Editing Perivale

{{Short description|Town in West London, England}}
{{Distinguish|text=[[Perry Vale]] in South London}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country                  = England
| map_type                 = West London
| region                   = London
| population               = 15,339
| population_ref           = (2011 Census. Ward)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688694&c=Perivale&d=14&e=62&g=6323850&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1477058561278&enc=1|title=Ealing Ward population 2011|access-date=21 October 2016|publisher=Office for National Statistics|work=Neighbourhood Statistics|archive-date=21 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021215148/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=13688694&c=Perivale&d=14&e=62&g=6323850&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=362&m=0&r=1&s=1477058561278&enc=1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| official_name            = Perivale
| coordinates              = {{coord|51.5383|-0.3192|display=inline,title}}
| os_grid_reference        = TQ165835
| london_borough           = Ealing
| post_town                = GREENFORD
| postcode_area            = UB
| postcode_district        = UB6
| dial_code                = 020
| constituency_westminster = [[Ealing North]]
| static_image_name        = Perivale Skyline - geograph.org.uk - 1031565.jpg
| static_image_caption     = Skyline of Perivale; the steep slope in the background is part of [[Horsenden Hill]]
| councillors              = {{Unbulleted list|Munir Ahmed, Labour|Tariq Mahmood, Labour|Charan Sharma, Labour}}
}}
'''Perivale''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɛ|r|ɪ|ˌ|v|eɪ|l|}}) is a mainly residential suburban town of [[Greater London]], {{convert|9.5|mi|km}} west of [[Charing Cross]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201143/tourism/94/perivale/1|title=Perivale|last=Leary|first=Gemma|website=ealing.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> It is the smallest of the seven towns which make up the [[London Borough of Ealing]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/downloads/download/996/state_of_ealing-population|title=State of Ealing, Ealing Council, November 2011}}</ref><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=By Ealing Council}}</ref>

[[File:Welcome to Perivale.jpg|thumb|Sign at the entry to Perivale, Bilton Road (as approached from Alperton, London Borough of Brent).]]
Perivale is predominately residential, with a library,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201241/find_your_library/2402/perivale_library/1|title=Perivale Library|last=Tarhzouti|first=Aisha|website=ealing.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-07-03}}</ref> community centre,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201128/community_venues/191/community_centres/8|title=Community centres|last=Leary|first=Gemma|website=ealing.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-07-03}}</ref> a number of parks and open spaces,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201136/parks_in_the_borough/666/perivale_parks/1|title=Perivale parks|last=Kingston|first=Alice|website=ealing.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-07-03}}</ref> as well as a large industrial estate. Landmarks include the grade II* listed [[Art Deco]] [[Hoover Building]], as well as [[St Mary's Perivale|St Mary's Church]] (c. 12th century), [[Horsenden Hill]] park and [[Perivale Wood]] Local Nature Reserve run by the [[Selborne Society]]. Perivale forms part of the UB6 postcode area, along with [[Greenford]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/downloads/download/731/ward_maps|title=Ealing Council ward maps}}</ref>

==Toponymy==
[[File:Ealing Borough Areas Map.tif|thumb|Map of the London Borough of Ealing, showing the location of Perivale, one of Ealing's seven major towns.]]
{| class="wikitable" align="right" style=font-size:85%;margin-left:10px;
|+'''Perivale (parish) population'''
|-
!align="center"| 1881
|align="center"| 34
|-
!align="center"| 1891
|align="center"| 55
|-
!align="center"| 1901
|align="center"| 60
|-
!align="center"| 1911
|align="center"| 95
|-
!align="center"| 1921
|align="center"| 114
|-
| colspan=2| Absorbed by Ealing parish [[Ealing|►]]
|-
|style="font-size:smaller" colspan=2 align=center|source: [[Census#United Kingdom|UK census]]
|}

