About Kindred at Bradmore House, Hammersmith
Our Story
Opened in December 2018, Kindred was born out of a desire to create a space for the community to connect face to face, with no one feeling excluded.
People do better when connected with others. Gathering around the fire at the end of each day is a practice humans have done since prehistoric times. It was the sharing of food, stories and ideas that helped reinforce the essential social bonds that were needed to survive. Today, our society prioritises online connection, efficient communication, and transactional relationships – all with their benefits, but often at the cost of more meaningful, human-to-human engagement.
We wanted to address that, by providing somewhere physical where people could meet each other more easily – not the workplace, and not your home, but something else.
When we opened, people needed community spaces more than ever: through our early years, we endured the turmoil brought by the pandemic.
We wanted to be a place that welcomed people in rather than shut them out, so we made the decision to close down our membership model, and opened up Kindred to all.
There are four things we offer at Kindred: coworking, our cultural programme, Cellar at Kindred our restaurant and bar, and our private hire offering, all of which are designed with meeting and gathering in mind.
We are a community space that welcomes all, tries its best to break down traditional barriers to meeting new people, and believes that the world will do better if we spend more time in the company of others.
Anna Anderson – Founder of Kindred
The Building
Kindred is housed in Bradmore House, a Grade II listed building on Queen Caroline Street with one of the more remarkable histories in west London. The Baroque facade was built around 1700 by Henry Ferne, Receiver General of HM Customs. According to the 18th-century historian Daniel Lysons, the wing was built for Ferne’s connection, the actress Anne Oldfield – later the highest-paid actress in England and buried in Westminster Abbey under William Congreve’s monument.
The original house was demolished in 1913 to make way for a bus garage, but the London County Council intervened. The facade was dismantled brick by brick, turned through 180 degrees, and rebuilt as the front of the new building. In 1994 it was reinstalled again as part of the Hammersmith Broadway development. The interior panelling, which had spent 89 years at the Geffrye Museum, was returned home in 2002.
Architecturally, Bradmore House is described by Historic England as a very good example of English Baroque domestic architecture. The facade is two storeys and seven bays in buff stock brick with cut and rubbed red brick dressings and Portland stone, with giant Composite-order pilasters framing the central bays.
FORMER SOCIAL WORKER. FOUNDER, KINDRED
Meet Anna Anderson
Kindred is the vision of Founder Anna Anderson, who you will often spot in the building with her toy poodle, Chutney, in tow. A former social worker, Anna is passionate about reimagining what community could look like in one of the world’s loneliest cities. She believes in the power of intentional gatherings, whole-hearted hospitality, and running a purpose-led business that gives at least as much as it takes.
We Make Space
We set up Kindred to bring people together in person, in lasting and meaningful ways. So we’re offering up our Hammersmith spaces to local charities, grassroots organisers, and community champions—for free.
Since launch, we’ve hosted 20+ charities, community groups, social enterprises and not-for-profits, including the NHS and Action Aid.
TogethernessFest
We’ve always been vocal about the crisis of loneliness. Every year in June, marking International Loneliness Awareness Week, we host our signature TogethernessFest; a week long series of events, designed to help attendees meet new people, have interesting conversations that go beyond, ‘what do you do?’, and celebrate the simple joys of being together.
Kindred's Community Dinners
Our dream when Kindred was in its infancy was to use the simple act of eating together to spark connection and bring people together. That’s why once a month, we host a free dinner for a hundred guests. Donated by us, with the option for guests to pay it forward to our charity partner Nourish Hub, we wanted to do something that removes all the usual financial barriers to connection, and focus simply on getting to know others in the community over a delicious shared meal.
We’ve hosted 19 community dinners so far, serving over 1,900 guests.
Find us
-
getting here
Our nearest tube stop is Hammersmith which is a 2 minute walk away. Come by the:
- Piccadilly/District line
- Hammersmith and City line
- Bus Stop Hammersmith Broadway (TC)
-
Address
Bradmore House,
Queen Caroline Street,
W6 9BW,
London -
Cellar at Kindred opening hours
Monday: 9am – 5pm
Tuesday – Wednesday: 9am – 10pm
Thursday – Friday: 9am – 10:30pm
Saturday: 5pm – 10:30pm
Sunday: Closed -
Kindred opening hours
We are open for coworking from
9am – 5pm, Mon – Fri.For our cultural programme and private events, please check start time and end time of your event.
New to Kindred? We have more to explore...
