Shepherds Bush is a vibrant suburb of London with a multi ethnic population with many Afro/Caribbean and Sumalians together with communities from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Poland and Ireland.
Life tends to centre round Shepherds Bush market this is open Monday to Saturday. Food from around the world can be bought here including fish, fruit and vegetables together with clothes, music, kitchen equipment, fabrics, linen, luggage and jewellery there is even a pet shop. When shopping is done there are plenty of cafes for coffees or lunches.
West 12 shopping centre is a fairly small centre with forty-six stores, open seven days a week with shops that include Superdrug, Boots, Officers Club and J D Sports. There are several restaurants and on the 2nd floor of the complex there is a cinema.
There are plenty of smaller specialist shops along the main road close to the green.
Shepherds Bush Green is an open space of about 8 acres and has two tennis courts at one end. The green is the centre of four major roads meeting at Holland Park roundabout. Around the area are thirteen bus routes.
The BBC television centre is located in Shepherds Bush and for those interested in the media they give 1.5-2hr tours and each tour is different.
Olympic Gold Medallist, Linford Christie grew up in Shepherds Bush and a sports stadium has his name on nearby Wormwood Scrubs. Wormwood Scrubs has been an open space since 1879 and lies between two major buildings HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs (probably the area is best known for this) and Hammersmith Hospital, a large teaching hospital that is renowned for clinical research.
Property to let in Shepherds Bush is plentiful with prices of £90-£120pw for a bedsit, £110-£170pw for a studio apartment, £140-£220pw for a 1 bed flat and £220-£295pw for a 2 bed flat.
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