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.
The area around Brentford's best cities can be found at London.
The area close to Brentford boasts some of the best castles including The Tower of London.
Brentford has some unmissable museums nearby like The Tower of London, National Maritime Museum Greenwich, and Cutty Sark.
Brentford is near some unmissable rivers and streams like 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, and Croydon are some of Brentford best towns to visit near Brentford.
Historic Monuments to visit near Brentford include Cutty Sark.
London Biggin Hill Airport, Heathrow Airport, London City Airport, and London Heliport are great places to visit near Brentford if you like airports.
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.
