Editing Ealing

{{short description|District in west London, United Kingdom}}
{{about|the district in London|the borough of which it is the administrative centre|London Borough of Ealing|other uses}}
{{redirect|Ealing Broadway|the railway station|Ealing Broadway station|the shopping centre and town square complex|Ealing Broadway Centre}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{infobox UK place
| official_name             = Ealing 
| coordinates               = {{coord|51.5175|-0.2988|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference         = TQ175805
| region                    = London
| country                   = England
| london_borough            = Ealing
| post_town                 = LONDON
| population                = 85,014
| population_ref            = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]])<ref>Ealing is made of six wards in the London Borough of Ealing: Cleveland, Ealing Broadway, Ealing Common, Hanger Hill, Northfield, and Walpole. {{cite web|url=http://data.london.gov.uk/2011-census-ward-pop |title=2011 Census Ward Population Estimates &#124; London DataStore |access-date=9 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222202755/http://data.london.gov.uk/2011-census-ward-pop |archive-date=22 February 2014}}</ref>
| postcode_area             = W
| postcode_district         = W5, W13
| postcode_area1            = NW
| postcode_district1        = NW10
| dial_code                 = 020
| static_image_name         = Town hall ealing 804.JPG
| static_image_caption      = [[Ealing Town Hall]]
| constituency_westminster  = [[Ealing North (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing North]]
| constituency_westminster1 = [[Ealing, Southall (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing, Southall]]
| constituency_westminster2 = [[Ealing Central and Acton (UK Parliament constituency)|Ealing Central and Acton]]
| charingX_distance_mi      = 7.5
| charingX_direction        = E
}}
'''Ealing''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|iː|l|ɪ|ŋ|}}) is a district in [[west London (sub-region)|west London]], England, {{convert|7.5|mi|km|1}} west of [[Charing Cross]] in the [[London Borough of Ealing]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/488/welcome_guide_for_new_residents|title=Welcome to Ealing: Your Guide to Living in Ealing|last=Ealing Council}}</ref> It is the administrative centre of the borough and is identified as a major metropolitan centre in the [[London Plan]].<ref name=london_plan_f08>{{cite web|url=http://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/docs/londonplan08.pdf |author=Mayor of London |publisher=[[Greater London Authority]] |title=London Plan (Consolidated with Alterations since 2004) |date=February 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602000714/http://www.london.gov.uk/thelondonplan/docs/londonplan08.pdf |archive-date=2 June 2010  |author-link=Mayor of London }}</ref>

Ealing was historically an ancient parish in the county of [[Middlesex]]. Until the urban expansion of London in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was a rural village.<ref name="Youngs">{{cite book | first=Frederic |last=Youngs | title=Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England | volume=I: Southern England | year=1979 | publisher=[[Royal Historical Society]] | location=London |isbn=978-0-901050-67-0}}</ref> Improvement in communications with London, culminating with the opening of the railway station in 1838, shifted the local economy to market garden supply and eventually to suburban development. By 1902 Ealing had become known as the "Queen of the Suburbs" due to its greenery, and because it was halfway between city and country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/property/house-and-home/the-queen-of-the-suburbs-701430.html|title=The Queen of the Suburbs|date=8 September 2000|website=independent.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ealingnewsextra.co.uk/history/was-ealing-the-queen-of-the-suburbs/|title=Was Ealing the 'Queen of the Suburbs'? - Ealing News Extra|date=30 October 2015|website=ealingnewsextra.co.uk|access-date=25 April 2018|archive-date=4 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704180826/http://ealingnewsextra.co.uk/history/was-ealing-the-queen-of-the-suburbs/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As part of the growth of London in the 20th century, Ealing significantly expanded and increased in population. It became a [[municipal borough]] in 1901 and part of [[Greater London]] in 1965. It is now a significant commercial and retail centre with a developed night-time economy. Ealing has the characteristics of both leafy suburban and inner-city development. The [[Pitshanger]] neighbourhood and some others retain the lower density, greenery and architecture of suburban [[village]]s.<ref name="yourlocalguardian.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/youngreporter/10054404.Ealing___The_Queen_of_the_Suburbs_/|title=Ealing- 'The Queen of the Suburbs'|website=Your Local Guardian}}</ref> Ealing's town centre is often referred to as ''Ealing Broadway'', the name of both a [[Ealing Broadway station|railway interchange]] and a [[Ealing Broadway Centre|shopping centre]].

Most of Ealing, including the commercial district, Ealing Broadway, South Ealing, [[Ealing Common]], [[Montpelier, London|Montpelier]], [[Pitshanger]] and most of [[Hanger Hill]] fall under the [[W postcode area|W5 postcode]]. Areas to the north-west of the town centre such as Argyle Road and [[West Ealing]] fall under W13 instead. [[West Twyford]] north-east of the town centre, near Hanger Hill, falls under the [[NW postcode area|NW10]] postcode area. The population of Ealing (including [[Northfields, London|Northfields]]) was 85,014 at the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]].

==History==
===Toponymy===
Ealing's name derives from the Gillingas, a Saxon tribe mentioned in a charter issued by [[Æthelred of Mercia]] around the year 700.<ref>{{cite book |title=Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde |last=Hoops |first=Johannes |date=1998 |edition=2nd |volume=12 |page=110 |location=Berlin and New York |publisher=De Gruyter |isbn=3-11-016227-X |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bcwfZW_soyMC&pg=PA110}}</ref> The Gillingas themselves took their name from a patriarch or chief called ''Gilla''.<ref name=mills>{{cite book| title=A Dictionary of London Place-Names |date=2010 |last=Mills |first=David |publisher=Oxford University Press |edition=2 |isbn=978-0-19-956678-5 }}</ref> The place-name appears as ''Yllinges'' around the year 1170 and as ''Elyng'' in 1553.<ref name=mills/>

