London Borough of Ealing
| London Borough of Ealing | |||
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| Motto: Progress with Unity | |||
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | ||
| Constituent country | England | ||
| Region | London | ||
| Ceremonial county | Greater London | ||
| Status | London borough | ||
| Admin HQ | Ealing Town Hall, Uxbridge Road, Ealing | ||
| Incorporated | 1 April 1965 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | London borough council | ||
| • Body | Ealing London Borough Council | ||
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet - Cllr Julian Bell Chief Executive - Martin Smith (Labour) |
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| • Mayor | Cllr John Gallagher | ||
| • MPs | Stephen Pound Angie Bray Virendra Sharma |
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| • London Assembly | Richard Barnes AM for Ealing and Hillingdon | ||
| • EU Parliament | London | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 21.44 sq mi (55.53 km2) | ||
| Area rank | 265th (of 326) | ||
| Population (2010 est.) | |||
| • Total | 318,500 | ||
| • Rank | 18th (of 326) | ||
| • Density | 14,855/sq mi (5,735.6/km2) | ||
| • Ethnicity[1] | 45.5% White British 3.9% White Irish 9.5% Other White 1.0% White & Black Caribbean 0.5% White & Black African 1.3% White & Asian 1.0% Other Mixed 15.0% Indian 3.9% Pakistani 0.5% Bangladeshi 3.9% Other Asian 4.0% Black Caribbean 4.1% Black African 0.6% Other Black 1.4% Chinese 3.8% Other |
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| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) | ||
| Postcodes | {{{postcode_areas}}} | ||
| Police force | Metropolitan Police | ||
| Website | www.ealing.gov.uk | ||
The London Borough of Ealing (
pronunciation (help·info)) is a borough in west London.
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[edit] 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.
Within the borough are two garden suburbs, Brentham Garden Suburb and Bedford Park.
330 hectares within the borough are designated as part of the Metropolitan Green Belt.
[edit] Districts in the borough
- Acton
- Bedford Park
- Dormers Wells
- Ealing
- East Acton (also partly in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
- Greenford
- Hanwell
- North Acton
- Northolt
- Norwood Green
- Park Royal (also partly in the London Borough of Brent)
- Perivale
- South Acton
- Southall
- West Acton
- West Ealing
- Yeading (also partly in the London Borough of Hillingdon)
[edit] Parliamentary constituencies in Ealing
[edit] 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.[2]
[edit] 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.
A number of successful independent schools, including St Benedict's School, St Augstine's Priory and Notting Hill and Ealing High, are also located within the borough. The controversial King Fahd Academy is an independent Saudi funded school within the borough.
[edit] Demographics
The borough of Ealing is both religiously and ethnically diverse, similar to the other boroughs in the west London area. The BME (black and minority ethnic) peoples make up approximately 40% of the borough's population, comprising particularly South Asians (about 20%), African and Caribbean (about 10%) and Chinese and other Asian (about 5%).[1]
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%, whilst Islam has 10%, Sikhism 8.5%, and Hinduism 7.8% The remaining 24% were not religious, or chose not to state their faith.
In 2006 the borough was said to have "one of the largest Polish communities in the country".[3]
[edit] Community
The borough has a long-standing Irish community. This is particularly visible through the number of Irish pubs in the borough and the popularity of Gaelic games within the community. County flags for example, can be seen flown on the outside or hung inside of various pubs in the area. Additionally the former towns of Ealing and Acton has a large Polish community. This owes its origins to the World War II refugees from Poland finding both cheap accommodation and work in the Acton area, which back then had a lot a light engineering companies busy with government war contracts. The Polish community has grown considerably since Poland joined the EU and its migrant workers have been able to come to the UK freely. This has led to a dramatic increase in the number of Polish orientated shops and social centres in the borough and has seen a rise in the demand for places at local primary schools. In the last decade the community has spread increasingly into Ealing. In Southall, which lays the west side of the borough is a very large South Asian community often described as "Little India".[4][5][6][7][8] This community developed in 1950s.
[edit] 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 Town tube station
- West Acton tube station
- West Ealing railway station
[edit] 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.
[edit] Transport development
In April 2009 the council voted to support in principle a proposal for a North and West London Light railway.[9]
[edit] Town twinning
Ealing is twinned with:
The district of Bielany, Poland;
The town of Marcq-en-Barœul, France;
The district of Steinfurt, Germany[10]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Data Management and Analysis Group, Greater London Authority, Demography Update October 2007, (2007)
- ^ London-fire.gov.uk
- ^ Ealing Times, 21st August 2006, Eighth Celebration of Polish Culture, Ealingtimes.co.uk
- ^ Harcourt, Gordon (4 May 2005). "British Asians' immigration fears". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/frontpage/4514245.stm. Retrieved 2009-03-21.
- ^ Philipose, Pamela (13 July 2003). "Voice from Little India". Indian Express. http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/16530/. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ^ Dhaliwal, Nirpal (22 July 2007). "Cameron is given a black eye by the real Southall". The Sunday Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2115361.ece?print=yes&randnum=1151003209000. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ^ Bhamra, Kuljit (6 April 2009). "The (untold) Southall Story". Asians in Media Magazine. http://www.asiansinmedia.org/2009/04/06/the-untold-southall-story/. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ^ Rappeport, Alan (29 January 2006). "A Real Taste of South Asia? Take the Tube to Southall". New York Times. http://travel.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/travel/29dayout.html. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
- ^ The Times Comment on NWLLR light-rail proposal
- ^ Ealing Council.Twinning. Accessed 2008-09-19
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