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London Borough of Ealing
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| London Borough of Ealing | |
 Shown within Greater London |
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Status | London borough |
| Area — Total |
Ranked 293rd 55.53 km² |
| ONS code | 00AJ |
| Admin HQ | {{{adminhq}}} |
| Demographics | |
| Population — Total (2005 est.) — Density |
Ranked 18th (of 354) 301,800 5,435 / km² |
| Ethnicity | 58.7% White 44.9% British 8.8% White other 5.0% Irish 24.5% South Asian 8.8% African-Caribbean 6.8% Mixed Race or other 1.2% Chinese |
| Politics | |
| Leadership | Leader & Cabinet |
| Mayor | Diana Pagan |
| Executive | Conservative |
| MPs | Piara Singh Khabra Stephen Pound Andrew Slaughter |
| London Assembly — Member |
Ealing and Hillingdon Richard Barnes |
| Coat of Arms | |
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| Official website | http://www.ealing.gov.uk/ |
The London Borough of Ealing is an Outer London borough in West London.
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.
The borough is the main seate of Polish immigrants to London.
The borough includes:
- Acton
- Dormer's Wells
- Ealing
- East Acton
- Greenford
- Hanwell
- Little Ealing
- North Acton
- Northolt
- Norwood Green
- Perivale
- South Acton
- Southall
- see also Ealing parks and open spaces
The borough is covered by the constituencies of:
National Rail and London Underground stations within the borough:
- 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 Acton tube station - No longer in operation
- 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
London boroughs: Barking and Dagenham • Barnet • Bexley • Brent • Bromley • Camden • Croydon • Ealing • Enfield • Greenwich • Hackney • Hammersmith and Fulham • Haringey • Harrow • Havering • Hillingdon • Hounslow • Islington • Kensington and Chelsea • Kingston • Lambeth • Lewisham • Merton • Newham • Redbridge • Richmond • Southwark • Sutton • Tower Hamlets • Waltham Forest • Wandsworth • Westminster
Sui generis: City of London (Enclaves: Inner Temple • Middle Temple)
See also: Greater London Authority • London Assembly • Mayor of London