The name of Perivale was first used in 1508, where it was spelt "Pyryvale". The word seems to be a compound of perie (pear tree) and vale, a wide valley. Until then, Perivale was often called "Little Greenford" or "Greenford Parva", to distinguish it from its larger neighbour [[Greenford|Great Greenford]].<ref name="british-history">{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45418''|title=Greenford Parva (Perivale)|website=British History Online|date=4 October 2010|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Middlesex/Perivale|title = Key to English Place-names}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Hoover Building, Perivale (geograph 1886793).jpg|thumb|200px|left|The [[Hoover Building]]]]

===Origins and early history===
Source:<ref name="Leary">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201130/area_history/859/perivale_local_history/1|title=Perivale local history|last=Leary|first=Gemma|website=ealing.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref>

Historically, it was a parish in the [[hundred (country subdivision)|hundred]] of [[Elthorne Hundred|Elthorne]], in the county of [[Middlesex]]. Perivale was one of the county's smallest parishes up until the early twentieth century, at just {{convert|633|acre|abbr=off}} and a negligible population.

The church of [[St Mary's Perivale|St Mary's, Perivale]] is one of London's oldest churches, dating to at least the early thirteenth century. The church is south of the [[A40 road|A40]], off Perivale Lane. The neighbouring fifteenth-century Rectory House was demolished in 1958. Perivale was a farming area from at least the fourteenth century. At this date, Perivale consisted of woodland and fields used for arable farming.

During the fifteenth century, a grand, three-storey manor house, ''Perivale Manor'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ealingnewsextra.co.uk/history/the-mystery-of-perivale-manor/|title=The mystery of Perivale Manor|date=2015-10-02|website=Ealing News Extra|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> was commissioned by Henry Myllett, a prominent Perivale resident. The house was surrounded by a moat, gardens, orchards and outbuildings. Perivale Manor, which was close to [[St Mary's Perivale|St Mary's Church]], was demolished around 1784.
[[File:Canal boats at Perivale.jpg|thumb|Canal boats on the Grand Union Canal at Perivale (at the junction of Horsenden Lane South/North).]]
From the sixteenth century, wheat was the main crop in the area, a crop for which Perivale gained a high reputation. With [[Industrial Revolution|industrialisation]], much of Perivale's land began to be used to grow grass for hay to feed London's horses. The building of the Paddington Branch of the Grand Union Canal in 1801 (which still runs through Perivale today) led to a high demand for Perivale's hay. By 1839, almost all of Perivale's land grew hay for the London market, a scene described in the ending of [[John Betjeman]]'s poem ''Return to Ealing'':

''"...And a gentle gale from Perivale/blows up the hayfield scent."''

The pre-twentieth-century population of Perivale remained low. Just 28 people lived in Perivale in 1801. An 1841 census recorded just five inhabited residential buildings, all farm houses; Horsenden Farm to the northwest, Grange Farm and Church Farm in the southwest, Manor Farm to the east and Alperton farm to the north. In 1901, the population remained tiny at 60 people.

===Development and urbanisation, 1930s onwards===
Things changed with transportation developments in an increasingly urban and expanding London. The [[A40 road|A40]] Western Avenue was built, running east–west across central and west London, cutting through Perivale. Perivale was also connected to central London via both Perivale train and the then named [[Alperton tube station|Alperton-Perivale]] Station (now Alperton Underground Station). Perivale's close proximity to central London and excellent transport links led to its rapid expansion, with many factories and houses being built. Houses were initially built in the centre of Perivale, on and around Horsenden Lane South and at Bilton Road to the east. The Medway Estate, to the west of Horsenden Lane South, was developed soon after with parkland left in the centre (now named Ealing Central Sports Ground).<ref name="Leary" />

The factory of [[Sanderson Wallpapers Ltd]] was built in 1929. By 1963, the firm employed almost 2,000 people. The iconic [[Hoover Building]] was opened in 1932 by Hoover Limited. Located on the northern side of the Western Avenue, the factory employed more than 3,000 people at its height of production in the 1960s, making vacuum cleaners and other household appliances. Sanderson's and [[The Hoover Company|Hoover]] were hailed as model factories, with workers enjoying enviable working conditions. Workers could purchase the reasonably priced local housing stock. Perivale's three-bedroom homes had front and rear gardens; many had garages, and sold for around £600-£700 freehold. By 1951, Perivale's population had jumped to 9,979. The [[The Hoover Company|Hoover]] Factory closed in the 1980s: part of the building was bought by [[Tesco]], which opened as a superstore in the 1990s. The upper levels of the main building were recently {{When|date=May 2021}}converted into luxury flats.<ref name="Leary" />

