This area is an attractive commuter town with great transport links, plenty of green space, and reasonable housing. Encompassing two tube stations – Sudbury Town and Alperton, as well as Greenford station and along with the A40 nearby and the Grand Union Canal– this all serves to make the neighbourhood incredibly well connected for the variety of residents that all live here. A mixture of industrial and suburban in character, it is home to IBM and Ferrero HQ amongst others. On any given weekend, residents can be found socialising in the Black Horse Pub, located in an old dye factory, or playing a few rounds at Sudbury Golf Club.

Like the majority of Greater London, until the Industrial Revolution, Greenford was little more than a rural farming parish. It’s only industry, minus all the agriculture, was the production of dye. In fact, Greenford first hit the maps as the birthplace of modern organic chemical production. The first aniline dye was discovered in William Perkin’s factory in 1856, which closed a few decades later as the industry declined. However, as the iconic canal developed, the area diversified as new factories came to it, such as bread makers Hovis and even J.Lyons tea and food producers. As a result, by the early 1900s, the neighbourhood experienced much speculative building as it transformed into the suburban locality that it remains today.

During the late Georgian era, nearby Sudbury was home to the Express Dairy Company – the first British company to use glass milk bottles. At their peak, the company transported 30,000 gallons of milk by train to London every day. It’s rumoured that even Queen Victoria drank their produce.

Traffic can be known to build up along the A40 and lead to crashes and pollution. Another more unique issue is that of brownfield spaces along the canal. The derelict buildings are considered by many residents as an eyesore and a missed opportunity to revitalise the area.

Greenford is undergoing a large green redevelopment. The Greenford Quay project, which is expected to be completed fully in 2026, aims to create a brand new mixed-use neighbourhood on the banks of the Grand Union Canal, incorporating the old GlaxoSmithKline and Sunblest Bakery factories. The whole site is to cover 20.3 acres and transform the spot into nearly 2000 new homes, with many of the units already available for rent and sale. As well as allegedly producing around 1205 full-time jobs, the new development will also build a new primary school, nursery, commercial and leisure space. The development’s design is heavily oriented toward outdoor leisure and relaxation, with 40% of it consisting of pockets of green public open space, a canalside setting, play areas, new trees, a large water feature and a significant public square at the centre of the development.