Brentford

Brentford
Skyline of Brentford town centre, facing south-west.
Brentford Location within Greater London
Area	5.87 km2 (2.27 sq mi)
Population	27,907 (Syon, Brentford wards 2011)[1]
• Density	4,754/km2 (12,310/sq mi)
OS grid reference	TQ1878
• Charing Cross	8 mi (12.9 km) WNW
London borough	Hounslow
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BRENTFORD
Postcode district	TW8
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
UK Parliament	Brentford & Isleworth
London Assembly	South West
List of places UK England London 51°29′10″N 0°18′36″W / 51.486°N 0.310°W / 51.486; -0.310

Brentford is a suburban town in South West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, 8 miles (13 km) west of Charing Cross.

Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings which mark the start of the M4 corridor; in transport it also has two railway stations and Boston Manor Underground station on its north-west border with Hanwell. Brentford has a convenience shopping and dining venue grid of streets at its centre. Brentford at the start of the 21st century attracted regeneration of its little-used warehouse premises and docks including the re-modelling of the waterfront to provide more economically active shops, townhouses and apartments, some of which comprises Brentford Dock. A 19th and 20th centuries mixed social and private housing locality: New Brentford is contiguous with the Osterley neighbourhood of Isleworth and Syon Park and the Great West Road which has most of the largest business premises.