Apartments in Brentford
Brentford runs along the Great West Road's Golden Mile — GSK, Sky and a string of office parks — with the Thames and the Grand Union Canal on its doorstep for everyone staying here on business.
- 25 minto Heathrow by road, typical
- 23 minto London Waterloo from Brentford station
- TW8postcode covered by these buildings
Who stays here and why
Brentford is where the corridor's corporate demand concentrates. The Golden Mile — the stretch of the Great West Road running through the area — has long housed GSK's UK headquarters, and Sky's studios and offices sit just over the Isleworth border, a short walk or drive from most Brentford apartments. A large share of stays here are single contractors and relocating staff on assignments of a month or more rather than weekly changeovers, which is reflected in the buildings themselves.
The apartments range from newer riverside developments — Aitons House and Westgate House among them — to smaller blocks a short walk from Brentford High Street, and most include the underground parking that a corridor built for car commuters still expects. Golden Mile House, as the name suggests, sits closest to the office corridor itself and suits a stay where the daily commute is measured in minutes rather than a train journey.
Transport and getting around
Brentford station (South Western Railway) runs to Clapham Junction and Waterloo; Kew Bridge is a short walk or drive for the District line via Gunnersbury. By road, the Golden Mile employers and the M4 are both within ten minutes, and Heathrow is about 25 minutes off-peak.
Brentford FC's Community Stadium and the regenerated High Street give the area an evening life that some of the corridor's more purely residential stops don't have — a genuine advantage for a stay running several weeks, when somewhere to eat that isn't the apartment kitchen starts to matter. The Grand Union Canal towpath runs the length of the area and is the easiest way to walk to Kew Bridge or the river without touching a main road.
Nearby areas
Isleworth is the natural neighbour if a Sky-adjacent stay is the priority — it's closer to the studios than most of Brentford itself, and worth comparing directly if that's the actual commute. Kew Bridge, a few minutes further east, suits a more riverside, less commercial stay while keeping a similar journey time to central London.
Ealing is the option if you'd rather be near a high street and schools than an office park, and it's a similar drive time to most of the same employers via the A4. For a longer relocation where the whole family is moving rather than one contractor, that trade-off is usually worth the slightly higher rate.