===Early history===
Archaeology evinces parts of Ealing have been lived in by neanderthal humans &ndash; the [[Lower Palaeolithic]] Age.<ref name=archone>'Archaeology: The Lower Palaeolithic Age', in ''A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1'' ed. J S Cockburn, H P F King and K G T McDonnell (London, 1969), pp. 11-21. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol1/pp11-21</ref> The typical stone tool type of neanderthals, the Mousterian, is not found in south-east England, but Levallois type may be consistent with the hand axes found.<ref name=archone/> These primitive hunters span a period of at least 300,000 years in Britain.<ref name=archone/> Of the [[Iron Age]], Milne lists six Carthaginian and pre-Roman bronze coins from Middlesex: Ashford and Ealing (Carthage coins); Edmonton (Seleucid (2), Rhegium, Bithynia coins). These are not so significant as for similar and more plentiful finds from [[Dorset]], and Milne suggests that some represent parts of imported bronze scrap.<ref>'Archaeology: The Iron Age', in ''A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 1'' ed. J S Cockburn, H P F King and K G T McDonnell (London, 1969), pp. 50-64. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol1/pp50-64</ref>

[[File:South Face of the Church of Christ the Saviour, Ealing (01).jpg|thumb|left|The [[Christ the Saviour Church, Ealing|Church of Christ the Saviour]], built in 1852]]
The [[St Mary's Church, Ealing|Church of St. Mary's]], the parish church's priest for centuries fell to be appointed by the [[Bishop of London]], earliest known to be so in {{circa|1127}}, when he gave the great tithes to Canon Henry for keeping St. Paul's cathedral school.<ref name=dbolton>Diane K Bolton, Patricia E C Croot and M A Hicks, ''Ealing and Brentford: Churches, Ealing', in A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7'' ed. T F T Baker and C R Elrington (London, 1982), pp. 150-153. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol7/pp150-153</ref> The church required frequent repair in the 1650s and was so ruinous in about 1675 that services were held elsewhere for several years. Worshippers moved to a wooden tabernacle in 1726 and the steeple fell in 1729, destroying the church, before its rebuilding.<ref name=dbolton/>  In the 12th century Ealing was amid a [[Great Middlesex Forest|fields- and villages-punctuated forest]] covering most of the [[Middlesex|county from the southwest to the north]] of the [[City of London]].

The earliest surviving English census is that for Ealing in January 1599. This list was a tally of all 85 households in Ealing village giving the names of the inhabitants, together with their ages, relationships and occupations. It survives in manuscript form at [[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]] (''piece E 163/24/35''), and was transcribed and printed by K J Allison for Ealing Historical Society in 1961.

Settlements were scattered throughout the parish. Many of them were along what is now called [[St. Mary]]'s Road, near to the church in the centre of the parish. There were also houses at Little Ealing, Ealing Dean, Haven Green, Drayton Green and Castlebar Hill.

The parish of Ealing was far from wholly divided among manors, such as those of Ealing, [[Gunnersbury]] and [[Pitshanger Village|Pitshanger]]. These when used for crops were mostly wheat, but also [[barley]] and [[rye]], with considerable pasture for cows, draught animals, sheep and recorded poultry keeping.  There were five free tenements on Ealing manor in 1423: Absdons in the north, Baldswells at Drayton, Abyndons and Denys at Ealing village, and Sergeaunts at Old Brentford. It is likely that there had once been 32 [[copyhold]] tenements, including at least 19 virgates of 20 rateable acres and 9 half virgates. When created the copyhold land amounted to not more than {{convert|540|acre|km2}}, a total increased before 1423 by land at Castlebar Hill.<ref name=econhist>Diane K Bolton, Patricia E C Croot and M A Hicks, 'Ealing and Brentford: Economic history', in ''A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 7'', ed. T F T Baker and C R Elrington (London, 1982), pp. 131-144. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol7/pp131-144</ref>

Ealing had an orchard in 1540 and others in 1577&ndash;8 and 1584.<ref name=econhist/> Numbers increased, as were orchards often taken out of open fields, by 1616 in Crowchmans field, in 1680&ndash;1 in Popes field, and in 1738 in Little North field.<ref name=econhist/> Some lay as far north as the centre of the parish. River Long field and adjoining closes at West Ealing contained 1,008 fruit trees in 1767, including 850 apple trees, 63 plum, and 63 cherry.<ref name=econhist/>

Ealing demesne in 1318 had a windmill, which was rebuilt in 1363&ndash;4. This was destroyed in or before 1409 and may have been repaired by 1431, when it was again broken.<ref name=econhist/>

[[Great Ealing School]] was founded in 1698 by the Church of St Mary's. This became the "finest private school in England" and had many famous pupils in the 19th century such as [[William S. Gilbert]], composer and impresario, and [[Cardinal Newman]] &ndash; since 2019 recognised as a saint. As the zone became built-up, the school declined and closed in April 1908.<ref name=ae>{{cite journal
 |last=Oates 
 |first=Jonathan 
 |title=The days when this grand school truly was 'great' 
 |journal=Around Ealing 
 |page=27 
 |publisher=Ealing Council 
 |location=UK 
 |date=May 2008 
|url=http://www.ealing.gov.uk/ealing3/export/sites/ealingweb/services/nonlgcl/around_ealing/previous_editions/_around_ealing_archive_docs/2008/around_ealing_may08.pdf 
 |access-date=4 June 2008 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910135903/http://www.ealing.gov.uk/ealing3/export/sites/ealingweb/services/nonlgcl/around_ealing/previous_editions/_around_ealing_archive_docs/2008/around_ealing_may08.pdf 
 |archive-date=10 September 2008  
}}</ref>
The earliest maps of just the parish of Ealing survive from the 18th century; John Speed and others having made maps of [[Middlesex]], more than two centuries before.

