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Facts and places of interest in Ealing

Interesting Facts about Ealing

• During the First World War, a tank was parked outside Ealing town hall to help promote voluntary contributions towards the war effort. War came closer to Ealing Town Hall in 1940 when a wall was built around it to protect it during the blitz, though unlike some prominent buildings in the borough, it survived relatively unscathed.

• Ealing's claim to fame was the film Studios which produced the Ealing comedies of the 1950s, including The Lavender Hill Mob . The building of the new shopping centre, opened in 1985, however, drastically altered part of the centre of Ealing.

• 1901 was a great year for Ealing. It saw the opening of Walpole Park , the first electric trams running along the Uxbridge Road , and the incorporation of Ealing. Ealing was the first borough in Middlesex to receive a charter and to have a mayor. Ealing became known as the Queen of the suburbs.

Places of Interest in and around Ealing

Ealing Town Hall

Ealing's Town Hall is a gothic late Victorian gothic building on Ealing Broadway. The Town Hall was opened in 1888 by Edward VII and cost £16,000 to built.

The town hall also housed a public library, swimming baths and a fire station behind the building. 

When further office space was needed in the 1980s, it was decided not to expand the existing building or to sell it, but simply transfer most of the offices to the new building (now known as Perceval House). 

PM Gallery & House

PM Gallery & House, is Ealing's flagship cultural venue and comprises of the Grade I listed Pitzhanger Manor-House, designed by the architect John Soane in 1800 and PM Gallery, West London 's premier professional contemporary arts venue. 

Gunnersbury Park Museum

Gunnersbury Park Museum is a delightful Regency building which became the first country residence of the famous Rothschild banking family in 1835. Under their ownership, Gunnersbury Park hosted many grand social occasions.

It is now a museum, which collects and displays the history of the whole of Ealing borough (also Hounslow) in a range of temporary exhibitions. Here you will find local archaeological finds, domestic equipment and costumes, the last hansom cab that worked in Ealing, as well as the Rothschild coaches and original Victorian kitchens. 

The grounds offer ornamental gardens including woods and lakes; sports facilities consist of nine-hole golf, tennis courts with football and cricket pitches.

London Motorcycle Museum

London Motorcycle Museum is located in nearby Greenford and was opened in May 1999, it is London 's only motorcycle museum. Housing over 60 exhibits it is funded entirely by donations, membership fees and voluntary labour. It is set in part of the old Ravenor Farm, next to Ravenor Park in Greenford. The museum offers free tea and coffee in their tearoom and advice on restoring motorcycles. Motorcycle souvenirs are available from the souvenir shop, which also displays some period merchandise.

London Transport Museum Depot

The London Transport Museum stores 370,000 items at 'The Depot' in Acton . The Depot's main objective is to operate as a working museum store. It is open to the public on selected dates during the year. The items on display range from old uniforms and posters to trains and buses. The Museum is a non-profit, independent Museum registered by the Museums and Galleries Commission. It is owned and operated by Transport for London.

Ealing Road

A cultural delight with Asian shops selling everything from saris to the most exotic fresh fruit and vegetables. In addition the road also boasts a variety of cafes, restaurants and a sparkling jewellery quarter. This bustling centre reflects the increasing popularity of diverse foods and clothing.

Brent Lodge Animal Centre

Brent Lodge Animal Centre is located in Hanwell and is k nown locally as the Bunny Park , the centre houses a wide variety of animals including exotic birds and mammals such as rhea and mongooses, domestic species including goats and rabbits and an indoor area with monkeys, reptiles, spiders and more.

Blondin Park and Nature Area

Local nature reserve comprising a community orchard, wildflower meadow and pond. Community group Friends of Blondin actively helps to maintain the site.


Dean Gardens

Small green open space with a children's playground. The area within the old running path is frequently used for sport.

Ealing Common

Open parkland used for grazing animals and donkey rides in the last century.

Fox Wood

One of the few remaining woodland areas in Ealing, particularly special because of ancient woodland species at the northern end of the site. It became a Local Nature Reserve in 1991, Fox Wood lies beyond the sports pitches on the banks of an old reservoir, which was drained during World War 2 to prevent it being used as a navigational aid for enemy aircraft. A great place to see wild flowers, birds and animals.


Gurnell Grove

Small play area with a footpath link-up to Castlebar Halt conservation area - part of which is managed as a hay meadow.

Hanger Hill Park

Sloped grassland park containing perimeter flowerbeds, shrubs and ancient oak trees. Undulating ground adjacent to Hanger Lane is thought to have been an air-raid shelter during World War 2. There are natural springs and native oak trees, which grow well on the clay soils. The site also has a junior play area.

Hanger Hill Wood

Named from 'Hangra', the Old English word for wooded slope, this site hosts a variety of woodland plants and birds including large oak and beech trees.

Lammas Park

Formal park of 25 acres which derives its name from 'lammas' land – land on which manor tenants could graze cattle after a harvest in medieval times. Tennis courts and a nature area are located opposite Culmington Road . Nature area, bowling greens, croquet pitch, tennis courts, junior football pitch, playground, playcentre.

Longfield, Perivale East Meadow and Pitshanger Riverside

Three meadows with natural riverbanks forming part of the Brent River Park . Walkers can enjoy the riverside with mallards, moorhens, kingfishers and other river wildlife.

Montpelier Park

The current site of Montpelier Park once belonged to one of the leading public girls school in the country. It was called Princess Helena College and was opened by the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VII) in July 1882. Today the wood stands on what were once the college's sports pitches.


Pitshanger Park

Watch the wildlife or take a pleasant walk beside the River Brent. Sport enthusiasts can make use tennis, football or bowls facilities and golfers can tee-off over on the adjacent Ealing golf course. Footpaths connect to St Mary's, Perivale and Gurnell.

Walpole Park

Ealing's premier park which hosts jazz and comedy festivals during the summer. Features a rose garden, water garden, ornamental pond, and Pitshanger Manor Museum .

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