[[Perivale Maternity Hospital]], built in 1937 and demolished in 1988, was situated south of the [[A40 road|A40]] Western Avenue. Its location explains the large number of notable births in Perivale.<ref name="Leary" />

==Demography==
[[File:St Mary's Church, Perivale, view with porch.jpg|thumb|200px|St Mary's Church]]
[[File:The entrance to Perivale Industrial Park.jpg|thumb|200px|Entrance to the Perivale Industrial Park]]
The 2011 census showed [[Other White]] to be the largest ethnicity within Perivale at 22%. This is followed by [[White British]], 20% and Indian at 15%. Perivale has the highest number of [[Polish people|Polish]] residents in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hidden-london.com/miscellany/demographics/|title=Demographics – Hidden London}}</ref> As such, the widest spoken foreign language in Perivale is [[Polish language|Polish]], the primary language of 2,024 residents.

Perivale has a relatively high rate of home ownership. 62% of households own their own home. 27% of homes are privately rented with just 9% of households living in rented social housing.<ref name="ukcensusdata">{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/perivale-e05000187|title=Perivale – UK Census Data 2011|author=Good Stuff IT Services|website=ukcensusdata.com|access-date=10 April 2018}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:A40 - Western Avenue, Perivale - geograph.org.uk - 1031673.jpg|thumb|200px|The A40 Western Avenue passes through Perivale]]
Although mainly residential, local shopping facilities can be found on Medway Parade within the Medway Estate and on Bilton Road. Perivale also has two industrial estates, Perivale Park (immediately north of [[Perivale tube station|Perivale Station]], off Horsenden Lane South) and Perivale Industrial Estate, Aintree Road (between Bilton Road and the A40 Western Avenue).

==Sport, leisure and culture==

=== Culture and leisure facilities ===
Perivale Library<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201241/find_your_library/2402/perivale_library/1|title=Perivale Library|last=Tarhzouti|first=Aisha|website=ealing.gov.uk |access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> and Perivale Community Centre,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201128/community_venues/191/community_centres/8|title=Community centres|last=Leary|first=Gemma|website=ealing.gov.uk |access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> are both located on Horsenden Lane South, close to Perivale Station. The [[BBC Archives]] are in Perivale.

Walking and cycling may be enjoyed along the Grand Union Canal which runs through the north of Perivale and the southern part of Horsenden Hill. London's [[Capital Ring]],<ref name="Matters">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tfl.gov.uk/modes/walking/capital-ring|title=Capital Ring Walk |website=Transport for London |access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/capital-ring-section-9-v2.pdf|title=Capital Ring-Section 9 of 15: Greenford to South Kenton|last=Transport for London}}</ref> an orbital walking route, runs through Perivale along the canal (section 9, Greenford to South Kenton). Other Perivale parks<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201136/parks_in_the_borough/666/perivale_parks/1|title=Perivale parks|last=Kingston|first=Alice|website=ealing.gov.uk |access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> include Ealing Central Sports Ground (a large park separating the Medway Estate and Bilton Road housing estates) and Perivale Park<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.perivalepark.london|title=Friends of Perivale Park|website=Friends of Park |access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref> (home to an athletics track and gym,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.everyoneactive.com/centre/perivale-park-athletics-track/|title=Perivale Park Athletics Track|website=Everyone Active |access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> golf course with café, tennis courts, numerous ponds, the [[Nicky Hopkins]] memorial bench and an orchard garden, and through which the [[Capital Ring]] passes and Coston's brook and the [[river Brent]] flow).