At Ealing a fair was held on the green in 1822, when William Cobbett chronicled he was diverted by crowds of Cockneys headed there. The fair, of unknown origin, was held from 24 to 26 June until suppressed in 1880.<ref name=econhist/>

The manor included Old Brentford and its extensive Thames fisheries, and in 1423 tenants of Ealing manor rented three fisheries in the Thames.<ref name=econhist/> In 1257 the king ordered the Bishop whoever it may be from time to time (sede vacante) to provide 8,000-10,000 lampreys and other fish for owning the manor, impliedly per year, which shows the extent of the local catch.<ref name=econhist/>

===Suburb of London===
With the exception of driving animals into London on foot, the transport of heavy goods tended be restricted to those times when the non-metalled roads were passable due to dry weather. With the passing of the [[Toll Road]] Act, this highway was gravelled and so the old [[Oxfordshire|Oxford Road]] became an increasingly busy and important thoroughfare running from east to west through the centre of the parish. This road was later renamed as [[Uxbridge Road]]. The well-to-do of London began to see Ealing as a place to escape from the smoke and smells. In 1800 the architect [[John Soane]] bought Payton Place and renamed it Pitzhanger Manor, not to live but just for somewhere green and pleasant, where he could entertain his friends and guests. Soon afterward, in 1801, the [[Duke of Kent]] bought a house at Castlebar. Soon, more affluent Londoners followed but with the intention of taking up a permanent residence which was conveniently close to London. The only British prime minister to be assassinated, [[Spencer Perceval]], made his home at Elm House. Up until that point, Ealing was mostly made up of open countryside and fields where, as in previous centuries, the main occupation was farming.

===Old inns and public houses===
As London grew in size, more food and materials went in and more finished goods came out. Since dray horses can only haul loads a few miles per day, frequent overnight stops were needed. To satisfy this demand a large number of [[inns]] were situated along the [[Uxbridge Road]], where horses could be changed and travellers refresh themselves, prompting its favour by [[Highwayman|highwaymen]]. Stops in Ealing included The Feathers, The Bell, The Green Man and The Old Hats.
At one point in history there were two pubs called the Old Hat(s) either side of one of the many toll gates on the Uxbridge Road in West Ealing. Following the removal of the [[toll house|toll]] gate the more Westernmost pub was renamed The Halfway House.

[[File:Ealing civic centre front.jpg|thumb|right|Perceval House]]

===Expansion===
As London developed, the area became predominantly [[market garden]]s which required a greater proportion of workers as it was more labour-intensive. [[Ealing Grove School]] was established in 1834, integrating both academic and agricultural education. In the 1850s, with improved travel (the [[Great Western Railway]] and two branches of the [[Grand Union Canal]]), villages began to grow into towns and merged into unbroken residential areas. At this time Ealing began to be called the "Queen of the Suburbs".

Mount Castle Tower, an [[Elizabethan]] structure which stood at the top of Hanger Hill, was used as a tea-stop in the 19th century. It was demolished to make way for Fox's Reservoir in 1881. This reservoir, with a capacity of {{convert|3|e6impgal|m3}}, was erected north of Hill Crest Road, Hanger Hill, in 1888 and a neighbouring reservoir for {{convert|50|e6impgal|m3}} was constructed {{Circa|1889}}. This supply of good water helped to make Ealing more attractive than ever.

Mount Castle Tower was also known as Hanger Hill Tower, and as such it was a vital viewing point for the [[Anglo-French Survey (1784–1790)]], which linked the [[Royal Greenwich Observatory]] with the [[Paris Observatory]] via a chain of [[trigonometric]] readings. This survey was led in England by General [[William Roy]]. Hanger Hill Tower was its northernmost observation point, and from it sightings were made to places such as St Ann's Hill in [[Chertsey]], [[Banstead]], [[Upper Norwood]], and the Greenwich Observatory itself.

===Modern Victorian suburb===
[[File:Ealing streetlamp 1905.JPG|thumb|150px|right|1895 lamp standard. Mount Park Road]]
The most important changes to Ealing occurred in the 19th century. The building of the [[Great Western Railway]] in the 1830s, part of which passed through the centre of Ealing, led to the opening of a railway station on the Broadway in 1879, originally called Haven Green. In the next few decades, much of Ealing was rebuilt, predominantly semi-detached housing designed for the rising middle-class. Gas mains were laid and an electricity generating station was built. Better transport links, including horse buses as well as trains, enabled people to more easily travel to work in London. All this, whilst living in what was still considered to be the countryside. Although much of the countryside was rapidly disappearing during this period of rapid expansion, parts of it were preserved as public parks, such as Lammas Park and [[Ealing Common]]. [[Pitzhanger Manor]] and the extensive {{convert|28|acre|m2}} grounds on which it stands, was sold to the council in 1901 by [[Sir Spencer Walpole]], which had been bought by his father the Rt. Hon. [[Spencer Horatio Walpole]] and thus became [[Walpole Park]].<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Neaves
 | first = Cyrill
 | title = A history of Greater Ealing
 | publisher = S. R. Publishers
 | year = 1971
 | location = United Kingdom
 | pages = 65, 66
 | isbn = 978-0-85409-679-4 }}</ref>

During the [[Victorian era|Victorian]] period, Ealing became a town. This meant that good, well-metalled roads had to be built, and schools and public buildings erected. To protect public health, the newly created [[Local board of health|Board of Health for Ealing]] commissioned London's first modern drainage and sewage systems here. Just as importantly, [[drinking fountain]]s providing wholesome and safe water were erected by public prescription. Ealing Broadway became a major shopping centre. The man responsible for much of all this was [[Charles Jones (architect)|Charles Jones]], Borough Surveyor from 1863 to 1913. He directed the planting of the [[Aesculus|horse chestnut]] trees on [[Ealing Common]] and designed [[Ealing Town Hall]], both the present one and the older structure which is now a bank (on the Mall). He even oversaw the purchase of the Walpole estate grounds and its conversion into a leisure garden for the general public to enjoy and promenade around on Sundays.

===Queen of the Suburbs===
[[File:Ealing Village apartments and clubhouse. - geograph.org.uk - 251565.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Apartments and clubhouse in 1930s-built [[Ealing Village]]]]
In 1901, [[Ealing Urban District]] was incorporated as a [[municipal borough]], Walpole Park was opened and the first electric trams ran along the [[Uxbridge Road]]. As part of its permit to operate, the electric tram company was required to incorporate the latest in modern street lighting into its overhead catenary supply, along the Ealing section of the Uxbridge Road. A municipally-built generating station near Clayponds Avenue supplied power to more street lighting that ran northward, up and along Mount Park Road and the surrounding streets.

