Editing Southall (section)

==Culture==
[[File:Southall Broadway DMS 14112005-2.jpg|thumb|right|A shop in Southall Broadway, November 2005]]
[[File:Himalaya Palace Cinema, Southall - geograph.org.uk - 173961.jpg|thumb|South Road, Southall]]

Since the end of World War II, Southall has become largely a [[South Asian]] residential district, sometimes known as "[[Little India (location)|Little India]]".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4514245.stm |title=British Asians' immigration fears |last=Harcourt |first=Gordon |date=4 May 2005 |work=BBC News |access-date=21 March 2009 |archive-date=23 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423060438/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4514245.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/16530/ |title=Voice from Little India |last=Philipose |first=Pamela |date=13 July 2003 |work=The Indian Express |access-date=13 December 2009 |archive-date=23 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423060501/https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/voice-from-little-india/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2115361.ece?print=yes&randnum=1151003209000 |title=Cameron is given a black eye by the real Southall |last=Dhaliwal |first=Nirpal |date=22 July 2007 |work=The Sunday Times |access-date=13 December 2009 |location=London |archive-date=23 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423060442/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.asiansinmedia.org/2009/04/06/the-untold-southall-story/ |title=The (untold) Southall Story |last=Bhamra |first=Kuljit |date=6 April 2009 |work=Asians in Media Magazine |access-date=13 December 2009 |archive-date=13 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100413122425/http://www.asiansinmedia.org/2009/04/06/the-untold-southall-story/ |url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/travel/29dayout.html |title=A Real Taste of South Asia? Take the Tube to Southall |last=Rappeport |first=Alan |date=29 January 2006 |work=The New York Times |access-date=13 December 2009 |archive-date=30 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030214554/http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/travel/29dayout.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In addition, the signs on the main railway station are [[bilingual]] in English and [[Gurmukhi]], which is one of the written scripts of [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]. The main street in Southall is called The Broadway, while a smaller commercial area exists in Old Southall on King Street. Southall contains one of the largest South Asian shopping areas in the region, comparable to [[Green Street, Newham|Green Street]], East London or Ealing Road, [[Wembley]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/london-to-india-in-forty-minutes-30479 |title=London to India in Forty Minutes |date=27 June 2014 |website=The Daily Star |access-date=4 January 2021 |archive-date=19 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419183905/https://www.thedailystar.net/london-to-india-in-forty-minutes-30479 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/92/full_version_of_the_framework_for_southall.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=4 January 2021 |archive-date=17 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417074140/https://www.ealing.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/92/full_version_of_the_framework_for_southall.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="hidden-london.com"/>

Southall is home to London's largest [[Sikh]] community.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hidden-london.com/miscellany/demographics/ |title=Demographics |publisher=Hidden London |date=30 January 2013 |access-date=30 April 2020 |archive-date=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206172555/http://hidden-london.com/miscellany/demographics/ |url-status=live }}</ref> There are ten [[Sikhism|Sikh]] [[Gurdwara]]s in Southall. The [[Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha]], which opened in 2003, is one of the largest Sikh gurdwaras outside India, and it won the Ealing Civic Society Architectural Award in 2003. There are two large [[Hindu]] '[[Mandir]]' temples, the Vishnu Hindu Mandir on Lady Margaret Road and the Ram Mandir in Old Southall. 

There are more than ten Christian churches including 5 Anglican, one Roman Catholic ([[St Anselm's Church, Southall|St Anselm's Church]]), Baptist, Methodist and several Pentecostal or Independent. 

[[File:Holy Trinity, Southall - geograph.org.uk - 5054477.jpg|thumb|right|Holy Trinity Anglican church on Uxbridge Road.]]

There are six [[Masjid|Mosque]]s in Southall, the Abubakr Mosque situated on Southall Broadway, the Central Jamia Masjid Mosque situated on Montague Waye, which is the oldest, the Jamia Masjid Islamic Centre on Townsend Road, the Red Sea Mosque in the Green, and Dar al Salam on Norwood Road and also the Baithul Mukaram mosque near [[Lidl]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visitsouthall.co.uk/Local_Info/mosques.php |title=Southall Mosques – Masjids – Islamic Places of Worship |publisher=Visitsouthall.co.uk |access-date=29 July 2015 |archive-date=14 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614084520/http://www.visitsouthall.co.uk/Local_Info/mosques.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Southall-Glassy-Junction-DMS-2005-11-10.jpg|thumb|right|Glassy Junction pub, November 2005]]
The [[Tudor Rose, Southall]] is a nightclub and venue that caters for the local [[British African-Caribbean people|British African-Caribbean community]]. It opened as a cinema in 1910 and was converted to its current premises in 1983.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/28090 |title=Century Cinema in Southall |work=Cinema Treasures |access-date=16 October 2020 |archive-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020230739/http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/28090 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://theconnectingnewspaper.com/campaigners-fight-to-save-the-tudor-rose-southalls-haven-for-the-black-caribbean-community/ |title=Campaigners fight to save the Tudor Rose – Southall's haven for the black Caribbean community |newspaper=The Connecting Newspaper |date=17 July 2020 |access-date=16 October 2020}}</ref>

Southall was also the location of a [[Glassy Junction, Southall|Glassy Junction]] [[public house]], which was the first pub in the UK to accept Indian Rupees as payment. The Glassy Junction closed down in 2011 and has since been replaced by international South Indian restaurant chain, [[Saravana Bhavan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Glassy Junction |url=https://whatpub.com/pubs/MDX/12017/glassy-junction-southall |website=What Pub |publisher=Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) |access-date=18 May 2021 |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518155150/https://whatpub.com/pubs/MDX/12017/glassy-junction-southall |url-status=live }}</ref>

Other notable local pubs include [[Three Horseshoes (Southall)|The Three Horseshoes]] in Southall Broadway, by the architect [[Nowell Parr]] which closed in 2017.

