{"id":3109,"date":"2024-07-09T11:48:42","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T11:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/?page_id=3109"},"modified":"2025-06-06T13:55:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T13:55:49","slug":"chiswick","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/index.php\/chiswick\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiswick"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Leafy Chiswick has a lovely riverside walk and the historic Chiswick House and Gardens. Chiswick High Road is a busy main road, but brightened by cafes, restaurants, independent shops and boutiques, fruit and flower stalls and some brilliant charity shops Atmospheric Sunday markets on the High Road are well worth a visit. When I went there was a brilliant steel band playing live music. Markets alternate between flowers, cheese and antiques. There are leafy green common areas behind the high street with playgrounds for kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"991\" src=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chiswick-best-bits-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chiswick-best-bits-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chiswick-best-bits-1-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/chiswick-best-bits-1-768x951.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Highlights are the riverside walk, that continues west to Hammersmith and on to central London, Chiswick House and Chiswick High Road shops with parks nearby.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"946\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-walk-3-946x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-walk-3-946x1024.jpg 946w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-walk-3-277x300.jpg 277w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-walk-3-768x831.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-walk-3.jpg 1109w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 946px) 100vw, 946px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is a lovely walk taking in a bit of the High Street, Chiswick House and part of the riverside walk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chiswick-walkwith-alternatives-1024x511.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chiswick-walkwith-alternatives-1024x511.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chiswick-walkwith-alternatives-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chiswick-walkwith-alternatives-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chiswick-walkwith-alternatives-1536x767.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chiswick-walkwith-alternatives.jpg 1602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This walk with alternatives features picturesque Strand on the Green. Start here (nearest station is Kew Bridge Overground) and walk to Chiswick House, you can now either head up to Chiswick High Road or continue to rejoin the Thames path. The map shows jump-off points at Chiswick Park, Turnham Green and Stamford Brook tube stations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>CHISWICK HOUSE AND GARDENS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-1-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-1-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-1-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Italian Gardens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-9.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-9-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>CHISWICK HIGH ROAD ON SUNDAYS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"751\" src=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-29.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-29-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-29-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sunday flower market with live music<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chiswick High Road looking towards Christchurch on Turnham Green<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chiswick High Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>HOGARTH&#8217;S HOUSE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-1-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-1-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-1-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Statue of Hogarth on Chiswick High Road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-7.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-7-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chiswick House built in 1720s, prime example Palladian architecture. The beautiful and interesting gardens are open to the public, there is a charge to enter the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ALTERNATING MARKETS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The name Chiswick stems from the Old English &#8220;Ceswican&#8221; meaning cheese farm and so it is apt that a cheese market is held here every third week, alternating with flower, and antique markets. Great atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HISTORIC WATERFRONT AT CHISWICK MALL AND STRAND ON THE GREEN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-24.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-24.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-24-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-24-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-16-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-16-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-16-1-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Chiswick-16-1-768x451.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visitor Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>EARLY HISTORY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>17th and 18th CENTURIES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>19th CENTURY <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MODERN ERA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leafy Chiswick has a lovely riverside walk and the historic Chiswick House and Gardens. Chiswick High Road is a busy main road, but brightened by cafes, restaurants, independent shops and boutiques, fruit and flower stalls and some brilliant charity shops Atmospheric Sunday markets on the High Road are well worth a visit. When I went [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3109"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3333,"href":"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3109\/revisions\/3333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestbitsoflondon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}