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.
London is a great place to visit close to Brentford if you like cities.
The area around Brentford's best castles can be found at The Tower of London.
The area around Brentford boasts some of the best museums including The Tower of London, National Maritime Museum Greenwich, and Cutty Sark.
Brentford has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like The Tower of London, Millenium Bridge, Sutton House and Breaker's Yard, and Osterley Park and House.
The area around Brentford's best rivers and streams can be found at River Thames at London.
There are a number of shopping centres near Brentford including Westfield London, Westfield Stratford City, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, and Whitgift Centre.
Hendon, Greenwich, Croydon, Chislehurst, Enfield, and Isleworth are some of Brentford best towns to visit near Brentford.
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 are great places to visit near Brentford if you like country parks.
Morden Hall Park is a great place to visit close to Brentford if you like nature reserves.
There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Brentford like Cutty Sark.
Brentford has some unmissable airports nearby like London Biggin Hill Airport, Heathrow Airport, London City Airport, and London Heliport.
Don't miss Stanmore Country Park's bluebell woods if visiting the area around Brentford.
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.
