Fulham: River, Football, and the Bit of West London Between Chelsea and Putney
Fulham sits in a loop of the Thames between Hammersmith Bridge and Putney Bridge, filling the western half of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Craven Cottage, home to Fulham FC since 1896, backs directly onto the river. On match days the Stevenage Road end offers a view of the Thames that no other ground in London can match. The Bishop's Park next to the ground runs along the riverfront to Putney Bridge, with Fulham Palace (the official residence of the Bishop of London from the seventh century until 1973) at its centre. The palace grounds include a Tudor courtyard, a walled garden, and a botanical collection that dates back to the eighteenth century.
The population of the Fulham area is roughly 90,000. The housing stock runs from Victorian terraces along Munster Road and Dawes Road to mansion blocks on the Fulham Road and the New King's Road. Prices rose sharply from the 1990s onward as Fulham shifted from a working-class riverside district to one of the more expensive parts of southwest London. The Fulham Road and the North End Road market (a street market trading since the 1880s) form the main commercial spines. Parsons Green, at the southern end, gives its name to both a triangular green and a tube station. Fulham Broadway, at the northern end near Stamford Bridge (which is technically in Fulham, not Chelsea), carries the heavier foot traffic.
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Fulham sits in a loop of the Thames between Hammersmith Bridge and Putney Bridge, filling the western half of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Craven Cottage, home to Fulham FC since 1896, backs directly onto the river. On match days the Stevenage Road end offers a view of the Thames that no other ground in London can match. The Bishop's Park next to the ground runs along the riverfront to Putney Bridge, with Fulham Palace (the official residence of the Bishop of London from the seventh century until 1973) at its centre. The palace grounds include a Tudor courtyard, a walled garden, and a botanical collection that dates back to the eighteenth century.
The population of the Fulham area is roughly 90,000. The housing stock runs from Victorian terraces along Munster Road and Dawes Road to mansion blocks on the Fulham Road and the New King's Road. Prices rose sharply from the 1990s onward as Fulham shifted from a working-class riverside district to one of the more expensive parts of southwest London. The Fulham Road and the North End Road market (a street market trading since the 1880s) form the main commercial spines. Parsons Green, at the southern end, gives its name to both a triangular green and a tube station. Fulham Broadway, at the northern end near Stamford Bridge (which is technically in Fulham, not Chelsea), carries the heavier foot traffic.
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