Goldhawk Road

There are numerous shops, restaurants and businesses lining the road, which forms the southern boundary of Shepherd's Bush Green.

[1] Goldhawk Road was of little note until the mid-seventeenth century, when a cottage on the street became the home of Miles Sindercombe, a Roundhead who in 1657 made several attempts to assassinate Oliver Cromwell.

[2] A map of London dated 1841 shows Goldhawk Road forming the southern boundary of Shepherd's Bush Green.

At that time Shepherd's Bush was still largely undeveloped and chiefly rural in character, with much open farmland compared to fast-developing Hammersmith, and several ponds or small lakes.

Stamford Brook Underground station, though located in the London Borough of Hounslow, also has its main entrance in Goldhawk Road, near the Chiswick end.