Editing Perivale (section)

==Literature and the media==
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Perivale is one of the settings of [[Anthony Trollope]]'s novel ''[[The Belton Estate]]'' (1865).<ref>{{cite web |title=The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Belton Estate, by Anthony Trollope |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/4969/4969-h/4969-h.htm |website=www.gutenberg.org |access-date=29 February 2024}}</ref>

Perivale appears in [[John Betjeman]]'s 1954 poem ''Middlesex'' as a “parish of enormous hayfields”
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Perivale was the setting for the 1989 season twenty-six ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial [[Survival (Doctor Who)|''Survival'']] as the hometown of the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s companion [[Ace (Doctor Who)|Ace]]. There were several locations used in and around Perivale during filming, including Bleasdale Avenue, Medway Parade, Colwyn Avenue, Woodhouse Avenue, Children's Play Area, Ealing Central Sports Ground, Horsenden Lane South, and the nearby [[Horsenden Hill]]. Victorian Perivale was also the location for establishing shots of a [[Manor house|manor]] which was the setting of another season twenty-six serial, [[Ghost Light (Doctor Who)|''Ghost Light'']].

Parts of the film [[Snatch (film)|''Snatch'']] were filmed in Perivale and on the nearby Horsenden Hill.

Henry Perowne, the principal character in [[Ian McEwan]]'s novel [[Saturday (novel)|''Saturday'']], was born in Perivale. ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]'' used Horsenden Hill for location shooting in the episode where [[Del Boy]] and Rodney 'look after' Marlene and Boycie's dog (only to feed it reheated pork and give it food poisoning).