Description
The site used to be gasworks. Waterman's Park has recently been refurbished due to loss of public space opposite. As part of the project entrances and signs were upgraded through a community arts project. Metalwork artists Shelly Thomas based at the Forge in Kew Bridge Steam Museum worked with young people and a series of public meetings guided the designs. Either end of the park are metal arches, with symbols and herons on steel columns. Funded by LB Hounslow, the work was completed in 1997.
Practical Information
| Site location | Brentford High Street |
|---|---|
| Postcode | TW8 |
| What3Words | ///incomes.vets.bolt |
| Type of Site | Public Park |
| Borough | Hounslow |
| Open to Public | Yes |
| Opening Times | 8am - dusk |
| Facilities | play area |
| Public Transport | Rail: Kew Bridge. Bus: 65, 237, 267 |
| Research Updated | 1 November 2005 |
| Last Updated | 18 October 2026 |
Further Information
| Grid Reference | TQ184777 |
|---|---|
| Size in hectares | 1.1 |
| Site Ownership | LB Hounslow |
| Site Management | John Laing Integrated Services |
| Dates | 1997 |
| On National Heritage List for England (NHLE), Parks & Gardens | No |
| Registered common or village green on Commons Registration Act 1965 | No |
| Protected under London Squares Preservation Act 1931 | No |
| Local Authority | Hounslow |
| In Conservation Area | No |
| Tree Preservation Order | No |
| Nature Conservation Area | Yes |
| Green Belt | No |
| Metropolitan Open Land | No |
| Special Policy Area | Yes - Thames Policy Area/SRB |
| Other LA Designation | Neighbourhood Park. Local Open Space |
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Nearby parks and gardens
Kew Green today is a triangular space bisected by the busy Kew Road, largely grass with mature chestnuts and other trees mainly around its periphery. It has long been popular for its cricket matches. The focal point at the apex of the triangle is the fine entrance gate to the Royal Botanical Gardens, and to the south of the Green lies the parish church and walled churchyard of St Anne. In the north east corner is Kew Pond, an old horse pond.
Carville Hall North and Carville Hall South were formed from the remains of the garden of Carville Hall. The estate was purchased by Middlesex County Council when the Great West Road was being constructed and in late 1919 the MCC sold the land not necessary for the new road to Brentford UDC to be laid out as an open space and war memorial. The park opened in 1923 as Carville Hall War Memorial Park. Now further separated by the M4 Flyover, the two sides of the park are quite different in character. To the south the remains of the fishponds are a pond along the north boundary, with remains of garden planting and some fine trees.
Westerly Ware is former meadowland that was part of Kew Commonable Lands, whereby since 1824 inhabitants of Kew were granted common rights of pasture. Administration was overseen by a Kew Commonable Rights Committee elected annually by Kew Vestry, the freehold remaining with the Crown. Kew War Memorial Recreation Ground was laid out here after WWI and had tennis courts, netball court, children's playground, lawns and flower gardens. By March 1939 the Committee could no longer afford to maintain it and applied to Richmond Corporation to take over its control and management, which was approved by the Commissioner of Crown lands in September. The name Westerly Ware comes from netting weirs or 'wares' used to catch fish.