From Artist Studios to Theatres, and Museums to Historic Houses, Hounslow has a wealth of art and cultural activities that celebrate the diversity of the borough for all ages to enjoy.
Boston Manor House, one of West London's lesser-known gems, is a fine Jacobean manor house built in 1623. Set back from Boston Manor Road in Brentford, the three- storey building is situated in parkland containing a lake and ancient cedar trees.
Widely regarded as the birthplace of the English Landscape Garden, Chiswick House Gardens were the 18th C creation of the third Earl of Burlington and his famous protégé William Kent. Today they have undergone a spectacular Heritage Lottery Fund £12.1 million regeneration and are managed on behalf of Hounslow by the Chiswick House and Gardens Trust.
For further information, visit www.chgt.org.uk
Gunnersbury Park is a large leafy park set between Brentford and Acton. It has a range of attractions and things to do including formal gardens, green open spaces, lakes, historic buildings, a museum, play and sports facilities and a network of tree lined paths.
Gunnersbury Park Museum is the local history museum for the London Boroughs of Ealing and Hounslow. The museum?s role is to collect, keep safe and display the past and present history of its two boroughs including Acton, Bedfont, Brentford, Chiswick, Cranford, Ealing, Feltham, Greenford, Hanwell, Hanworth, Heston, Hounslow, Isleworth, Northolt, Perivale and Southall.
Hogarth's House in Chiswick, built around 1700, was the country home of the great painter, engraver and satirist William Hogarth (1697 - 1764) from 1749 until his death. It provided a quiet summer retreat from the bustle of city life around Hogarth's main house and studio in what is now Leicester Square.