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Chiswick
Chiswick
is a district of west
London
, England. Most of it is in the
London Borough of Hounslow
. Other parts of the W4
postcode
area, including
Chiswick Park tube station
, Acton Green, and much of Bedford Park are in the
London Borough of Ealing
. It contains
Hogarth's House
, the former residence of the 18th-century English artist
William Hogarth
;
Chiswick House
, a
neo-Palladian
villa regarded as one of the finest in England; and
Fuller's Brewery
, London's largest and oldest brewery. It occupies a
meander
of the
River Thames
used for competitive and recreational rowing, with several rowing clubs on the river bank. The finishing post for
the Boat Race
is just downstream of
Chiswick Bridge
.
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