Where to, Parker. Issue 5 | Summer 2017

Where Auntie used to live
the bit where we spotlight one of london’s lesser-known but
very wonderful quarters.
White City, the area north of Shepherd’s Bush, is
soon to become a thriving new residential area
thanks in part to the apartments being carved out
of the old BBC TV Centre. Yes, of course they’re
expensive (what did you expect?) but hopefully
they will catalyse the grubby area surrounding
them when residents start moving in, in late 2017.
Next door there’s already the gargantuan Westfield
London shopping centre with all its bling. Soon to
come to Television Centre (as the quarter is being
marketed) is a cinema, restaurants, a Soho House
members’ club and new campuses for both the
Royal College of Art and Imperial College London.
The future looks bright.
Great pubs
The big Daddy of the drinking spots is the pub
known as The Defector’s Weld. Here you’ll mix with
locals as well as music-lovers on their way to gigs
at Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Across Wood Lane
is The Green, with both a ground-floor bar and a
cute basement section called The Green Room.
Further south on the Goldhawk Road are craft beer
specialists BrewDog Shepherd’s Bush.
Great football club
QPR might resent being called small. Well, at least
they would if they weren’t perfectly formed. Their
Loftus Road stadium has a capacity of just 18,000
which means fans have to chant loudly to be heard.
But it also means they’re much closer to the action
on the pitch.
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