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Facts and places of interest in Greenford

Interesting Facts about Greenford

• The first recorded record of Greenford is when it is mentioned in a Saxon charter of 845AD; it was known then as Grenan Forda.

• Greenford is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 when the population contained 27 people and one Frenchman!

• Greenford is considered to be birthplace of the modern organic chemical industry when William Perkin founded a dye factory on land near to The Black Horse Pub in 1857. This produced a purple dye by artificial means, the first to do so. The site expanded as business boomed, but in 1872 there was an explosion and two men were killed.  The works were finally sold and closed down in 1880.

• One well-known Rector was Edward Betham, who founded a school in Greenford in 1780, which still exists today. It was for the teaching of thirty poor boys and girls. Boys were taught the basics of Christianity, to read, write and to do sums, while girls learnt to knit and sew.

• The trotting track at Greenford was a pioneer speedway venue and open meetings were staged 1928 - 1930. The track would be called a long track now as it was of the order of half a mile/800 m per lap.

Places of Interest in and around Greenford

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 Transport Museum (Depot)

The Museum Depot is located in Acton. The depot holds the majority of the Museum's collections which are not on display in the main museum in Covent Garden.

The depot houses over 370,000 items of all types, including many original works of art used for the Museum's collections of posters , signs , models , photographs , engineering drawings and uniforms. The building has both road access and a rail connection to the London Underground network, which allows the storage and display of significant numbers of buses, trolleybuses, trams, and rail rolling stock plus more.

The depot is not regularly open to the public, but is fully equipped to receive visitors, with ticket office, shop and other visitor facilities. It opens to the public for special events, including themed open weekends.

Bitterns Field/Brentside Footpath/ Mayfield / Marnham Field / Greenford Island

Area within Brent River Park managed for its wildlife interest. There are enjoyable footpaths across the meadows and beside the river, connecting Hanwell with Greenford. There is also a local walk around Marnham Field.

Greenford Birch Wood

Part of the Northolt Greenford Countryside Park the site is a small mixed woodland with a stream and a stand of silver birch which provides nesting sites

Greenford Lagoons

Former wasteland is part of the Northolt Greenford Countryside Park that now features three permanent lagoons feeding floodwater through filtering reed beds with associated wildlife.

Greenford Recreation Ground

Large green open space with a perimeter-walking route and a play area for children.

Grove Farm

A Local Nature Reserve with a circular path that can be used for recreation. This site contains conservation interest with ancient woodland and the associated plants such as wild service trees and woodland flower species.

Litten Local Nature Reserve

Two-acre site containing woodland, wildflower meadows and ponds. Local schools and community groups (Friends of the Litten & Footsteps Art Group) use the reserve for conservation tasks and educational workshops.

Marnham Fields

Wildflower meadows and woodlands bounded by the canal separating the site from Smiths Farm. Part of Northolt and Greenford Countryside with community woodlands (Marnham Woodlands Group) which have been planted as part of the site's ongoing re-development.

Oldfield Recreation Ground

Small area of green open space for informal recreation. Formerly used as farmland, the park now provides a quiet haven from busy roads on both sides.
Access: Oldfield Road North and Greenford Road .

Perivale Park and Meadows/ Ruislip Road East Conservation Area

Part of Brent River Park this park is devoted to sport with football and cricket pitches, Perivale Park Athletics Track & Gym, Ealing and Southall Athletics Club and Perivale Golf Course. Costons Brook runs through the west side of the park skirting Perivale Meadows before joining the River Brent - walkers can enjoy the river by taking the Ruislip Road riverside walk.

There is a bowling green and pavilion, football pitches, cricket pitches, sports changing rooms, playground, golf course, tennis courts, Perivale Athletics Track & Gym, Perivale golf course, car park

Ravenor Park

A large managed park with a large areas of open green space, it also futures a newly improved playground and a wooded conservation area.

If you are interested in buying a residential property or taking a lease on a commercial property in Greenford then we would be pleased to offer you our professional services. As Chartered Surveyors we provide building Surveys, structural surveys, engineer's reports, homebuyers reports as well as schedule of conditions, commercial building surveys, feasibility studies etc all carried out by independent Chartered Surveyors. We would always recommend that you have a survey carried out on a property you intend to purchase.