Ravenscourt Baptist Church

The Polish Social and Cultural Association (Polish: Polski Ośrodek Społeczno-Kulturalny; POSK) is a Polish cultural centre in London, England. It was funded by public subscription and founded in 1967, on the initiative of Polish engineer Roman Wajda, at 238–246 King Street, Hammersmith. The rationale was that during the Cold War, the Polish community in the United Kingdom was politically opposed to the Polish Communist authorities in its native country and could not otherwise avail itself of a continuous source of Polish history and culture and for potential future generations in exile. It replaced the venues of a number of distinct military, veterans and social associations and meeting places that had been scattered mainly across the Royal Borough of Kensington in the aftermath of World War II. As Poles who had escaped the occupation of their country began to move westwards in London from the "bedsitter land" to which they were first confined, Wajda and his committee made precise calculations as to where such a facility would best serve the Polish community of the time. The proximity of the Polish "garrison" church, Kościół św. Andrzeja Boboli w Londynie, St Andrew Bobola, in nearby Shepherd's Bush, would have been a factor in alighting on King Street. POSK presents and promotes Polish culture and history to the British public. It houses the Polish Library in London, which was founded in 1942, and an art exhibition space. It puts on film screenings, theatrical productions and musical recitals, including opera. It has a jazz club with regular sessions. The 300 capacity theatre is fully equipped with audio loop and subtitle function. The theatre is available for hire by other community groups when not in use. POSK also houses a Polish cafe, a restaurant and Members bar. There is an independent Polish bookshop on the premises. Several Polish organizations are based at the centre, including: The Federation of Poles in Great Britain – the largest Polish organisation in Britain which itself hosts a number of other organisations, Zjednoczenie Polskie w Wielkiej Brytanii – ZPWB Jozef Pilsudski Institute in London, Instytut Józefa Piłsudskiego Polish University Abroad – PUNO Polish Society of Arts and Sciences Abroad, Polskie Towarzystwo Naukowe na Obczyźnie – PTNO Polish Veterans Association, Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantów – SPK Tydzień Polski, successor to Dziennik Polski, "The Polish Daily", Britain's oldest Polish language newspaper.The original membership fee of £10 was raised in 2008 by the new President, Ewa Brzeska.On 26 June 2016 the front entrance of the centre was vandalised with graffiti. It was treated as a potential hate crime by the Metropolitan Police. It was seen by some as an expression of anti-Polish sentiment in the wake of the Brexit referendum and cited as an expression of anti-immigration views targeting Poles and other EU nationals. No one has been charged with the offence and debate continued about whether the graffiti could be interpreted as ambiguous or whether there were other factors suggesting the motives behind the graffiti were not necessarily xenophobic.

Ravenscourt Park is a London Underground station located in west Hammersmith, west London. The station is served by the District line and is between Hammersmith and Stamford Brook stations. The station is located between Dalling Road (B408) and Ravenscourt Road and is about 100 m north of King Street (A315). The station takes its name from the nearby Ravenscourt Park and is in Travelcard Zone 2. The station has four tracks serviced by two island platforms. The outside tracks are used by the District line. The Piccadilly line uses the inside tracks, but does not stop here except on rare occasions, such as engineering works taking place on other sections of the District line, and during all-night services on New Year's Eve. London Assembly member Murad Qureshi has called for Piccadilly line trains to stop at Ravenscourt Park on a regular basis.

Rivercourt Methodist Church is a church in King Street, Hammersmith, London. It was built in 1875 by the architect Charles Bell.

Latymer Upper School is a coeducational public school in Hammersmith, London, England, between King Street and the River Thames. The school has approximately 1,200 pupils, and is highly selective, accepting under 10% of applicants (in 2016); most are admitted through examination and interview to Upper School at the age of eleven, with some entering into the Sixth Form at 16. The school can be traced to a charity school for boys founded by the English merchant Edward Latymer in 1624. It moved to its present site in 1863 and in the mid-20th century became a direct grant grammar school. It has been independent since the abolition of that system of funding in the 1970s. It remained single-sex until Sixth-Form admissions were opened to girls in 1996; the remainder of the school became coeducational in the first decade of the 21st century. Latymer has been ranked consistently among the leading schools in the country academically. This is on the merit of its position in the national GCSE and A level examination performance tables combined with one of the highest Oxford and Cambridge acceptance rates of any secondary school or college, and it is one of the top schools for the arts and sport. As of 2020 the Sixth Form of 340 is one of the largest in London and offers forty academic courses as well as extra-curricular activities.

Ravenscourt Park is a political division of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham approximately corresponding to the park and grounds of the Ravenscourt Park estate. At the 2018 local elections it returned three Councillors in a first (three) past the post system. It is represented in Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council by Jonathan Caleb-Landy, Bora Kwon, and Asif Siddique all candidates of the Labour Party (UK). At the 2011 Census the population of the ward was 10,785.

Ravenscourt Park or RCP is an 8.3 hectares (21 acres) public park and garden located in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, England. It is one of the Borough's flagship parks, having won a Green Flag Award. Stamford Brook and Ravenscourt Park tube stations are close by.

Latymer Upper School Boat Club is a rowing club on the River Thames, based at 40A Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London.

Hammersmith Town Hall is a municipal building on King Street in Hammersmith. The town hall, which is the headquarters of Hammersmith and Fulham London Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

The Hammersmith Brewery (also known as Cromwell's Brewery, Swail's Brewery or the Town Brewery) was a brewery in Hammersmith, London.

The London Corinthian Sailing Club is based on the river Thames at Hammersmith. Its activities include Dinghy sailing and racing on the river, and yachting in the Solent and further afield, as well as an active social side including 'Club Nights' every Tuesday evening. An RYA-approved offshore training establishment with a full training programme is provided, including RYA theory and practical courses for Competent Crew, day skipper, coastal skipper and yachtmaster. Dinghy racing takes place most weekends throughout the year and some evenings during the summer. Mostly dinghies raced are Enterprises and Lasers. In addition to sailing at Hammersmith, there are regular events against other dinghy clubs on the Thames and clubs further afield. The yachting programme includes cruises (around the UK, cross-channel, in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean), training weekends, treasure hunts and races organised by the club. The club also participates in winter and spring series racing in the Solent, Cowes Week, Round the Island Race, Cork week, offshore JOG races, RORC races, the Fastnet race and some member-organised events. The clubhouse is a Georgian building with river views and full facilities.

Corona Theatre School (formerly Corona Academy) was founded in 1957 as a performing arts academy, operating in the region of west London. After the retirement of its owner, Rona Knight, it reopened as Ravenscourt Theatre School in 1989.

Sussex House is a Grade II* listed house at 12–14 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, London W6 9TA.It is just south of the Great West Road, and was built in about 1726.This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest, since 1985.The house features an old brick boundary wall on the north and east sides.