Education
Public libraries in the borough include Askew Road Library, Barons Court Library, Fulham Library, Hammersmith Library, Sands End Library, and Shepherds Bush Library.
The borough is also home to two prestigious independent girls' schools - St Paul's Girls' School in Brook Green (often ranked in first place in the country in league tables, with nearly 50% of each year group gaining entry to Oxbridge), and the Godolphin and Latymer School, situated a few minutes' walk from Hammersmith Broadway.
Latymer Upper School, an independent co-educational school, is also in the borough, on King Street in Hammersmith.
The exclusive independent girls' preparatory school Bute House is also in Brook Green.
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