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, rivers and streams, shopping centres, towns, historic monuments and airports.
Places near Brentford feature a number of interesting cities including London.
There are a number of castles near to Brentford including The Tower of London.
There are a number of museums near Brentford including The Tower of London, National Maritime Museum Greenwich, and Cutty Sark.
The area around Brentford's best rivers and streams can be found at River Thames at London.
Brentford has some unmissable shopping centres nearby like Westfield London, Westfield Stratford City, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, and Whitgift Centre.
The area around Brentford features a number of interesting towns including Hendon, Greenwich, and Croydon.
Historic Monuments to visit near Brentford include Cutty Sark.
There are a number of airports near Brentford including London Biggin Hill Airport, Heathrow Airport, London City Airport, and London Heliport.
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.