====Perivale Wood====
{{main|Perivale Wood}}
[[Perivale Wood]] is one of the oldest [[Local Nature Reserve]]s (LNR) in Britain, being managed since 1902. The wood was designated an LNR in 1974.<ref name=LNR>{{cite web|url= http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=17&N=&ID=332|title= Perivale Wood|date= 6 March 2013|series= Local Nature Reserves|publisher= Natural England|access-date= 15 January 2014|archive-date= 28 September 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130928161940/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=17&N=&ID=332|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271009068%27 |title=Map of Perivale Wood|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 15 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londongardenstrust.org/features/Perivale.htm|author1=Hall, Rae |author2=Pedley, Andy |title=The Selborne Society and Perivale Wood|publisher=London Parks Trust|access-date= 28 July 2014}}</ref>
Bordered by the canal on the north and Central line on the south side, the {{convert|11.6|hectare|acre|adj=on}} site is mainly old oak woodland, with areas of pasture and damp scrub, three ponds and two streams.<ref name=LNR/> The entrance is in Sunley Gardens.

====Horsenden Hill====
{{main|Horsenden Hill}}
The large park and nature reserve of Horsenden Hill<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201134/nature_conservation/634/conservation_sites/3|title=Horsenden Hill (Ealing's conservation sites)|last=Ealing Council}}</ref> lies at the northern extent of Perivale (continuing into Greenford). The park has a number of children's playgrounds, ''[[The Gruffalo]] Trail''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/news/article/1515/gruffalo_adventure_trail_opens_at_horsenden_hill|title=Gruffalo adventure trail opens at Horsenden Hill|last=Parker|first=Claire|website=ealing.gov.uk|access-date=2019-07-09|archive-date=9 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709134008/https://www.ealing.gov.uk/news/article/1515/gruffalo_adventure_trail_opens_at_horsenden_hill|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://queenofthesuburbs.org/places/the-gruffalo-trail|title=The Gruffalo Trail|website=Queen of the Suburbs|access-date=2019-07-09|archive-date=9 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709134011/https://queenofthesuburbs.org/places/the-gruffalo-trail|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigmaninthewoods.co.uk/blog/the-gruffalo-trail-on-horsenden-hill/|title=The Gruffalo Trail on Horsenden Hill|date=2019-01-18|website=Big Man in the Woods |access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> and the old Horsenden Farm house<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/site/scripts/events_info.php?locationID=340|title=Events at Horsenden Farm, Horsenden Lane North, Perivale UB6 7PQ|last=Ealing Council}}</ref> and outbuildings which are home to a number of organisations including Perivale Brewery,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Brewery/Perivale-Brewery-701225883626066/|title=Perivale Brewery|website=facebook.com |access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.perivale.beer/|title=Perivale Brewery|website=Perivale Brewery |access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> Ealing Canoe Club, the Horsenden Craft Collective<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/HorsendenCraftCollective/|title=Horsenden Craft Collective|website=facebook.com |access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> and Friends of Horsenden Hill.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/1734280103521136/|title=Friends of Horsenden Hill|website=facebook.com |access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://e-voice.org.uk/horsendenhill/|title=Home – Friends of Horsenden Hill|website=e-voice.org.uk|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> The ''Lower Thrifts'' part of Horsenden Hill, adjacent to Perivale Community Centre (accessed from Horsenden Lane South/Bilton Road), hosts Perivale's annual End of Summer Festival each September.

=== Sport ===
Perivale has two golf courses: [[Ealing Golf Club]] and [[Perivale Golf Course]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201142/sports_facilities/1603/golf_courses/1|title=Golf courses|last=Moloney|first=Christie|website=ealing.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> [[Non-League football]] club [[Hanwell Town F.C.]] have been playing in Perivale's Reynolds Field since 1981, south of the A40 on Perivale Lane/Argyle Road. This is also the location of independent Ealing school [[St Benedict's School, Ealing|St Benedict's]] playing field.

=== Education ===
Perivale has four primary schools: [[Perivale Primary School,|Perivale Primary School]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.perivale.ealing.sch.uk/|title=Home {{!}} Perivale Primary School|website=perivale.ealing.sch.uk|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> [[St John Fisher Catholic Primary School]], [[Selborne Primary School]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.selborne.ealing.sch.uk/|title=Selborne Primary School – Home|website=selborne.ealing.sch.uk|access-date=2019-07-09}}</ref> and Vicars Green Primary School.

