Kew Bridge Road,
Brentford
TW8 0EW
Built in 1860s as a pub.
Locally Listed as “56 Kew Bridge Rd, plus numbers 57-60 Kew Bridge Rd”
In Kew Bridge Conservation Area
History
Building thought to date from the 1860s. Trading seems to have started in the forecourt that developed in to Brentford Market. Plaque commemorating the Trafalgar Despatch unveiled August 2009.
The pub was just across the road from the Q Theatre which functioned between 1924 and 1956. Actors such as Dirk Bogarde and Kenneth More would often drop in after performances and Charles Hawtrey was sometimes persuaded to play the piano in the bar.
Further Information
Mentioned in Alfred Pearce’s poem of Fifty Pubs on Brentford’s High Street, 1948.
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The History of Brentford 
It would appear that my 3rd Great Grandfather died in The Express Tavern aged 73 in 1869 – I have just discovered his burial record that states place of death as “The Express” Old Brentford.