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On 26 September a bomb struck the Waterloo railway line near the Brooks Road footbridge. The nearby house on Brooks Road was demolished soon after, and local residents recall an air raid shelter near the footbridge. Oxford Gardens itself has physically changed little. Some cherry and pear trees remain from the orchard. The railings went in the war, as elsewhere. Houses have been converted to family houses most or flats some ; many have been extended, up and out; and house decoration and street trees have lightened the streetscape.

The main change is in tenure and people. Most houses are owner occupied, and occupants are predominantly middle class. The road is popular with young families, attracted by the lack of through traffic, the good local primary school, and the river and other recreational space.

A community spirit is growing, notably expressed as street parties, for which the street is well suited. Map In the 18 th century the area consisted of rural market gardens and orchards near the riverside settlement of Strand under Green.

Map A century later map little had changed. Map By the s map most of the area was developed as housing, but our orchard gardens remained. Map The owner, William Driscoll, eventually laid out Oxford Gardens following the line of the Chiswick Curve above , together with a few houses on Brooks Lane map. Map Oxford Gardens itself has physically changed little.

Thanks to Chiswick Library for research help. Contributed by: Peter Gilmour August However, multi-agency ownership complicates change: Highways England manages the M4, TfL the A4, LB Hounslow the intersecting local roads, and several landowners abut the corridor.

Each has different, and sometimes clashing, priorities. The field trip coincided with the end of the school day, sending waves of adults and children on their return journeys over the A4.

However, the environment—poorly lit, polluted, noisy—and crossings with limited pedestrian walking time make the journey unpleasant and dangerous. Local councillor Melvin Collins suggested smaller scale improvements like painting, regular cleaning and planting would make the corridor feel maintained and less oppressive.

They would also like a 30 mph speed limit where the A4 passes residential areas and a ban on idling at red lights. Just four houses from Surrey Crescent survive; they are now next to the eastbound onslip. The bank did survive but was later demolished anyway. Chiswick Roundabout Location Map geo. Navigation menu Personal tools Log in. Namespaces Page Discussion Discover. Views Read View source View history. This page was last modified on 4 December , at Chiswick Roundabout. Location Map geo. View gallery 4.

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