Brentford Dock Residents
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Core Values
- Promote living in Brentford and Brentford Dock
- Build a Positive Community Spirit
- Help to Promote Local Businesses
The Dock Shop
Phone: 0208 8568 7024
- Monday to Friday
07:00- 14:00 & 15:00 - 20:00 - Saturday
07:00 - 19:30 - Sunday and Holidays
08:00 - 14:00
Brentford Dock
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Main Office: 020 8568 5096
Marina office: 07970 143 987
24 Hour Security: 07970 143 999
Web site: brentforddock.co.uk »
Brentford Dock - Block Directors
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Brentford Cruising Club
BCC is a friendly, active and well established yacht club based in Brentford Dock Marina, offering river cruising, social events, courses and training programs.
Read more on the BCC Web Site.
Celebrity Watch
Leo Sayer and Paul Clifton-James outside the Grounds at Brentford Lock a few days ago.
Both great fans of Brentford!
Wild Life Watch
Check out The Brentford Dock Wild Life caught by our Ace Photographers on the Dock.
Full Size Photos
See a slideshow with full size versions of the photos displayed here and on the news page, in fact we have added a few more good ones...
Brentford Dock and Railway
Dock Resident and local historian Diana Willment has written a book about the history of the initial design, construction and operation of the Old Brentford Dock. It is highly recommended to anyone interested in the history of GWR and the local area.
Latest News
Torpedo Boat
The Motor Torpedo Boat - MTB 102 on its way upriver on Saturday morning for the ADSL Veteran Cruise in Kingston on Sunday the 5th of Sepember. Read more about MTB 102 here!
The Six Bells Family and Charity Day on Sunday 12th September, (1pm-6pm), with proceeds going to Brentford Toy Library.
Live Entertainment, Children's Entertainment, Food and Raffles - prizes include a meal for two with a bottle of wine at The Six Bells / win a barrel of London Pride, etc...
Mark your calendar now!
More info!
Thames Lock Weir
Footpath Closure
Update: While maintenance work is carried out to the Brentford Weir and the Thames Lock, the footpath between Catherine Wheel Road and the Dock Road, will be closed for 5 months from October 2010 to March 2010.
See Notice - Thames Weir Repair
River Brent Moorings
A community representative has failed in a High Court fight to block plans for visitor moorings on the River Brent adjacent to Ferry Quays.
The development which has now won the judge's backing will see leisure moorings which will take up 6m of the navigable waters, along 180 meters of the river with a further 22 meters set aside for visitor moorings.
The moorings are now advertised on thamesmooring.com.
Further information on the TW8 website. At this time we do not know when these moorings will be built!
Here is a link to an earlier news story on the Brentford Community Council's website, from May 2009.
Would You Like to Sing?
Brentford Dock Singers need some more voices to join a friendly, enthusiastic mixed group. We have fun, we laugh a lot but we do work hard. We give a concert on the Dock every summer and perform in the Christmas Carol Concert. The music is wide-ranging - light, classical and songs from the shows.
You don’t need experience, just a voice, energy and commitment. If you think you would like to sing with us drop in to a rehearsal in the Residents’ Clubroom (8pm on Monday evenings), or get in touch:
Email claire.harbour@btinternet.com
or phone on 0208 560 8082
The Lord Nelson
Will be open from 09:00 on Sunday 5th Sept with a full bar and breakfast menu before Brentford v Sheffield Wednesday at 12:00.
Golf Charity Day
Rotary Clubs of Kew Gardens & Twickenham have a Golf Charity Day - Master Stroke on Thursday 16 September at The Stockley Park Golf Club, followed by a fabulous Gala Dinner.
- Cost: £48 per head golf & dinner
- £25 per head golf only
- £25 per head Dinner only
Frederick Cayley Robinson
Artist born in Brentford - exhibition at The National Gallery.
There is an opportunity to see an exhibition of one of Brentford’s famous artists, Frederick Cayley Robinson. He was born in Brentford in 1862 and his masterpiece ‘Acts of Mercy’, a series of four large paintings, are now being shown at The National Gallery. Here is a good slide show of them.
Details of the exhibition can be found on this National Gallery Page.
Duncan Walker
A strange sight...
I was having breakfast on Saturday morning at 6.15 a.m. and a narrowboat drifted past Julius Point up river, just like the Marie Celeste.
The river was nearly at high tide. There was no-one at the helm and no engine running. I couldn't see any sign of anybody on board. There was a closed umbrella and a can of lager on a mat at the helm, but no-one around.
Mysterious!
Maybe the boat was boarded by pirates operating from Lots Ait, who boarded and in the scuffle with the owner, he fell overboard and they scarpered?
I rang the Richmond lock keeper at 6.30 a.m. They sent out a boat to have a look and there was someone aboard but he was in the engine room for 1/2 hr trying to sort out a problem. So everything is alright now.
Duncan Walker
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Brentford Events
Sunday 5 September
Brentford Festival held on the first Sunday in September every year 12 noon to 5.30 in Boston Manor Park. Read more on the Brentford Festival Web site.
Wednesday 8 September
Coffee Mornings - £1 - in the Residents’ Clubroom at 10.30 a.m.
Thursday 9 September
Thursday Club - £1 - in the Residents’ Clubroom at 2.30 p.m. “Exploring Old Brentford” – an illustrated talk by Janet McNamara, a Local Historian.
Sunday 12th September
The Six Bells Family and Charity Day, (1pm-6pm), with proceeds going to Brentford Toy Library.
Live Entertainment, Children's Entertainment, Food and Raffles - prizes include a meal for two with a bottle of wine at The Six Bells / win a barrel of beer etc...