Parsons Green
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London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is a London borough in West London, and forms part of Inner London. Traversed by the east-west main roads of the A4 Great West Road and the A40 Westway, many international corporations have offices in the borough....
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The mainly residential area is named after the village green (the Parson's Green) now called Parsons Green Park
Parsons Green (park)
Parsons Green is a park in the Parsons Green area of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. It is triangular, and on the northernmost corner is a tube station of the same name. It annually holds a 'Fair on the Green' to raise money and have fun. The Green hosted Fulham F.C.'s home games...
where the vicar of Fulham
Fulham
Fulham is an area of southwest London in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, SW6 located south west of Charing Cross. It lies on the left bank of the Thames, between Putney and Chelsea. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London...
used to live. The area is served by Parsons Green tube station
Parsons Green tube station
Parsons Green is a London Underground station on the branch of the District Line. It is between and stations and is in Zone 2. The station is located on Parsons Green a short distance north of the green itself. The station is about half way between Fulham Road and New Kings Road...
; Fulham football club
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...
had their ground in the park for two years from 1889.
It is relatively expensive as an area to buy property, as is illustrated by the fact that between April and June 2004, the average price for a terraced house
Terraced house
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in the area was £
Pound sterling
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654,615 and for a flat it was £290,675. Despite the property slowdown by 2009/2010 prices per square foot have risen to between £750 and £1,000, which is still cheaper than next door Chelsea
Chelsea, London
Chelsea is an area of West London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road and Chelsea Harbour. Its eastern boundary was once defined by the River Westbourne, which is now in a pipe above...
. The most expensive houses are around the Hurlingham Club, where an Edwardian semi-detached house costs between £2 million and £4 million. The ladder of roads known as the “alphabet streets”, near Bishop’s Park between Stevenage Road and Fulham Palace Road, has four-bedroom semi-detached Victorian houses that sell for between £1.9 million and £3.5 million. Prices of the “lion” houses on the Peterborough Estate, south of Parsons Green, start at £2 million.
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