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Facts and places of interest in and around Hammersmith

Interesting Facts about Hammersmith

• There is evidence of settlement of some riverside areas around Hammersmith dating back to Roman and Saxon eras.

• The area was referred to in the Domesday Book.

• The name of Hammersmith could be a shortening of ‘Hamoder's Hythe' which means the landing place of a man called Hamoder.

• The comedy ‘Bottom' used Hammersmith as its location.

• TFI Friday was filmed in Hammersmith.

• William Morris's Kelmscott Press was in Hammersmith.

• St. Paul's School for boys was moved to Hammersmith in 1884.

Places of Interest in and around Hammersmith

The Dove - Riverside Pub

The Dove is the oldest surviving riverside pub in London which supposedly has the smallest bar in the world. Apparently Ernest Hemingway and Graham Green have both visited this pub. The pub stands in a narrow alley which is the only surviving part of riverside village of Hammersmith.

Funival Gardens

To the East of Hammersmith lies the Furnival Gardens covering the site of Hammersmith Creek and the High Bridge. The site of the creek can be ascertained by a mound near the Great West Road.

Riverside Studios

West London 's leading centre for contemporary and international performance, film, exhibitions and television production.