It was of this area centred around Mount Park Road that [[Nikolaus Pevsner]] remarks as ''”epitomising Ealing's reputation as 'Queen of the Suburbs'..”''<ref name="Pev">Pevsner N B L (1991). The buildings of England, London 3: North-West. {{ISBN|0-300-09652-6}}</ref> In a very short time, Ealing had become a modern and fashionable country town, free of the grime, soot and smells of industrialised London, and yet only minutes away from it by modern transport.<ref>Peter Hounsell (2005) ''The Ealing Book. Queen of the suburbs''. Page 87. Historical Publications. {{ISBN|1-905286-03-1}}</ref> The Borough Surveyor, Charles Jones, first re-used the term in the preface of his book ''Ealing from Village to Corporate Town'' of 1902, already used for [[Surbiton]] and [[Richmond, London|Richmond]], stressing his view that it was already recognised as of having such an identity.<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 October 2015|title=Was Ealing the 'Queen of the Suburbs'?|url=https://ealingnewsextra.co.uk/history/was-ealing-the-queen-of-the-suburbs/|access-date=3 August 2021|website=Ealing News Extra|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=White |first=John Foster |title=EALING QUEEN OF THE SUBURBS |url=https://www.ealingcivicsociety.org/downloads/EalingQueenofthesuburbswalk1986v2.pdf}}</ref><ref>''Street Trees in Britain: A History'', Mark Johnston and Windgather Press, Oxbow Books (Oxford, UK & Havertown, PA & Melita Press, Malta), 2017</ref> The fairly ornate, many-roomed houses set in "sylvan beauty and floriculture" (civic trees and gardens) stood out to Jones. Mount Park Road and side roads keep much of the original character. Some neighbourhoods have resisted conversions into bed-sits, unlike many of the other original London suburbs.<ref>John Foster White (1986) [http://www.ealingcivicsociety.org/downloads/EalingQueenofthesuburbswalk1986v2.pdf Ealing: Queen of the suburbs walk]. Ealing Civic Society (2009 Ed). Accessed 7 November 2010</ref>

In the 1900s and 1910s, the [[Brentham Garden Suburb]] was built. During the interwar period several garden estates, said to be one of the best examples of classic suburbia in [[Tudor Revival architecture|mock Tudor]] style, were built near [[Hanger Lane]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/hanger-hill/|title=Hanger Hill - Hidden London|website=hidden-london.com}}</ref> Hanger Hill Garden Village adjoining is likewise a [[conservation area]]. In the 1930s [[Ealing Village]]'s mid-rise, green-setting apartment blocks were built, today [[listed building|Grade II (initial, mainstream) category-listed]] and having gated grounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/3346018/Dont-mock-it.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/property/3346018/Dont-mock-it.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Don't mock it|date=12 November 2005|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

[[File:Ealing Cavalier House.jpg|thumb|Cavalier House, development from the 2000s]]
With the amalgamation of the surrounding municipal boroughs in 1965, Ealing Town Hall became the administrative centre for the new [[London Borough of Ealing]]. Today, this also includes its offices at Perceval House just next to it. Later in 1984, the [[Ealing Broadway Centre]] was completed which includes a shopping centre and a [[town square]].

{{clear}}
<!-- ==Governance== -->

==Geography==
[[File:Ealing, New Broadway, W5 - geograph.org.uk - 141767.jpg|thumb|right|Ealing Broadway in 2006]]

Ealing is in the heart of west London. A relatively narrow section of the A406 [[North Circular Road, London]] bisects the east of it. The nascent [[M4 motorway]] also runs almost adjacent to the south.

It is less than two miles from the [[Tideway]] (London's upper estuary of the Thames) at the local apex of [[Kew Bridge]] that links to the [[London Borough of Richmond upon Thames]]. Ealing has parks and open spaces, such as [[Ealing Common]], [[Walpole Park|Walpole]], Lammas, Cleveland, Hanger Hill, Montpelier, and Pitshanger Parks. The [[River Brent]] flows through the latter.
{{NSEW|width=auto|[[Alperton]], [[Perivale]]|[[Brentford]], [[Gunnersbury]]|[[Acton, London|Acton]]|[[Hanwell]], [[West Ealing]]|'''NW:''' [[Greenford]], [[Perivale]]|'''NE:''' [[Park Royal]]|'''SW:''' [[Boston Manor]]|'''SE:''' [[Chiswick]], [[South Acton, London|South Acton]]}}

==Demographics==
[[File:Ealing houses.jpg|thumb|Houses in Ealing]]
The largest ethnic group in the 2011 census for the Ealing Broadway ward was White British, at 45%. The second largest was Other White, at 21%. The most spoken foreign language was [[Polish language|Polish]], followed by [[French language|French]] and [[Japanese language|Japanese]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/ealing-broadway-e05000173|title=Ealing Broadway - UK Census Data 2011|first=Good Stuff IT|last=Services|website=UK Census Data}}</ref> The nearby Hanger Hill ward has the city's largest [[Japanese people|Japanese]] community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hidden-london.com/miscellany/demographics/|title=Demographics - Hidden London|website=hidden-london.com}}</ref>

==Transport==
{{further|Transport in London}}
[[File:West Ealing freight geograph-2926212-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|right|A goods train passing through Ealing in 1962]]
Ealing is served by [[Ealing Broadway station]] on the [[Great Western Main Line]] and the [[London Underground]] in [[London fare zone 3]]. It is also served by five other tube stations at [[North Ealing tube station|North Ealing]], [[South Ealing tube station|South Ealing]], [[Hanger Lane tube station|Hanger Lane]], [[Northfields tube station|Northfields]], [[Park Royal tube station|Park Royal]] and [[Ealing Common tube station|Ealing Common]]. The [[Piccadilly line]] operates at Park Royal, North Ealing, Ealing Common, South Ealing and Northfields; the [[Central line (London Underground)|Central line]] at Ealing Broadway and Hanger Lane; and the [[District line]] at Ealing Broadway and Ealing Common. The stations at Ealing Broadway and [[West Ealing station|West Ealing]] are served by [[National Rail]] operators [[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]] and [[TfL Rail]].

