White City is a district of London, England, in the northern part of Shepherd's Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross. White City is home to Television Centre, White City Place, Westfield London and Loftus Road, the home stadium of Queens Park Rangers F.C. The district got its name from the white marble cladding used on buildings during several exhibitions when the area was first developed, between 1908 and 1914.
Shepherd's Bush railway station
Bird's eye view of part of the Franco-British Exhibition (1908)
Men of Kitcheners Army, stationed at White City, London, 24 November 1914
Westway flyover junction at Ladbroke Grove, looking east
Shepherd's Bush is a suburb of West London, England, within the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham 4.9 miles (7.9 km) west of Charing Cross, and identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan.
Shepherd's Bush Green
Foundation stone of a building in Shepherd's Bush showing Second World War shrapnel damage.
Shepherd's Bush Green, seen from a nearby tower block in September 2006.
Shops on Uxbridge Road on the north side of the Green