The area is centred around Spring Grove House, the former home of botanist and explorer Sir Joseph Banks, which is now part of West Thames College.

Other architectural features include a former college by John Norton & P. E. Massey, and a variety of Arts and Crafts semi-detached houses.

Isleworth Crown Court is situated in the Spring Grove area, in a building that was previously a hostel for paraplegics, which was extended in the 1990s.

[2] The prime purpose of Spring Grove in recent centuries appears to have been the gradual provision of residential areas for middle-class communities.

The district has over the course of a century or so also embraced a number of large educational establishments, including Brunel University London[3][4] and West Thames College.