Early in the 21st century [[Transport for London]] (TFL) planned to reintroduce an electric tram line along the Uxbridge Road (the [[West London Tram]] scheme), but this was abandoned in August 2007 in the face of fierce local opposition.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} Ealing Broadway and West Ealing stations became part of the [[Elizabeth line]] in 2022. A total of 18 buses (including night buses) serve Ealing Broadway.

==Economy and culture==
[[File:North Star, Ealing, W5 (3104059413).jpg|thumb|200px|The North Star pub, on The Broadway]]
Ealing has a developed night-time economy backed by numerous pubs and restaurants on The Mall, The Broadway and New Broadway (forming part of the greater [[Uxbridge Road]]).

==Studios==
{{Main|Ealing Studios}}
[[File:Walpole Picture Theatre facade - geograph.org.uk - 779976.jpg|thumb|left|The preserved facade of the Walpole Picture Theatre]]
Ealing is best known for its film studios at Ealing Green, which are the oldest in the world and are known especially for the [[Ealing comedies]], including ''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]'', ''[[Passport to Pimlico]]'', ''[[The Ladykillers (1955 film)|The Ladykillers]]'' and ''[[The Lavender Hill Mob]]''. The studios were taken over by the [[BBC]] in 1955, with one consequence being that Ealing locations appeared in television programmes including ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (notably within an iconic 1970 sequence in which deadly shop mannequins menaced local residents) to ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]''. Most recently, these studios have again been used for making films, including ''[[Notting Hill (film)|Notting Hill]]'' and ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest (2002 film)|The Importance of Being Earnest]]''.  ''[[St Trinian's (2007 film)|St Trinian's]]'', a remake of the classic film, was produced by Ealing Studios; some locations in Ealing can be seen in this film.

Most recently, [[Ealing Studios]] was the set for the famous [[Downton Abbey]] historical television series, of which the below stairs and servant's hall were filmed there. On 16 March 2015, the workplace received a visit from the [[Duchess of Cambridge]] to observe current productions, as well as meet the cast and crew of the series stated.<ref>[https://www.royal.uk/duchess-cambridge-visits-set-downton-abbey-ealing-studios The Duchess of Cambridge visits the set of Downton Abbey at Ealing Studios]. Accessed 7 February 2021</ref>

For 14 years, Ealing lacked any cinema houses, after the closure of the Ealing [[Empire Cinemas|Empire]] in 2008. 2022 saw the opening of the Ealing Project, a multi-functional community space centred around a cinema.<ref>[https://www.ealingproject.co.uk/about-us Ealing Project - About Us]</ref>
  
Renovation began on the New Broadway street cinema in late 2012. Work is underway as of Spring 2021 for 'Filmworks', an Art Deco apartment-and-cinema block featuring a [[Picturehouse Cinemas|Picturehouse]] cinema. Local group [[Pitshanger]] Pictures shows classic movies in [[St Barnabas Church, Pitshanger Lane|St Barnabas Millennium Hall]] on Pitshanger Lane.<ref>[http://www.barnabites.org/social/pitshanger-pictures/ Pitshanger Pictures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824075741/http://www.barnabites.org/social/pitshanger-pictures/ |date=24 August 2011 }}. Details of movie screenings in St Barnabas Millennium Hall, Pitshanger Lane, W5 1QG. Accessed 29 August 2011</ref>

Ealing has a theatre on Mattock Lane, [[The Questors Theatre]].

==Religion==
[[File:St Mary, St Mary's Road, South Ealing, London W5 - geograph.org.uk - 1758269.jpg|thumb|right|St Mary's Church, Ealing]]
Regarded by many as Ealing's premier architectural work, [[St Peter's Church, Ealing]] is on Mount Park Road north of central Ealing.<ref>Cherry, B. and Pevsner, N. 'The Buildings of England London 3: North West', Yale, 2002</ref> The ancient [[parish church]] of Ealing is [[St Mary's Church, Ealing|St Mary's]], in St Mary's Road. Standing near Charlbury Grove, [[Ealing Abbey]] was founded by a community of Roman Catholic [[Benedictine]] [[monk]]s in 1897. Twinned with the [[convent]] of [[St Augustine's Priory, Ealing|St. Augustine's Priory]], the large abbey is an example of a traditional, working [[monastery]]. There are over fifteen churches in the suburb of Ealing, including Our Lady Mother of the Church, a [[Polish people|Polish]] Roman Catholic church in the Mall, near Ealing Broadway.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} There are two well-established synagogues, the Ealing [[United Synagogue]] (Orthodox),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ealingsynagogue.com/ |title=EalingsSynagogue.com |publisher=Ealingsynagogue.com |access-date=16 February 2010 |archive-date=18 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100218095701/http://www.ealingsynagogue.com/ |url-status=usurped }}</ref> which celebrated its centenary in November 2019, and the Ealing [[Liberal Judaism (United Kingdom)|Liberal]] Synagogue,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ealingliberalsynagogue.org.uk/ |title=EalingLiberalsSynagogue.or.uk |publisher=Ealingliberalsynagogue.org.uk }}</ref> which was founded in 1943. In surrounding suburbs, there are two mosques in Acton, one in West Ealing, and two in Southall. 

==Music==
[[File:Ealing Club Blue Plaque.jpg|thumb|[[Blue plaque]] for [[Ealing Jazz Club]]]]

[[Mick Jagger]] and [[Keith Richards]] of [[the Rolling Stones]] first met [[Brian Jones]] in 1962 at the [[Ealing Jazz Club]], opposite Ealing Broadway station. Other artists who performed at the club include [[Rod Stewart]] and [[Manfred Mann]]. The Jazz Club is now a [[nightclub]] called the ''Red Room''.

The Beatles alighted at West Ealing station (the old building) in March 1964 to complete the filming of ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ at Edgehill Road in West Ealing.

