Chiswick News
The latest Chiswick news: planning decisions, council and crime updates, business and community stories, each linked back to its official source.
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Civil Service FC Gets FA Plaque: Playing Nonstop Since 1863
The FA has unveiled a plaque at Civil Service FC's ground in Chiswick. It is the only club that helped found the FA in 1863 and has played ever since.
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Hounslow
Hounslow Ombudsman Complaints: 13 of 15 Upheld Since April
The Ombudsman upheld 13 of the 15 Hounslow Council complaints it investigated from April to August. Housing and homelessness made up six of them.
Chiswick
Chiswick Lane Convent Plan: 8 Flats, 3 HMOs, No Decision
The Comboni sisters' listed convent at 2 Chiswick Lane could become 8 flats and three 5-bed HMOs. Council officers first judged it a community facility.
Brentford
Brentford Fountain to Close in 2028, New Pool by 2031/32
Brentford Fountain is expected to close in 2028, with the new centre open in 2031/32. There will be no wave machine, no flume and no public car park.
Chiswick
West London Orbital: The Line Through Chiswick With No Stop
TfL's new Overground would run through Chiswick without stopping. The nearest new station is Lionel Road. Consultation closes 18 November, drop-in 13 October.
Chiswick
Chiswick Lifeboat Station Moved to Wandsworth on 22 September
The lifeboat left Chiswick Pier on 22 September after nearly 25 years. It is now Wandsworth Riverside, with 5,600 incidents and 2,500 rescues behind it.
Chiswick
Chiswick's Napoli on the Road Is the World's Best Pizzeria
50 Top Pizza ranks Napoli on the Road number one in the world for 2026. Its Chiswick site is at 9A Devonshire Road, one of three, and all three hold a 5 rating.
Chiswick
Chiswick School Places: 1.576-Mile Cut-Off, 31 Oct Deadline
Secondary applications for September 2027 close at midnight on 31 October. Chiswick School's last distance offered in 2025 was 1.576 miles, for 240 places.
Police
Putney Bridge Case: Met Refers Itself After Chiswick Death
A man arrested over the 2017 Putney Bridge case was found dead at his Chiswick home on 15 September. The Met referred itself to the IOPC the next day.
Planning
Hogarth Roundabout Flats: High Court Quashes Permission
The High Court has quashed Hounslow's permission for 132 flats at 1 Burlington Lane, finding councillors got a misleading account of the scheme already allowed.
Hounslow
Hounslow House Prices Up £8,802 in a Year to £525,435
Hounslow's average home reached £525,435 in July, up 1.7% and sixth of 33 London boroughs. Semis rose 4%, while flats fell for a second year in a row.
Flooding
Chiswick Flood Risk: Two Wards Top the Council's Map
Hounslow's new resilience plan puts Chiswick Riverside and Chiswick Homefields at the greatest risk of Thames flooding. It takes effect on 17 September.
Business
Chiswick's Fuller's Buys 10 Pubs in a £35.25m Deal
Fuller, Smith & Turner, registered on Strand on the Green, has exchanged contracts on ten pubs for £35.25m. It has named three, the nearest in Hammersmith.
Brentford
Minimum Wage Naming: Brentford KFC Underpaid 147 Staff
The only Hounslow employer on the government's latest minimum wage naming list runs KFC Brentford, recorded as underpaying 147 workers by £5,722.46.
Chiswick
Chiswick RNLI Volunteer Wins Second Met Commendation
Mark Pusey stopped his car for a woman in distress by the Thames. The Met has given the Chiswick RNLI volunteer his second commendation in two years.
Gunnersbury Park
Gunnersbury Park: 19 Festival Days a Year Until 2031
Up to 19 live event days a year at Gunnersbury Park until 2031, across 115 days of part closure. Councillors heard it on 3 September; no decision is published.
Brentford
Brentford Dock Riverside Path: Footpath Order Made 1 Sept
Hounslow has made an order adding the locked riverside path around Brentford Dock to the definitive map. Objections close 31 October; an inquiry is likely.
Chiswick
Donate a Laptop in Hounslow: Chiswick Is 1 of 3 Drop-Offs
Hounslow wants your old laptop, tablet or phone. Drop it at Chiswick, Isleworth or Hanworth library, to be wiped and refurbished for residents who need one.
Chiswick
Chiswick Lifeboat Move: Two Years Without a Date, Then 22 Sep
The RNLI said its Wandsworth base would run in 2025. It opened on 22 September 2026, the bill reached £3.5m, and the appeal still needs £300,000.
Chiswick
Chiswick Library Could Open Sundays: Say So by 20 October
Chiswick Library opens 9.30am Monday to Saturday, until 8pm on Monday and Thursday, and is shut on Sundays. Hounslow's survey on longer hours closes 20 October.
Hounslow
Hounslow GCSE Results 2026: 80.4% Reach Grade 4 in English
Hounslow beat the national figure on all four GCSE measures the council published. We checked each one against the JCQ national tables: three match to the decimal, one does not.
Hounslow
Hounslow House Prices Rise to £512,888 as Neighbours Fall
Hounslow's average home reached £512,888 in June, up £5,812 in a year. Ealing, Richmond, Hillingdon and Hammersmith and Fulham all fell. Flats were the one exception.
Chiswick
Chiswick Post Office moves to Robert Dyas on 28 August
Chiswick Post Office closes 5.30pm Wednesday 26 August and reopens inside Robert Dyas, 326 Chiswick High Road, at noon Friday 28 August. Nothing on Thursday.
Hounslow
Hounslow claimant count falls to 10,230 as under-25s rise
Hounslow's claimant count fell 435 in a year to 10,230 in July, but under-25 claims rose. Chiswick Homefields is on 3.0 per cent, Hounslow Heath on 6.0.
Chiswick
Chiswick Police Station: work starts September on 50 flats
Work starts in September on the former police station at 205-211 Chiswick High Road: 50 extra care flats to rent, a police base and a community room, due winter 2028.
Chiswick
Tidefest 2026 Results: 33lb Won at Kew, No 2027 Date Yet
Tidefest 2026 ran on 6 September. Andy Powell won the angling championship with 33lb at Kew, the tombola raised about £1,000, and no 2027 date is out.
Brentford
Brentford council homes: 182 to be built, 29 fewer
Charlton House and Albany House get 182 council rent homes, 29 fewer than approved, after the blocks were lowered below 18 metres. Work starts in September.
Chiswick
Hogarth's House: free Hogarth Prize show ends 6 September
Seventy shortlisted works are free to see at Hogarth's House in Chiswick until Sunday 6 September, and visitors choose a £500 winner in the final week.