We welcome as members individuals and organisations who care for Hammersmith Planting Tree in Wormholt Park for 90th Birthday of the HM Queen

As a Member, you will receive at least two printed newsletters and regular email updates each year, outlining our activities, and giving you the opportunity to participate in our campaigns. Members are always encouraged to take an active part in the work done by the committee – come along and see if you can help.

The membership year runs from 1st Jan, and only costs £6 for individuals, £8 for couples or families, and £15 for organisations. Additional voluntary donations always welcome.

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Our Diary

  • Committee meeting

    Mon 13th Dec | 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

  • Olympia construction update tour

    Tue 14th Dec | 9:00 am - 9:45 am
    Pillar Hall W14 8UX (Map)
    (Repeat: description as previously listed)

  • Olympia construction update tour

    Wed 15th Dec | 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm
    Pillar Hall W14 8UX (Map)
    (Repeat: description as previously listed)

Recent News


Heat and buildings strategy – Building back greener
Aerial view / map of 245 Hammersmith Road

We mentioned the government’s long-awaited Heat and buildings strategy in the article about zero carbon homes a couple of months ago. Now published ahead of …
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Farewell To Melanie Whitlock
Melanie Whitlock

Our vice-chair, Melanie Whitlock and her family have recently decided to move to Edinburgh after living in Hammersmith for a long time, Melanie has been …
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2021 Awards Evening and AGM
2021Awards Evening and AGM

We were pleased to announce our 2021 Awards at the AGM at Riverside Studios on Wednesday 29th September, introduced by committee member Derrick Wright and …
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Hammersmith Bridge update
Bridge pedestal grit blasted

The bridge reopened on the 17th July to some small fanfare. This was after the council’s appointed engineers had blast cleaned the cast iron pedestals …
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Cycleway CW9 and E-Scooter Trial
E-scooter trial, King St

Over the last year or so, we’ve been participating in the Council’s resident-led  Cycling & Walking Commission, via our membership secretary, along with residents including …
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Old Oak & Park Royal Local Plan
OPDC local plan

A further consultation stage ended on 5 July. This was made necessary because the Car Giant section of the OPDC area was ruled to be …
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Our History

The Capability Brown Statue
Capability Brown Statue unveiling
Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, described by Horace Walpole as ‘Lady Nature’s Second Husband,’ created landscapes on an immense scale that have endured for over 250 years ...
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The Hammersmith Study Group 1969-70
Exhibition: Hammersmith Flyover
Our president Hans Haenlein remembers the Hammersmith Study Group... ...which I set up in 1969 with my students from the Polytechnic of Central London (now ...
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Notable Achievements
Environment Award
1960s
  • The Society is set up in response to the damage done to Hammersmith by the widening of the A4
  • Stops a six-lane bridge ...
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50 Years of the Hammersmith Society: An Edited Review
Hamsoc AGM 2012
Hans Haenlein remembers some early successes of the 1960s and 1970s The Society’s job is to be actively interested on behalf of all Hammersmith residents ...
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50 Special Places: Images of Hammersmith
Houseboats, Lower Mall
The images are also available as an online montage or downloadable (large, 40M) pdf montage ...
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Environment Award 2001: Hammersmith Surgery
The Great River Race 2019 – Hammersmith Riverside
Nancye Goulden Award 2011: Phoenix School Caretaker’s House
River sculpture
Environment Award 2007 – Vernon Street
Eventim Apollo
Quaker meeting wooden ceiling
Left to right Michael Brindle (1990-1995), Roger de Freitas(1999-2003), Angela Clarke (2006-2009), Rosemary Pettit (2012-2015), Melanie Whitlock (1984-1990 and 2009-2012) and Hans Haenlein (1966-72 and current President of the Society).
Conservation Award 2014: The Grotto
Bush Theatre
St. Augustine’s – Interior
Wormwood scrubs fog
wormwood scrubs sun
Nancye Goulden Award 2015: 21 Banim Street
Dalling Road, St David’s Day 2019
The Ark: 1992 award winner
Environment Award 2014: Sulgrave Gardens
Steam train approaching Ravenscourt Park, June 23rd 2019
BBC Square, White City
2018 Environment Award: Helios TV centre
St Pauls Green
Water Fountain outside Pallingswick House / WLFS
Old Treacle Factory
245 Hammersmith Road Plaza
Hammersmith Bridge
Margravine cemetery: Monument to George Robert Broad (1840-95) and Caroline Broad (1840-1905) by Aristide Fabbrucci
The Great River Race 2019
Environment Award 2017: King’s House
Conservation Award 2017: Bush Theatre
Guerrilla gardening W6
Flyunder visualisation
Conservation Award 2015: Hammersmith Station
Hammersmith Riverside
Hammersmith Highline
Quaker meeting house frontage
28-10-16 Bridge Jane Bain
Steam train at Ravenscourt Park Arches, June 23rd 2019
Environment Award 2015: Waldo Road, College Park
Nancye Goulden Award 2014: Temple Lodge
Dove passage
Olympia redevelopment model in Upper Pillar Hall
Capability Brown Statue unveiling
The Great River Race 2019
Hammersmith Studios, Talgarth Road
Conservation Award 2013: Olympia
Rutland Arms, Lower Mall “The crowds enjoying unexpected February sunshine and a Sunday roast” February 2012 – by Chloe Poulter (age 15)
The Arches, Ravenscourt Park November 2010 – Neville Collins
Quaker meeting house brickwork
Tom Ryland’s Memorial Bench
Capability river downstream
Conservation award 2016: Barons Keep
Tom Ryland plaque – Lyric theatre box
Capability Brown Statue
Hammersmith Grove Parklets – East
Environment Award 2015: Waldo Road, College Park
Hammersmith and Fulham Archives
West London College (RIBA picture library)
Town Hall extension demolished sunny
2021 Award Tom Ryland Conservation Award Winner: Mission Hall – lit up
Nancye Goulden Award 2003: Ravenscourt Park walled garden
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16th Dec 2016 Planting Tree in Wormholt Park to commemorate the 90th Birthday of the HM Queen Elizabeth Second With The mayor and Cllr Harcourt The tree is a Liriodendron Tulipifera