[[Dusty Springfield]] lived at 2 Kent Gardens, West Ealing as a teenager and attended St. Anne's Convent school in Little Ealing Lane.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealingclub.com/dusty-springfield-ealing/|title=Dusty Springfield - Forever Ealing!|website=THE EALING CLUB|language=en-US|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5900498/Dusty-Springfield.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305074353/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5900498/Dusty-Springfield.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2010|title=Obituary: Dusty Springfield|date=4 March 1999|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref>

[[Brand New Heavies]] core members (drummer Jan Kincaid, guitarist Simon Bartholomew and bassist Andrew Levy) all hail from Ealing, where they formed the group in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zani.co.uk/archive/music-archive/item/339-the-brand-new-heavies-speak-to-zani|title=The Brand New Heavies speak to ZANI|last=Sedazzari|first=Matteo|date=2008|website=Zani|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref>

An August 2013 article in the ''[[Huffington Post]]'' claimed that Ealing could claim to be the home of rock music because of the catalyst effect of the Ealing Club on British musicians.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mark-hillary/ealing-was-rock-music-born-in-london-w5_b_3825033.html|title=Sexual Ealing: Was Rock Music Born in London W5?|work=The Huffington Post UK|date=28 August 2013}}</ref>

Two members of the punk band Zatopeks grew up in Ealing, and the group frequently makes nostalgic or ironic references to the borough in its lyrics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.letras.com.br/|title=LETRAS - Letras de músicas e músicas para ouvir|website=Letras.com.br}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://de.musicplayon.com/Zatopeks-Turn-To-Gold-Blues-lyrics-4761778.html|title=Songtext: Zatopeks - Turn To Gold Blues|work=MusicPlayOn|access-date=11 April 2014|archive-date=13 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124030/http://de.musicplayon.com/Zatopeks-Turn-To-Gold-Blues-lyrics-4761778.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Mitch Mitchell]] of [[the Jimi Hendrix Experience]] was born there in 1947.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sweeting |first=Adam |author-link=Adam Sweeting |title=Mitch Mitchell |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/nov/14/obituary-mitch-mitchell-hendrix-drummer |newspaper=The Guardian |location=United Kingdom |date=14 November 2008 |access-date=22 August 2016}}</ref>

[[White Lies (band)|White Lies]] are also from Ealing.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hayes|first=Alex|url=https://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/3984584.ealing-band-are-critics-favourite-with-2009-album/|title=Ealing band are critics favourite with 2009 album|date=17 December 2008|work=Ealing Times|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref>

==Sport==
Ealing is home to [[Ealing Rugby Club|Ealing Trailfinders Rugby Club]]. Due to the nearby football teams, [[Brentford Football Club]] and [[Queens Park Rangers]], it long lacked its own. Since late 2008, Ealing Town Football Club has been registered with [[the Football Association]] and competes. Other football clubs such Old Actonians youth FC, Pitshanger youth FC<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/pitshangerfc|title=Pitshanger Football Club|website=www.pitchero.com}}</ref> and [[Non-League football]] club [[Hanwell Town F.C.]] play in local leagues.

[[Gaelic Athletic Association|Gaelic Games]] have a prominent role in the Irish community in Ealing with successful clubs such as St. Joseph's GAA and Tir Chonaill GAA in neighbouring Perivale and Greenford.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

Ealing has a local running club: [[Ealing Southall and Middlesex Athletics Club|Ealing, Southall & Middlesex AC]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.esm.org.uk/|title=Ealing Southall & Middlesex Athletics Club}}</ref> founded in 1920. It counted double Olympic champion [[Kelly Holmes]] among its several club records to her name.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thepowerof10.info/athletes/profile.aspx?athleteid=744|title=UK Athletics Power of 10 Athlete Profiles – Kelly Holmes|access-date=14 July 2011}}</ref> members.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sites.google.com/site/ealingsouthallmiddlesex/records-rankings|title=Ealing, Southall & Middlesex Club Records|access-date=14 July 2011}}</ref>

ESC D3 Triathlon Club is also based in Ealing. D3 Triathletes compete in [[triathlon]]s both locally and internationally across all distances and formats including Olympic Distance and [[Ironman Triathlon|Ironman]]. Though an independent club it is supported by the Ealing Swimming Club based at Gurnell Leisure Centre.<ref>{{cite web|title=D3 Ealing Triathletes|url=http://www.d3triathlon.com/|publisher=D3 Triathlon|access-date=5 March 2014}}</ref>
[[File:Ealing Cricket Club - geograph.org.uk - 5189457.jpg|thumb|right|Ealing Cricket Club (2016)]]
===Cricket===
[[Ealing Cricket Club]] was founded in 1870<ref name="Ealing CC 1870">{{cite web |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos/item/PLA01/03/0412 |title=Founded in 1833 |website=historicengland.org.uk |publisher=Historic England |date=2 August 2009 |access-date=10 March 2024}}</ref> and their main ground is on Corfton Road.<ref name="Club Play-Cricket">{{cite web |url=https://ealing.play-cricket.com/Aboutus |title=About Us |website=ealing.play-cricket.com |publisher=Ealing CC |access-date=10 March 2024}}</ref> Ealing CC has a significant success record, with 11 [[Middlesex County Cricket League]] championship titles to their name.<ref name="MCCL">{{cite web |url=https://middlesexccl.play-cricket.com/home |title=Middlesex County Cricket League |website=middlesexccl.play-cricket.com |publisher=MCCL |access-date=10 March 2024}}</ref> Ealing field six senior teams that compete in the [[Middlesex County Cricket League]] (a designated [[ECB Premier League]])<ref name="MCCL" /> and a Woman's team in the Middlesex Cricket Women's League.<ref name="MCWL">{{cite web |url=https://mwcl.play-cricket.com/home |title=Middlesex Cricket Women's League |website=mwcl.play-cricket.com |publisher=MCWL |access-date=10 March 2024}}</ref> They also have an established junior training section that play competitive cricket in the Middlesex Junior Cricket Association.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mca.play-cricket.com/home |title=Middlesex Junior Cricket Association |website=mca.play-cricket.com |publisher=MJCA |access-date=10 March 2024}}</ref>

