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News in Brief
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Hammersmith Bridge update
This is our twelfth update since 2019 closure to motorised transport. The last time we reported on the bridge was nearly three years ago, when boreholes were being drilled to assess the strength of the river bed as part of preparation for ...
Phoenix Academy proposal rejected
The Hammersmith Society’s committee was pleased that the Council’s Planning Committee refused consent for the Phoenix Academy/London Square application for a combined educational and residential development at Phoenix Academy, which was of considerable concern to local people. Residents' associations, with whom committee ...
Margravine Cemetery
Nomination for a Tom Ryland Award for Conservation, 2026. Margravine Cemetery Wall at the top end of Margravine Gardens, is opposite the Grade II listed station. Nominated by a resident who says: "The wall is on a slope and on a curve, ...
2025 Awards Evening and AGM
(AGM Photos: Anne Farthing. Click for larger versions) We were delighted to announce our 2025 Awards at the delayed AGM at the recital hall in Latymer Upper School on Monday 9th February. We were equally pleased to see a large number of ...
Annual Report 2024-2025
Attached is this year's Annual Report, reviewing the key activities of the Society, and at least three local megaprojects, this year also providing a reflection on the outgoing chairman's three year term. Subjects include:
- The changing face of Hammersmith
- Projects in ...
The 200 Year Old Bull
Our member Edward Rose has thoroughly researched the Black Bull, which we wrote about in 2022, and has now written the 180-page self-published book pictured, which he's offering to members. Since we wrote the original article, we've been working with Heritage of ...
The Hawthorn
Nomination for a Tom Ryland Award for Conservation, 2025. Nominated by a member who says: "The Hawthorn is on the corner of Thorpebank Rd and the Uxbridge Rd in Shepherds Bush. The pub was first built in 1878 and was taken over ...
The Uxbridge Road and environs
Nomination for a Wooden Spoon, 2025. The Uxbridge road at its Shepherds Bush end has struggled for some years, and has been nominated for a wooden spoon in a number of respects this year, and by several people. There has been a ...
Lawn House – proposed redevelopment
Lawn House stands on the corner of The Lawn and Uxbridge Road, next to 2023's award-winning Hoxton Hotel, partly shown. Previously a Barclays Bank and now vacant, it provides the opportunity to complete The Lawn's decade-long transformation into a series of hotels ...
Macfarlane Place
Environment Award Winner, 2025. Finely detailed brickwork is the feature in this new development on the corner of Macfarlane Road and Wood Lane opposite Westfield, designed by Maccreanor Lavington for Peabody Housing Association. It replaces the former BBC car park with a ...
The New Timber Yard
Environment Award Winner, 2025. Hidden away down a tiny lane known as Dimes Place just off King Street, is a new commercial development known as The New Timber Yard, because it was formerly the home of Moss Timber Merchants (by Royal Appointment, ...
The Hammersmith Belle
Wooden Spoon, 2025. The former Hampshire Hog / Hampshire has struggled in recent years, changing hands, names and formats several times, including in the midst of the pandemic in 2020. It used to have a restrained image commensurate with its elegant 1883 ...
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