Characterised by a plethora of green space and superb transit connections, this attractive neighbourhood feels like a suburban oasis removed from central London. While many families are attracted to the area for its quaint residential feel and highly rated schools, the area also boasts the highest proportion of educated twenty-somethings throughout the UK. While residents can easily pop into central London via the Piccadilly or District lines throughout the week, many prefer to stay local throughout the weekend. Whether it be facing friends in a match at the Ealing Lawn Tennis Club, or grabbing sushi at any of the highly rated Japanese restaurants on Uxbridge Road, the neighbourhood’s high street, there’s more than enough to keep locals content.

This part of Ealing began as a medieval commons. By the 19th century though, most of the commons had been cleared and converted into recreational areas. This green space has seen pony rides, workers’ strikes, and circuses over the past few hundred years. The park that sits there today is still home to Grange Public House, a former beer house that now functions as a well-loved gastropub.

Late inventor, Alan Blumlein (1903-1943), lived in this neighbourhood. He’s most well known for creating the stereo, as well as a crucial type of radar that was used during the Second World War.

The area has struggled in recent years with traveller encampments setting up in the park. Residents have placed quite a lot of pressure on the council to quickly remove the traveller communities from the public spaces. Still, while these encampments were promptly taken care of by the council, the dilemma in itself does highlight the area’s desirability and openness of public space that so many residents take pride in.

Ealing Council has publicly committed to focusing on the green spaces in Ealing Common in the coming years. They are initiating conservation efforts in the park, and making recreational facilities more accessible to families and children. In 2020, the council also launched their service ‘Greener Ealing’, which took control over park and open space maintenance from a private contractor. Following their first year of operation, complaints concerning basic maintenance and waste collection dramatically decreased; proof of the council sticking to its promises! Additionally, the opening of a new station for the Elizabeth Line nearby has brough with it the interest of housing developers to the area. For example, the luxury housing development, 366 Ealing Common, brought renovated Victorian style accommodations to the area that compliment the more historical homes through the neighbourhood.