==Festivals==
Ealing is the host to several annual festivals. The first festival to be regularly staged was the Jazz Festival which is held in [[Walpole Park]]. An annual [[Beer Festival]] was then started and organised by the [[Campaign for Real Ale]] and originally held in the Ealing Town Hall. Due to its popularity, it had outgrown the space available at the Town Hall after a few years, so it too then transferred to the park, where they now have room to offer over 200 real ales. Each cask is supplied with individual cooling jackets to maintain the beer at exactly the right temperature. This event is run by keen volunteers. The success of these events encouraged the local council to licence a broader range of festivals. [[File:Ealing Beer Festival 2008.jpg|thumb|right|450px|The 19th Ealing Beer Festival in Walpole park]]
* Ealing Music and Film Valentine Festival<ref name="EMFVFestival">{{cite web|url=http://www.ealingmusicandfilmfestival.org
|title=Ealing Music and Film Valentine Festival |publisher=The Ealing Music and Film Festival Trust}}</ref>
* Ealing Beer Festival<ref name="EBFestival">{{cite web|url=http://www.ealingbeerfestival.org.uk/|title=Ealing Beer Festival 2014|author=Michael Flynn}}</ref>
* [[Blues]] Festival<ref name="ECFestivals">{{cite web|url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/site/scripts/google_results.php?q=Festival
|title=Ealing Festivals|publisher=Ealing Council}}</ref>
* Comedy Festival<ref name="ECFestivals"/>
* [[Ealing Jazz Festival|Jazz Festival]]<ref name="ECFestivals" />
* Opera in the Park<ref name="ECFestivals"/>

==In fiction==
* The exterior of a suburban house in Hanger Hill was used as the house from which Reggie Perrin sets off for work in episodes of ''The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin'' in the late 1970s.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
* Ealing was the setting for children's comedy show ''[[Rentaghost]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/family-kids-news/remember-childrens-tv-series-rentaghost-8065084|title=Remember children's TV series Rentaghost? It's 30 years since the end of Birmingham show|last=Bentley|first=David|date=6 November 2014|work=Birmingham Mail|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref>
* Ealing was the setting for part of a book in the ''Lockwood & Co'' book series.<ref>{{cite book|last=Stroud |first=Jonathan |title=Lockwood & Co: The Creeping Shadow|publisher=Random House|year=2016 |isbn=978-1-4481-9605-0 |page=119}}</ref>
* A blue plaque commemorating the birthplace of [[Charles Hamilton (writer)|Charles Hamilton]], creator of [[Billy Bunter]], is in the Ealing Broadway Centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/billy-bunter-creator/|title=Billy Bunter|website=London Remembers |access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref>
* In [[James Hilton (novelist)|James Hilton]]'s novel ''[[Goodbye, Mr Chips]]'' (1934), Katherine, the lovely young wife of the shy schoolmaster protagonist Mr Chipping, is said to have been living with an aunt in Ealing following the death of her parents.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hilton|first=James|title=Goodbye, Mr Chips|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|year=1934|isbn=978-0-553-27321-2 |page= }} {{page needed|date=September 2021}}</ref>
* Ealing and the surrounding area is mentioned in [[Aldous Huxley]]'s ''[[Brave New World]]'' (1932). Lenina observes a Delta gymnastic display in the Ealing stadium as she flies overhead in a helicopter with Henry Foster.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Huxley|first=Aldous|title=Brave New World|publisher=Random House|year=2008|isbn=978-1-4070-2101-0|page=53}}</ref>
* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and related media:
** The John Sanders department store (now a branch of [[Marks & Spencer]]) was the location for the scenes of the [[Auton]]s breaking through the shop window and beginning their killing rampage in the 1970 story ''[[Spearhead from Space]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://ealingnewsextra.co.uk/history/dr-who-and-its-links-to-the-borough/|title=Dr Who and its links to the borough |date=20 October 2015 |website=Ealing News Extra |access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref>
** On returning [[Ace (Doctor Who)|Ace]] home to the adjoining village/district of [[Perivale]] in ''[[Survival (Doctor Who)|Survival]]'' (the final serial of the 1963–1989 series), she and the [[Seventh Doctor]] ventured into Ealing and visited [[The Drayton Court]].<ref name=":0"/>
** In the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off series ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', [[Sarah Jane Smith|Sarah Jane]] and the other regular characters lived in Ealing, and the majority of the stories were set there (although actually filmed in and around [[Cardiff]]).<ref name=":0"/> 
** Companion [[Clara Oswald]] and the Maitland family live in South Ealing.<ref>Shown on the network map when she logs on in ''[[The Bells of Saint John]]'', their home is immediately north of the intersection of S. Ealing Rd. and Pope's Ln.</ref>
* The main character Kendra Tamale of the book ''Marshmallows for Breakfast'' by [[Dorothy Koomson]], was said to have grown up or lived in Ealing or nearby.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Koomson |first=Dorothy |title=Marshmallows for Breakfast |publisher=Hachette UK |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-60751-700-9 |page= }} {{page needed|date=September 2021}}</ref>
* George Bowling, the protagonist in ''[[Coming Up for Air]]'' by [[George Orwell]], lived in Ealing before moving to West Bletchley.<ref>{{cite book |last=Orwell |first=George |title=Coming Up for Air|publisher=Victor Gollancz|year=1939|location=UK|pages=138–141}}</ref>
* The [[police station]] of the opening titles of ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' is what was Ealing police station, at 5 High Street, just north of Ealing Green.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol7/pp147-149|title=Ealing and Brentford: Public services &#124; British History Online |website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=McEwan |first=Kate |title=Ealing Walkabout: Journeys into the History of a London Borough |publisher=Nick Wheatly Associates |year=1983 |location=Cheshire, UK |page=45 |isbn=978-0-9508895-0-4}}</ref>
* [[H. G. Wells]]' ''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' Ch. 16: "The Exodus from London". The author describing the alien deployment of poisonous, ground hugging, black vapour: "Another bank drove over Ealing, and surrounded a little island of survivors on Castle Hill, alive, but unable to escape." 'Castle Hill' was the name given in the author's time to the Victorian housing estate that sits upon [[Castlebar Hill]] and the original name of West Ealing railway station.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol7/pp105-113 |title=Ealing and Brentford: Growth of Ealing |website=British History Online}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Merton]], in his autobiography ''[[The Seven Storey Mountain|Seven Story Mountain]]'', tells of living in Ealing for a time with his Aunt and Uncle.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Merton |first=Thomas |title=The Seven Storey Mountain |publisher=Harcourt Brace |year=1948 |page=}} {{page needed|date=September 2021}}</ref>
* Keith Stewart, the protagonist in [[Nevil Shute]]'s ''[[Trustee from the Toolroom]]'', lives in West Ealing.<ref>{{cite book |last=Shute |first=Nevil |title=Trustee from the Toolroom |publisher=Heinemann |year=1960 |location=London |page= }}{{page needed|date=September 2021}}</ref>
* Jenni Fortune, a character in [[Sebastian Faulks]]' ''[[A Week in December]]'', lives in [[Drayton Green railway station|Drayton Green]], West Ealing.<ref>{{cite book |last=Faulks |first=Sebastian |title=A Week in December |publisher=Random House |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-09-179445-3 |page=250}}</ref>