== Transport ==
Perivale has excellent transport links into central London both via car and public transport. Other parts of Ealing and west London are easily accessible from Perivale.

=== Road ===
Perivale has easy access to central London by car via the [[A40 autoroute|A40 Western Avenue]] which can be accessed via. the Perivale and [[Hanger Lane]] junctions (and various points in between). The [[Hanger Lane gyratory]] system, just outside Perivale to the east, provides access to the [[North Circular Road, London|North Circular Road (A4006)]] Hanger Lane.

=== Public Transport ===
[[Perivale tube station|Perivale Underground Station]] ([[Central line (London Underground)|Central line]]) is in the centre of Perivale, on Horsenden Lane South. Trains run every 3–5 minutes at most times connecting Perivale to [[Westfield London]] (11 minutes to [[White City tube station|White City station]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey/results?JpType=publictransport&InputFrom=Perivale+Underground+Station&From=Perivale+Underground+Station&FromId=1000178&InputTo=White+City+Underground+Station&ToId=1000269&Mode=tube|title=Central Line journey planner: Perivale to White City|last=Transport for London}}</ref>), [[Notting Hill Gate tube station|Notting Hill Gate]] (17 minutes<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey/results?JpType=publictransport&InputFrom=Perivale+Underground+Station&From=Perivale+Underground+Station&FromId=1000178&InputTo=Notting+Hill%2C+Notting+Hill+Gate+Station&To=Notting+Hill%2C+Notting+Hill+Gate+Station&ToId=1000167&Mode=tube|title=Central Line journey planner: Perivale to Notting Hill Gate|last=Transport for London}}</ref>) and [[Marble Arch tube station|Marble Arch]] (for [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]] and [[Oxford Street]], 22 minutes<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey/results?JpType=publictransport&InputFrom=Perivale+Underground+Station&From=Perivale+Underground+Station&FromId=1000178&InputTo=Marble+Arch+Underground+Station&ToId=1000144&Mode=tube|title=Central Line journey planner: Perivale to Marble Arch|last=Transport for London}}</ref>) all within a 25-minute travel time. Additionally, to the east of Bilton Road, [[Alperton tube station|Alperton Underground Station]] ([[Alperton]], [[London Borough of Brent]]) lies just across the Perivale-[[Alperton]] border. This is connected to the rest of Perivale via the 297 bus route and gives direct access to giving access to [[Uxbridge]], [[Hammersmith]] and central London via the [[Piccadilly line]]. [[South Greenford railway station|South Greenford Railway Station]], lies just outside of Perivale, southeast on the [[A40 road|A40]] (south side).

Three bus routes serve Perivale.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/perivale-a4.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222025712/http://content.tfl.gov.uk/bus-route-maps/perivale-a4.pdf |archive-date=2016-02-22 |url-status=live|title=Buses in Perivale|last=Transport for London}}</ref> The 297 (24 hr) service runs via Bilton Road, Horsenden Lane South and the Argyle Road (W13) via Perivale Station to central [[Ealing]], and into northwest London via Alperton Station, [[Wembley]] and [[Willesden]]. The 95 bus runs along the A40 via Acton to [[Shepherd's Bush]]. The E5 serves the Medway Estate and Perivale Tesco, running to [[Southall]] via [[Greenford]].

=== Canal ===
The [[Grand Union Canal]], Paddington Branch runs through Perivale at the north of the town providing pedestrian (part of the [[Capital Ring|''Capital Ring'' walking route]]),<ref name="Matters"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://content.tfl.gov.uk/capital-ring-section-9-v2.pdf|title=Capital Ring-Section 9 of 15: Greenford to South Kenton|last=Transport for London}}</ref> cycle and boat connections to other parts of London.

