Hammersmith is a district in West London, within the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, covering the W6 and W14 postcode areas on the north bank of the River Thames.
With a bustling town centre and attractive riverside setting, it is bordered by Shepherd’s Bush to the north, Kensington to the east, Chiswick to the west, and Fulham to the south.
Hammersmith offers an eclectic range of amenities, from shopping centres such as Broadway to Michelin-starred restaurants such as The River Café, where Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall trained as sous-chefs.
Well-known for its cultural institutions such as the Eventim Apollo, perhaps better known as the Hammersmith Apollo, the Art Deco style venue, which opened in 1932 as the Gaumont Palace. It was the location of the Jack Dee Live at the Apollo comedy television show from 2004 and has featured comics including Rob Brydon, Nish Kumar, and Sean Lock. It has also hosted music performances by international stars, including Prince, Kylie Minogue and Lana Del Rey.
The Riverside Studios is located on Queen Caroline Street and is described as West London’s premier independent cinema, theatre and television studios venue.
The Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, which opened in 1888 on Lyric Square, is complete with a roof garden where diners can enjoy lunch above the bustle of King Street below.
Hammersmith is also home to the quaint riverside pub, The Dove, which has the UK’s smallest bar and was frequented by Ernest Hemingway and Graham Greene. Poet and playwright James Thomson also lodged here and is believed to have written his poem Rule Britannia! here in 1740, which later became the patriotic song.
Charles Dickens also chose Hammersmith as the home of the Pocket family in his penultimate novel, Great Expectations.
Hammersmith is home to highly popular modern independent establishments, including Crisp Pizza at The Chancellors on Crisp Road. The restaurant has been hailed as serving the best pizza in London, and the queue of Instagram followers outside will agree.
Other popular choices include Smiths Cocktail Bar, located beneath the pub of the Brook Green Hotel, and a multitude of artisanal coffee and patisseries.
Hammersmith boasts an abundance of green spaces along the Thames, including Bishop’s Park and Furnival Gardens. Tranquil riverside walks provide views of the iconic Grade II* listed Hammersmith suspension bridge, which opened in 1887.
It is a flourishing cosmopolitan district partly owing to the French School at Brook Green. It offers some of West London’s most desirable homes at Distillery Wharf, Hammersmith Grove, Hammersmith Terrace, Luxemburg Gardens, Sovereign Court and Wingate Road.
The combination of a thriving town centre on the doorstep of Central London with a beautiful riverside setting on the banks of the River Thames makes Hammersmith a highly sought-after location for office space rental.
It is one of London’s key business districts, and global companies such as Disney, L’Oreal, and UKTV have headquarters there.
The wider Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham is home to over 10,000 businesses, including those in the science, technology, engineering, medicine, maths, and media (STEMMM) sectors.
Chosen by high-profile multinational organisations and smaller prestigious businesses alike, the office space in Hammersmith offers premium business accommodations with 5-star amenities in a highly sought-after location.
In addition to conventionally leased office space for rent, Hammersmith offers a growing range of flexible office space and workspace solutions that combine agility and efficiency.
Private serviced office suites and larger pre-fitted managed offices and floors are available. These options are ready-furnished and provide ‘plug and play’ solutions managed on the occupier’s behalf.
Serviced offices are fully furnished lockable suites, and clients enjoy the use of high-end communal amenities, including meeting and boardrooms, break-out spaces, quiet zones, cafes, kitchen areas, and, in many cases, gyms, cafés, and outdoor areas such as terraces and roof gardens.
Managed offices are pre-fitted spaces where the tenant leads the fit-out to create a custom office. These can include private reception areas, meeting rooms, kitchens, bathrooms and shower facilities.
Flexible offices are paid for through a once-monthly all-inclusive rent that covers items such as utilities, cleaning, reception services, enterprise-grade internet services, and other overheads that would be typically paid for and managed separately if renting an office in Hammersmith via a conventional office lease.
As these office spaces are let by way of a licence, occupying clients have the freedom to efficiently modify their footprint by downsizing or upsizing in line with changing business requirements. Many offices in Hammersmith will provide space for 250 and above desks.
The prime office buildings are designed and managed in an ESG-considered way, appealing to those looking for space that suits their sustainable credentials while offering a wide range of amenities.
Many premium office buildings offer end-of-trip amenities such as bicycle storage, showers, and changing facilities for those who wish to use their own steam to commute to the office.
However, the area also offers excellent public transportation links via Hammersmith Station.
Hammersmith is also on the main A4 trunk road heading west from Central London, which provides excellent links to the M4 motorway and Heathrow Airport.