==Language==
Ealing has been described by ''The Guardian'' as "the nation's hotspot for Polish speaking".<ref>{{cite news|last=Booth|first=Robert|title=Polish becomes England's second language|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jan/30/polish-becomes-englands-second-language|newspaper=The Guardian|date=30 January 2013}}</ref>

After English, the most common languages were (in 2017) Polish (8%), Punjabi (8%), Somali (7%), Arabic (6%), Urdu (5%), and Tamil (4%). The biggest increase over the 5 years to April 2017 was Polish and tapering off &ndash; 4,363 Polish-speaking children in 2017 was 41 more than in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/7840/equalities_needs_assessment_-_april_2017.pdf|title=Equalities in Ealing|date=April 2017|website=ealing.gov.uk|publisher=Ealing Council|access-date=3 February 2019}}</ref>

==Media==
[[Westside 89.6FM]] is a community station mainly for the borough from studios based in neighbouring [[Hanwell]]. [[Blast Radio]] is the student station for the [[University of West London]] based at [[Ealing Studios]] who broadcast across the area on (RSL) in May. A digital local newspaper exists for the borough.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ealingtoday.co.uk/|title=Ealing's Local Web site|website=www.ealingtoday.co.uk}}</ref>

EALING.NEWS is an independent community news website covering all of Ealing’s seven towns and soft-launched in July 2022. 
<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.Ealing.news/|title=EALING.NEWS - The Voice of our 7 Towns|website=www.ealing.news}}</ref>

==Politics==
President [[Ho Chi Minh]] worked as either a chef or dish washer (reports vary) at the [[The Drayton Court|Drayton Court Hotel]] in West Ealing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201131/historic_buildings/70/other_notable_buildings/2|title=The Drayton Court Hotel|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|access-date=30 January 2013}}</ref>

The [[Embassy of North Korea, London|North Korean Embassy]] is at 73 Gunnersbury Avenue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/foreign-embassies-in-the-uk|title=Foreign embassies in the UK|website=GOV.UK|language=en|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/04/inside-north-korea-london-embassy|title=Inside North Korea's London embassy|date=4 November 2014|work=The Guardian|access-date=24 April 2020|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|London}}
* [[3 August 2001 Ealing bombing]]
* [[List of people from Ealing]]
* [[The Questors Theatre|The Questors Theatre, Ealing]]
* [[West Ealing]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
;Notes
{{reflist|2}}
;Bibliography
{{refbegin|2}}
*{{cite book
 |last        = Oates
 |first       = Jonathan
 |title       = Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Ealing
 |type        = paperback
 |publisher   = Wharncliffe Books
 |location    = Barnsley, South Yorkshire UK
 |isbn        = 978-1-84563-012-6
 |date        = 31 July 2006
 |df          = dmy-all
}}
*{{cite book
 | last =Hounsell
 | first =Peter
 | title =Ealing and Hanwell Past
 | type =Hardback
 | publisher =Historical Publications Ltd
 | location =London UK
 | isbn =978-0-948667-13-8
 | date =1991
 }}
*{{cite book
 | last = Neaves
 | first = Cyrill
 | title = A history of Greater Ealing
 | publisher = S. R. Publishers
 | date = 1971
 | location = United Kingdom
 | isbn = 978-0-85409-679-4 
}}
*{{cite book
 | last =McEwan
 | first =Kate
 | title =Ealing Walkabout
 | orig-year =1983
 | type =Paperback
 | publisher =Pulse Publications
 | location =Cheshire
 | isbn =978-0-9508895-0-4
 | date =1983
 }}
*{{cite book
 | last =Essen
 | first =Richard
 | title =Britain in Old Photographs: Ealing & Northfields
 | date =1996
 | publisher =Alan Smith Publishing Limited
 | location =Gloucestershire
 | isbn =978-0-7509-1176-4
 }}
{{refend}}

==Further reading==
* {{Citation |publisher = John Murray |location = London |title = Handbook to the Environs of London |author = James Thorne |date = 1876 |chapter= Ealing |hdl = 2027/mdp.39015063815669 }}

==External links==
{{commons category|Ealing (locality)}}
* {{Official website|http://www.ealing.gov.uk/ }}
* [https://www.ealing.com Home of Ealing.com for residents]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19981212024540/http://www.ealingstudios.co.uk/ Ealing Studios] (archived 12 December 1998)
* {{facebook|461861947355964}} (Official page)

{{LB Ealing}}
{{London Districts}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Areas of London]]
[[Category:Districts of the London Borough of Ealing]]
[[Category:Metropolitan centres of London]]
[[Category:Business improvement districts in London]]
[[Category:Places formerly in Middlesex]]