==Literature and the media==
{{More citations needed section|date=February 2024}}
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”
<ref>{{cite web |title=Watsonia |url=https://archive.org/stream/watsonia2320002001bota/watsonia2320002001bota_djvu.txt |publisher=London [etc.] Botanical Society of the British Isles |access-date=29 February 2024 |date=1949}}</ref>

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).

== Notable people ==
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* [[Tina Daheley]], [[BBC]] journalist and presenter, lived in Perivale<ref name="Dobinson">{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/10894647/World-Cup-2014-Tina-Daheley-How-I-cracked-into-the-macho-world-of-football-reporting.html |title= Tina Daheley: How I cracked into the macho world of football reporting|last1= Dobinson|first1= Kathryn|date= 12 June 2014|newspaper= The Telegraph|location=London}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
* [[Alan Devonshire]], former [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham]] and [[England national football team|England]] [[Association football|footballer]], lived in Perivale{{Citation needed|date=September 2021|reason=no evidence in Alan Devonshire article}}
* [[Neal Foulds]], [[snooker]] player and commentator, lived in Perivale{{Citation needed|date=November 2020|reason=no evidence in Neal Foulds article}}
* [[Leena Gade]], first female [[race engineer]] to win the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], was born in Perivale<ref name =female>{{Cite web| title = Interview with the First lady of Le Mans Leena Gade| work = Female Racing News: News about Women in Motorsports| accessdate = 12 June 2015| date = 7 January 2014| url = http://femaleracingnews.com/lead-story/interview-with-the-first-lady-of-le-mans-leena-gade/}}</ref>
* [[Kerry Godliman]], comedian, actor, was born in Perivale<ref name="taskmaster">{{cite episode|title=Series 7, Episode 3|network=[[Dave (TV channel)|Dave]]|airdate=19 September 2019|series=[[Taskmaster (TV series)|Taskmaster]]}}</ref>
* [[Antony Hooper (cricketer)|Antony Hooper]], cricketer, was born in Perivale{{Citation needed|date=November 2020|reason=no evidence in Antony Hooper article}}
* [[Nicky Hopkins]] (1944–1994), session pianist (for [[The Kinks]], [[The Beatles]], and [[The Rolling Stones]] and many others), was born in Perivale
* [[Derek Marlowe]] (1938–1996), playwright, novelist, screenwriter, was born in Perivale{{Citation needed|date=June 2022|reason=No source in [[Derek Marlowe]] article}}
* [[Lee McQueen]], ''[[The Apprentice (UK)|Apprentice]]'' Winner 2008, was born in Perivale
* [[Carole Middleton]], mother of [[Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge|The Duchess of Cambridge]], was born in Perivale{{Citation needed|date=February 2022|reason=no evidence in [[Carole Middleton]] article}}
* [[Tom Newman (musician)|Tom Newman]], record producer (of [[Mike Oldfield]]'s ''[[Tubular Bells]]'' and others), was born in Perivale{{Citation needed|date=June 2022|reason=no evidence in [[Tom Newman (musician)]] article}}
* [[Richard Oakes (guitarist)|Richard Oakes]], guitarist of [[Indie rock|indie]] band [[Suede (band)|Suede]], was born in Perivale<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.essentialsuede.com/Richard.htm |title= Richard John Oakes |publisher= The Essential Suede |access-date  = 6 February 2010 |url-status= dead |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100406042743/http://www.essentialsuede.com/Richard.htm |archive-date = 6 April 2010|df          = dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Jeff Stevenson (comedian)|Jeff Stevenson]], comedian, lived in Perivale{{Citation needed|date=February 2022|reason=no evidence in [[Jeff Stevenson (comedian)]] article}}
* [[Janet Street-Porter]], journalist and TV personality, lived in Perivale
* [[Chris Thomas (record producer)|Chris Thomas]], record producer (of [[The Beatles]], The [[Sex Pistols]] and others), was born in Perivale<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=2478}}</ref>
* [[Rick Wakeman]], musician, [[Yes (band)|Yes]] keyboardist, was born in Perivale<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Yes's First Stepson |journal=Circus |date=March 1973 |volume=7 |issue=6 |page=42 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_circus_1973-03_7_6/page/n45/mode/2up |access-date=29 September 2021 |publisher=Circus Enterprises Corporation |language=English}}</ref>
* [[Robin Leach]], American entertainment reporter and writer, was born in Perivale{{Citation needed|date=February 2022|reason=No evidence in [[Robin Leach]] article}}

