Old Oak Common — Shepherds Bush
Oldshe one
Verified Slow Way
Verified by 75.00% of reviewers
Verified Slow Way
Verified by 75.00% of reviewers
By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Old Oak Common and Shepherds Bush.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Old Oak Common and Shepherds Bush.
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This route has been reviewed by 4 people.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 4
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - Yes (3) Maybe (1)
Problems reported - Access (1)
Downloads - 5
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Old Oak Common
Grid Ref
TQ2171282184
Lat / Lon
51.52546° / -0.24693°
Easting / Northing
521,712E / 182,184N
What3Words
pizza.native.young
Shepherds Bush
Grid Ref
TQ2372179902
Lat / Lon
51.50452° / -0.21878°
Easting / Northing
523,721E / 179,902N
What3Words
closed.powers.puppy
Oldshe One's land is
Old Oak Common | |
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Grid Ref | TQ2171282184 |
Lat / Lon | 51.52546° / -0.24693° |
Easting / Northing | 521,712E / 182,184N |
What3Words | pizza.native.young |
Shepherds Bush | |
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Grid Ref | TQ2372179902 |
Lat / Lon | 51.50452° / -0.21878° |
Easting / Northing | 523,721E / 179,902N |
What3Words | closed.powers.puppy |
Green urban | 2.8% |
Urban | 97.2% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Jane Taylor
20 Feb 2024Leaving aside the Old Oak Common meeting point being inaccessible until the HS2 project completes - this is a really good urban route, direct, safe, and with some interesting features.
From Shepherds Bush to Old Oak Common, first pass Shepherds Bush market; then go by the back of the old BBC studios at Wood Lane, through a lovely Japanese influenced park.
Across the A40 there is a bridge across the central line, with steps. These are the only steps on the route.
Past Hammersmith hospital is the infamous Wormwood Scrubs prison with its high walls; the scrubs itself is an open green space- the route follows an all weather path around the edge; in dry weather it would be pleasant and easy to cut across, but today it was full of lagoons and I think it is the right decision to route around.
Straight after the scrubs the enormous Old Oak Common HS2 station development site begins. This project will finish when it ends… Slow Ways has anticipated it’s importance as a transport hub by including it in the network, at which point it may well be a destination in its own right. For now its a connecting point between Wembley, Ealing, Shepherds Bush and other West London places, so it’s not really an issue that you can’t get to the precise end point.
If you’ve come this way to see the building work (very interesting) then you can continue along Old Oak Common Lane to the A4000, where there are buses.
If you are going on towards Wembley the Slow Ways route to Wembley picks up seamlessly from this one on Old Oak Common Lane.
Lizbiz70
27 Mar 2022Quite straight forward down to Wormwood Scrubs, which was a welcome piece of green down to the prison and to the hospital. A bit confused with the path and ended up going over steep steps down to a fairly straight road to Shepherds Bush. Lots of places for refreshment.
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Slow Ways Cristie
02 Jul 2021For Old Oak Common please begin or end your walk outside the train depot. The Slow Ways network is future proofed and this Slow Ways node will be ready in 2026.
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JamesMisra
01 May 2021This is a route that minimises contact with busy roads. The first section passes alongside Wormwood Scrubs playing fields and Hammersmith hospital.
I only noticed steps to use the footbridge that crosses the busy Westway road. Assuming there is no ramp nearby, the route will need to be modified for wheelchair users.
The route then goes through a collection of roads that are named after places in Commonwealth countries e.g. Bloemfontein Road, Australia Road. The BBC Studios - now being converted to flats - and Queens Park Rangers football stadium are nearby.
The highlight of the route was Hammersmith Park. There is a Japanese garden, with a pond. It is an area of tranquillity, just before reaching the hustle and bustle of Shepherd's Bush Market.
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