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Strand-on-the-Green, a pedestrian path along the Thames in Chiswick, West London. One of the most picturesque walks in London?
Especially beautiful during golden hour, the shrubs and wildflowers simply grow out of cracks in the paving and, crucially, no one trims them!
Especially beautiful during golden hour, the shrubs and wildflowers simply grow out of cracks in the paving and, crucially, no one trims them!
The path has been there for over two centuries, and is accessible mainly by narrow alleyways like this one (date says 1752):
There's a wonderfully detailed granite drinking fountain at the east end of the path, The Helen Reardon Drinking Fountain, originally installed in 1904. It still works!
@createstreets The mostly Georgian homes are utterly charming. It's the kind of place it's difficult not to be happy. We need more of these kinds of spaces in our cities, eclectic human-scaled environments free from noise, pollution, cars and the urge to overregulate and overmanage. Free places
