The Duke's Head is a Grade II listed pub in Putney, London.
The Duke's Head is a Grade II listed pub in Putney, London.
The pub is between Putney Embankment and the Lower Richmond road, on the corners with Thames place, [1] opposite 37, 39 and 41, Lower Richmond Road SW15.
A public house is thought to have been on the site from 1774, and the current pub building dates from 1864 with fittings from 1894, the basement was used by Putney Town Rowing Club for storage of boats. [2]
The pub overlooks the start of the University Boat Races [3] [4] and is close to the Boat Race start stone.
The pub is managed by Young & Co and was its first smoke free venue in 2006. [5]
Putney is a district of south London, England, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, five miles southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
Putney Bridge is a Grade II listed bridge over the River Thames in west London, linking Putney on the south side with Fulham to the north. The bridge has medieval parish churches beside its abutments: St Mary's Church, Putney is built on the south and All Saints Church, Fulham on the north bank. This close proximity of two churches by a major river is rare, another example being at Goring-on-Thames and Streatley, villages hemmed in by the Chiltern Hills. Before the first bridge was built in 1729, a ferry had shuttled between the two banks.
Wimbledon Common is a large open space in Wimbledon, southwest London. There are three named areas: Wimbledon Common, Putney Heath, and Putney Lower Common, which together are managed under the name Wimbledon and Putney Commons totalling 460 hectares. Putney Lower Common is set apart from the rest of the Common by a minimum of 1 mile of the built-up western end of Putney.
Putney Lower Common is an open parkland space in the London Borough of Wandsworth between the town centres of Putney and Barnes. It is part of Wimbledon and Putney Commons, lying 1.5 miles from the rest of the common area.
The A316, known in parts as the Great Chertsey Road, is a major road in England, which runs from the A315 Chiswick High Road, Turnham Green, Chiswick to join head-on the M3 motorway at Sunbury-on-Thames. Its initial London section Chiswick Lane heads south – following this it is a mostly straight dual carriageway aligned WSW.
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