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London Borough of Ealing
Motto: Progress with Unity
Shown within Greater London
Geography
Status	London Borough
Area — Total	Ranked 265th 55.53 km2 (21.4 sq mi)
ONS code	00AJ
Admin HQ	Ealing Town Hall, Uxbridge Road, Ealing
Demographics
Population — Total (2008 est.) — Density	Ranked 21st (of 326) 309,000 5,565 /km2 (14,413 /sq mi)
Ethnicity White British White Irish Other White White & Black Caribbean White & Black African White & Asian Other Mixed Indian Pakistani Bangladeshi Other Asian Black Caribbean Black African Other Black Chinese Other	(2005 estimates)[1] 45.5% 3.9% 9.5% 1.0% 0.5% 1.3% 1.0% 15.0% 3.9% 0.5% 3.9% 4.0% 4.1% 0.6% 1.4% 3.8%
Politics
Ealing London Borough Council
Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (currently led by Jason Stacey) Chief Executive - Martin Smith
Mayor	Cllr Barbara Yerolemou
Executive	Conservative
MPs	Stephen Pound Andrew Slaughter Virendra Sharma
London Assembly — Member	Ealing and Hillingdon Richard Barnes
Coat of Arms
Official website	http://www.ealing.gov.uk/

The London Borough of Ealing ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a borough in West London.

Location

The London Borough of Ealing borders the London Borough of Hillingdon to the west, the London Borough of Harrow and the London Borough of Brent to the north, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham to the east and the London Borough of Hounslow to the south.

The London borough was formed in 1965 by the merging the area of the Municipal Borough of Ealing, the Municipal Borough of Southall and the Municipal Borough of Acton from Middlesex

Along with Brentford, the London Borough of Ealing is the setting for much of the action in Robert Rankin's series of comedic novels, The Brentford Trilogy, which currently consists of six volumes.^{[citation needed]} Ealing is also the primary setting for The Sarah Jane Adventures, being the location of Sarah Jane Smith's home.

In 2006 the borough was said to have "one of the largest Polish communities in the country".^[2]

Within the borough are two garden suburbs, Brentham Garden Suburb and Bedford Park.

Districts in the borough

• Acton
• Ealing (Little Ealing)
• East Acton
• Greenford
• Hanwell
• North Acton
• Northolt
• Norwood Green
• Park Royal
  • see also Ealing parks and open spaces
• Perivale
• South Acton
• Southall
• West Ealing

Parliamentary constituencies in Ealing

• Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush
• Ealing North
• Ealing Southall

London Fire Brigade

There are four fire stations within the London Borough of Ealing. Southall and Northolt have similar-sized station grounds and both house two pumping appliances. Southall attended some 700 incidents more than their Northolt counterparts in 2006/07. Ealing, with two pumping appliances, and Acton, one pump and two fire investigation units, are the other two appliances in the area. Interestingly, the ward of Northfield had over forty malicious calls made from it -more than twice as any other ward within Ealing.^[3]

Education

Ealing has a total of 91 state-run schools and nurseries. There are 13 high schools under the domain of the local education authority, 12 of which are either comprehensive, foundation or voluntary-aided, and one city academy.

Demographics

The borough of Ealing is both religiously and ethnically diverse, similar to the other boroughs in the west London area. The BME peoples make up approximately 50% of the borough's population. South Asians (and other) make up 24%, African and Caribbean (and other) make up 10%, Other Asian (ainly Iranian/Iraqi) make up 10%, and Chinese (and other) make up 5% respectively.

As well as being ethnically diverse, Ealing is also home to various religions with substantial followers, higher than the typical London average. Christianity makes up the largest religious group with 50%, Islam has 11%, Sikhism 8.5%, Hinduism 7.8%. The remaining 23% did not respond when asked.

Transport

The numerous National Rail and London Underground stations in the borough are:

• Acton Central railway station
• Acton Main Line railway station
• Acton Town tube station
• Boston Manor tube station
• Castle Bar Park railway station
• Chiswick Park tube station
• Drayton Green railway station
• Ealing Broadway station
• Ealing Common tube station
• Greenford station
• Hanger Lane tube station
• Hanwell railway station
• North Acton tube station
• North Ealing tube station
• Northfields tube station
• Northolt Park railway station
• Northolt tube station
• Park Royal tube station
• Perivale tube station
• South Acton railway station
• South Ealing tube station
• South Greenford railway station
• Southall railway station
• Sudbury Hill tube station
• Sudbury Town tube station
• West Acton tube station
• West Ealing railway station

Buses

London Buses routes 7, 65, 70, 72, 83, 90, 92, 94, 95, 105, 112, 120, 140, 187, 195, 207, 224, 226, 228, 260, 266, 272, 282, 283, 297, 395, 398, 427, 440, 482, 487, 607, E1, E2, E3, E5, E6, E7, E8, E9, E10, E11, H17, H32, PR2, other routes 895 ,Night route N7, N11 and N207.

Transport development

In April 2009 the council voted to support in principle a proposal for a North and West London Light railway.^[4]

Town twinning

Ealing is twinned with:

• The district of Bielany, Poland;
• The town of Marcq-en-Barœul, France;
• The district of Steinfurt, Germany^[5]

References

External links

• LB Ealing official site
• Ealing Times

London Borough of Ealing Districts Acton · Acton Green · Bedford Park · Ealing · East Acton · Greenford · Hanwell · North Acton · Northolt · Norwood Green · Perivale · South Acton · Southall · West Acton · West Ealing Attractions Pitzhanger Manor Gallery and House · Walpole Park  · Gunnersbury Park Museum · London Transport Museum Depot Constituencies Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush · Ealing North · Ealing Southall Parks and open spaces in Ealing

Coordinates: 51°30′N 0°20′W / 51.5°N 0.333°W / 51.5; -0.333