London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham

London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
London borough
Left to right Top: Hammersmith Apollo and Olympia Middle: Hammersmith Bridge and Stamford Bridge Stadium Bottom: Fulham Palace and Craven Cottage
Coat of arms Council logo
Hammersmith and Fulham shown within Greater London
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	London
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Created	1 April 1965
Admin HQ	King Street, Hammersmith
Government
• Type	London borough council
• Body	Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council
• London Assembly	Tony Devenish (Con) AM for West Central
• MPs	Greg Hands (Con) Andy Slaughter (Lab)
Area
• Total	6.33 sq mi (16.40 km2)
• Rank	292nd (of 296)
Population  (2022)
• Total	185,238
• Rank	109th (of 296)
• Density	29,000/sq mi (11,000/km2)
Time zone	UTC (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcodes	NW, W, SW
ONS code	00AN
GSS code	E09000013
Police	Metropolitan Police
Website	lbhf.gov.uk

The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (pronunciation^ⓘ) is a London borough in West London and which also forms part of Inner London. The borough was formed in 1965 as the London Borough of Hammersmith from the merger of the former Metropolitan Boroughs of Fulham and Hammersmith. The name was changed to Hammersmith and Fulham in 1979. The borough borders Brent to the north, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to the east, Wandsworth to the south, Richmond upon Thames to the south west, and Hounslow and Ealing to the west.

Traversed by the east–west main roads of the A4 Great West Road and the A40 Westway, many international corporations have offices in the borough.^[1] The local council is Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council. The borough is amongst the four most expensive boroughs for residential properties in the United Kingdom, along with Kensington and Chelsea, the City of Westminster and Camden.^[2]

The borough is unique in London in having three professional football clubs: Chelsea, Fulham and Queens Park Rangers.