The mosaic of building works and confused signposts that have formed large parts of Shepherd’s Bush’s landscape for the last few years have largely gone to reveal the Westfield shopping centre, finished in October, which is served by four Tube stations and the new Overground station (two minutes’ walk away).
Westfield
Westfield is yet another shopping centre and yet it isn’t.
It’s true that if you were wanting to visit every shop there, they’d have to add a hotel (there’s a cinema and a public library coming later in the year) – the place is huge. There are touch-screen maps at every corner to help you find what you’re looking for, clusters of seats (including egg chairs) dotted here and there to relieve tiredness and small children can be pushed around in one- or two-seater cars. The size is actually a good thing – it’d have to be a very busy day for Westfield to feel crowded.