==Local Government==
Perivale ward has three elected councillors:<ref>{{cite web|title=Ealing Council|url=http://ealing.cmis.uk.com/ealing/Councillors.aspx|website=Ealing Council|access-date=22 September 2016}}</ref> Munir Ahmed (elected 2014),<ref>{{cite web|title=Councillor Munir Ahmed|url=http://ealing.cmis.uk.com/ealing/Councillors/tabid/63/ctl/ViewCMIS_Person/mid/383/id/212/ScreenMode/Alphabetical/Default.aspx|website=Ealing Council|access-date=22 September 2016}}</ref> Tariq Mahmood (elected 2014),<ref>
{{cite web|title=Councillor Tariq Mahmood|url=http://ealing.cmis.uk.com/ealing/Councillors/tabid/63/ctl/ViewCMIS_Person/mid/383/id/233/ScreenMode/Alphabetical/Default.aspx|website=Ealing Council|access-date=22 September 2016}}</ref> and Charan Sharma (elected 2014).<ref>{{cite web|title=Councillor Charan Sharma|url=http://ealing.cmis.uk.com/ealing/Councillors/tabid/63/ctl/ViewCMIS_Person/mid/383/id/213/ScreenMode/Alphabetical/Default.aspx|website=Ealing Council|access-date=22 September 2016}}</ref> Munir Ahmed was elected Deputy Mayor for the municipal year 2019/2020 and 2020/2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayor's office |url=https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201033/council_and_local_decisions/346/mayors_office/9 |website=Ealing Council |access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref> and then on 18 May 2021 he was elected Mayor of The London Borough of Ealing for 2021/2022. Munir Ahmed is the first ever councillor from Perivale to become the Mayor.

The [[Metropolitan Police]] have a vehicle impound at Walmgate Road in Perivale.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/vr/vehicle-recovery/met-pounds/charlton-perivale-pounds/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181022113324/https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/vr/vehicle-recovery/met-pounds/charlton-perivale-pounds/| archive-date = 2018-10-22| title = Charlton and Perivale pounds {{!}} The Met}}</ref>

==Nearby places==
{{Geographic Location
|title     = '''Neighbouring areas of Perivale'''
|state = expanded
|width=auto
|Northwest = ''[[Horsenden Hill]]'', [[Greenford Green]], [[Northolt]]
|North     = ''[[Horsenden Hill]]'', [[North Greenford]], [[Sudbury, London|Sudbury]]
|Northeast = [[Sudbury, London|Sudbury]]/[[Alperton]], [[Wembley]]
|West      = [[Greenford Green]], [[Northolt]]
|Centre    = Perivale
|East      = [[Alperton]], [[West Twyford]]/[[Park Royal]]
|Southwest = [[Greenford Broadway]]/[[Hanwell]]
|South     = [[Pitshanger]], [[West Ealing]]
|Southeast = [[Pitshanger]], [[Ealing]]
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201143/tourism/94/perivale/1 Ealing Council guide to Perivale]
*[https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201130/area_history/859/perivale_local_history/1 History of Perivale] (Ealing Council)
*[http://www.selborne.ealing.sch.uk/perivale.htm A short history of Perivale], Selborne Primary School website
*[https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201130/area_history History of Ealing] (Ealing Council)
*[https://www.ealing.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/488/welcome_guide_for_new_residents Guide to the London Borough of Ealing] (Ealing Council)
*[https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201136/parks_in_the_borough/666/perivale_parks Parks in Perivale](Ealing Council) 
*[https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201134/nature_conservation/634/conservation_sites/3 Horsenden Hill conservation area] (Ealing Council)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120725075104/http://www.perivalewood.purplecloud.net/ Perivale Wood Local Nature Reserve]

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