Ealing Common is a large open space (approx ) in

Ealing Ealing () is a district in West London, England, west of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Ealing. Ealing is the administrative centre of the borough and is identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan. Ealing was histor ...

, West London.

Boundaries

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The Ealing Common Area is bounded by Ealing Town Centre to the west, North Ealing and Hanger Hill to the north,

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to the east and

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and South Acton to the south. The Ealing Common open space is bounded by Gunnersbury Ave (

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) to the east and the Uxbridge Road to the north. A smaller area of the common extends to the east of Gunnersbury Ave, including Leopold Road. The western boundary includes The Common and Warwick Dene, with Elm Avenue to the south. Some distance to the south is also the much larger

Gunnersbury Park Gunnersbury Park is a park in the London Borough of Hounslow between Acton, Brentford, Chiswick and Ealing, West London, England. Purchased for the nation from the Rothschild family, it was opened to the public by Neville Chamberlain, then ...

Ownership

The Ealing Common open space is a common land as designated by the 1866 Metropolitan Commons Act.

History

In August 1733 a

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match was played on the common between Ealing & Acton and London Cricket Club. p. 8.

Flora

Ealing Common preserves a large area of open space with fine avenues of horse chestnut trees, most of which were planted in the late

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period, following the purchase of the common land by the Ealing Local Board. The northern part of the common has a large English oak tree at its centre, and London plane trees are also found with the horse chestnuts around the perimeter of the common. Charles Jones was the borough

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responsible for the layout. In the south-west corner of Ealing Common there is a small enclosed park, called Warwick Dene, with rose beds at its centre.

Other information

There is a local

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which includes streets around the common. Ealing Common is also informally used by some as the name of the area in the London Borough of Ealing surrounding Ealing Common station, which is named after the common; however, it is officially part of the

district.

References

External links

Ealing Common Conservation area Appraisal on Ealing Council Website.
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