Brentford
Brentford is a Town in the county of Greater London.
There are great places to visit near Brentford including some great cities, castles, museums, historic buildings, rivers and streams, shopping centres, towns, country parks, nature reserves, historic monuments, airports and bluebell woods.
Don't miss London's cities if visiting the area around Brentford.
Places near Brentford feature a number of interesting castles including The Tower of London.
Museums to visit near Brentford include The Tower of London, National Maritime Museum Greenwich, and Cutty Sark.
Don't miss The Tower of London, Millenium Bridge, Sutton House and Breaker's Yard, and Osterley Park and House's historic buildings if visiting the area around Brentford.
Brentford is near some unmissable rivers and streams like River Thames at London,
Brentford has some unmissable shopping centres nearby like Westfield London, Westfield Stratford City, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, and Whitgift Centre.
There are a number of towns near Brentford including Hendon, Greenwich, Croydon, Chislehurst, Enfield, and Isleworth.
There are a several good country parks in the Brentford area like Fryent Country Park, South Norwood Country Park, Morden Hall Park, Bedfont Lakes Country Park, Scadbury Estate Country Park, Stanmore Country Park, and Whitewebbs Country Park.
Morden Hall Park is a great place to visit close to Brentford if you like nature reserves.
Cutty Sark is a great place to visit close to Brentford if you like historic monuments.
The area around Brentford boasts some of the best airports including London Biggin Hill Airport, Heathrow Airport, London City Airport, and London Heliport.
There are a several good bluebell woods in the area around Brentford like Stanmore Country Park.
Brentford History
There are some historic monuments around Brentford:
Places to see near Brentford
History of Brentford
The name is recorded as Breguntford in 705 in an Anglo-Saxon charter and means ‘ford over the River Brent’. The name of the river is Celtic and means ‘holy one’ and the ‘-ford’ suffix is Old English. The ford was most likely located where the main road crossed the river. New Brentford is recorded as Newe Braynford in 1521 and was previously known as Westbraynford. Old Brentford is recorded as Old Braynford in 1476 and was previously known as Estbraynford.
