Strand on the Green

On Saturday, I took a tour of Strand on the Green, a small area of West London just past Chiswick. It's directly across the river from Kew Gardens. We actually had our second straight weekend of sunshine so it was a nice day.

A view of Strand on the Green looking down the river
A small island in the river

A row of terraced houses on the river

A pair of swans

Rose Cottage- author Nancy Mitford once lived here

The Russian Orthodox Church in Gunnersbury

St Johns Wood

I took a guided tour today of St Johns Wood. It's in North London, just to the north of Regent's Park. Abbey Road Studios are in St Johns Wood. Obviously a really expensive part of town to live in, the area was mainly developed in the 1830s and 1840s.

A typical street in the area
Church of St. Michael's- built in 1847

A mock Gothic cottage

A public park made out of the churchyard of the parish church- yet another plague pit

A view of the parish church of St. Johns Wood

The front of the church

Roses from the park

A cat seen on the walk

Chiswick

I took a guided walk of Chiswick on Saturday. Chiswick is in West London, on the outskirts of the city. It is quite a posh and expensive area to live in as it's right on the river. Aristocrats used to have villas in the area.

View of the river, the tide is out
Walpole House from the 1600s, it is said to be haunted by the mistress of Charles II

A timber framed building dating from the 1500s

A pub from the 1600s, also said to be haunted

The grave of artist William Hogarth- he had a weekend villa in Chiswick

Statues of Dachsunds in the front garden of a house (hard to tell but that is the Thames in the background)

The Fullers brewery, the only beer stilled brewed in London