloucestershire. (updated Apr 2025)
8 Emery Walker Trust, 7 Hammersmith Terrace, Chiswick, W6 9TS. …