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Brentford Dock
Dock Road, Brentford, Greater London TW8 8AE, UKAbout
Brentford Dock. Fans of British TV may be interested to know that the riverside area to the south of Brentford High Street is frequently used for outdoor filming by popular series such as ITV's 'The Bill'. The backdrop of the estate (sited on the former Brentford Dock, the terminus for GWR trains transferring goods to the Thames) appears frequently in shows requiring a 'gritty', urban atmosphere. The northern aspect of the Brentford Dock estate belies its extremely picturesque marina (filled with a variety of narrowboats, Dutch barges and pleasure craft) and waterside views, however. Indeed, for connoisseurs of post-war architecture, Brentford Dock is often mentioned in the same breath as the Barbican estate in the City of London, and cited as an example of a successful and aesthetically-pleasing social housing development from a period most commonly characterised by its failures.
