Wormwood Scrubs is also the name of the Wormwood Scrubs prison. Wormwood Scrubs known locally as The Scrubs is an open space located in the north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London. It is the largest open space in the Borough at 80 ha (200 acres) and one of the largest areas of common land in London. The eastern part known as Little Wormwood Scrubs is cut off by Scrubs Lane and the West London Line railway.