===Media===
There are two local [[community radio]] stations servicing Southall; [[Westside 89.6 FM]], licensed by [[Ofcom]] as part of their drive towards community-based radio services, broadcasts urban music and was formerly based in Southall (now in Hanwell), and Desi Radio which predominantly broadcasts in Punjabi and is available throughout West London on 1602 [[AM radio|AM]] and on [[Digital Audio Broadcasting|DAB]] across Greater London. [[Sunrise Radio]], broadcasting for the wider Asian community nationally, was until recently based in Southall now having moved to nearby Hounslow.

Some non-English newspapers for the community in Southall are also in circulation<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visitsouthall.co.uk/Local_Info/newspapers.php |title=Southall Newspapers |website=Visitsouthall.co.uk |access-date=4 January 2021 |archive-date=1 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201023305/http://visitsouthall.co.uk/Local_Info/newspapers.php |url-status=live }}</ref> including ''Des Pardes'', a Punjabi-language paper. A writer of ''Des Pardes'', [[Tarsem Singh Purewal]] was killed in Southall in 1995.{{Pie chart
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|caption = Religion in Southall (2021)<ref>Southall is made up of 5 wards in the London Borough of Ealing: Dormers Wells, Lady Margaret, Southall Green, Southall Broadway, and Norwood Green. {{Cite web |url=https://censusdata.uk/e05013533-norwood-green/ts030-religion |title=Norwood Green: Religion |website=UK Census Data |access-date=26 February 2023 |archive-date=25 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225223016/https://censusdata.uk/e05013533-norwood-green/ts030-religion |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://censusdata.uk/e05013526-lady-margaret/ts030-religion |title=Lady Margaret: Religion |website=UK Census Data |access-date=26 February 2023 |archive-date=25 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225221513/https://censusdata.uk/e05013526-lady-margaret/ts030-religion |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://censusdata.uk/e05013519-dormers-wells/ts030-religion |title=Dormers Wells: Religion |website=UK Census Data |access-date=26 February 2023 |archive-date=25 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225223032/https://censusdata.uk/e05013519-dormers-wells/ts030-religion |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://censusdata.uk/e05013537-southall-broadway/ts030-religion |title=Southall Broadway: Religion |website=UK Census Data |access-date=26 February 2023 |archive-date=25 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225223016/https://censusdata.uk/e05013537-southall-broadway/ts030-religion |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://censusdata.uk/e05013538-southall-green/ts030-religion |title=Southall Green: Religion |website=UK Census Data |access-date=26 February 2023 |archive-date=25 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225223017/https://censusdata.uk/e05013538-southall-green/ts030-religion |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="theguardian.com"/>

|label1 = [[Sikhism in the United Kingdom|Sikhism]]
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|color1 = #e9ce1e
|label2 = [[Islam in the United Kingdom|Islam]]
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|color2 = green
|label3 = [[Christianity in the United Kingdom|Christianity]]
|value3 = 22.6
|color3 = dodgerblue
|label4 = [[Hinduism in the United Kingdom|Hinduism]]
|value4 = 14.2
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|label5 = [[Irreligion in the United Kingdom|No Religion]]
|value5 = 5.2
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|label6=[[Buddhism in the United Kingdom|Buddhism]]|label7=[[Judaism in the United Kingdom|Judaism]]|label8=Other Religions|label9=Religion Not Stated|value6=0.4|value7=0.1|value8=0.7|value9=4.2|color6=darkorchid|color7=darkkhaki|color8=aqua|color9=lightgrey}}

===In film and TV===
Southall was the main location for the hit film ''[[Bend It Like Beckham]]'' and has appeared in Bollywood films as well, including ''[[Patiala House (film)|Patiala House]]'' and ''[[Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal|Goal!]]''.

A restaurant located in Southall, named "Brilliant Restaurant" has also been featured and nominated on [[Gordon Ramsay]]'s show, [[Ramsay's Best Restaurant]], as one of Ramsay's best.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/brilliant-restaurant-gets-tv-spotlight-5994125|title='Brilliant Restaurant' gets TV spotlight|first=James|last=Gates|date=21 September 2010|website=My London}}</ref> Gordon also mentioned he'd visited multiple times prior working with staff, aiming to obtain top knowledge on how to prepare and serve Indian food. 
[[King Charles III]] has also brought up that Brilliant is his favourite Indian restaurant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/king-charles-favourite-restaurant-brilliant-punjabi-indian-b1078243.html|title=The King's favourite Indian restaurant lives up to its name: Brilliant|first=Joanna|last=Taylor|date=5 May 2023|website=The Standard}}</ref>
===Sport===
The local [[association football|football]] club [[Southall F.C.]] has a long history, having been formed in 1871 and nurtured past players such as [[Les Ferdinand]], who went on to play for the [[England national football team|national team]]. and as of 2018–19, they currently play in the Premier Division of the [[Combined Counties Football League]].The local [cricket] club is London Tigers CC, who play at Spikes Bridge Park. Southall Park is home to a free weekly park run 5k event, which starts at 9am every Saturday.