This is our local pub (literally about a 30 second walk from our front door). Great food and highly recommended, think we may be spending a little time here!!History of the Rocket - (text and photos taken from the website)
"Acton was settled in the Middle Ages on the old road to Oxford, five miles out of London. The area was heavily wooded - Acton means 'Oak Town' in Anglo Saxon. In the 17th century, Acton's proximity to London made it a favourite summer retreat for courtiers and lawyers: the area was said to be blessed with very sweet air and Londoners took the waters - believed to be medicinal - at the wells on Old Oak Common. The coming of the railways in the nineteenth century meant that the rapidly growing number of city clerks working in London could live in Acton 'in the country' with easy access to the City. Houses and hotels sprung up near the railway stations - the Rocket was built in 1871 and was then called the Acton Station Hotel."
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