43-665: Greenford ( / ˈ ɡ r iː n f ər d / ) is a large town in the London Borough of Ealing in West London , London , England, lying 11 miles (18 km) west from Charing Cross . It has a population of 46,787 inhabitants, or 62,126 with the inclusion of Perivale . Greenford is served by Greenford Station ( London Underground Central Line and Greenford branch of the Great Western Railway mainline service) . South Greenford mainline station (on
86-558: A North and West London Light Railway . Ealing is twinned with: 51°30′N 0°20′W / 51.500°N 0.333°W / 51.500; -0.333 London Docks The London Docks were one of several sets of docks in the historic Port of London . They were constructed in Wapping , downstream from the City of London between 1799 and 1815, at a cost exceeding £5½ million. Traditionally ships had docked at wharves on
129-640: A large British-Polish community that owes its origins to the World War II refugees and Polish armed forces finding both cheap accommodation and work in the Acton area, which then had a high proportion of London's light engineering companies involved with government war contracts. This community has grown considerably including more shops with authentic Polish food since Poland joined the European Union and its migrant workers have been able to come to
172-666: A large amount of local support from the borough, although Griffin Park is situated just outside the borough, in the neighbouring London Borough of Hounslow. The borough is represented in Rugby Union by Ealing Trailfinders , Wasps RFC , Hanwell RFC, Old Priorian, Northolt and West London RFC. The borough has four non-League football clubs Hanwell Town F.C. and Southall F.C. which both play at Reynolds Field in Perivale. The other two clubs are London Tigers F.C. , which plays at
215-596: A large area, including the two miles of Greenford Road, giving it three localities: North Greenford, Greenford Green, and Greenford Broadway – this is also reflected in the names of the electoral wards . Though a separate "town" within the borough of Ealing , the Royal Mail includes Perivale within the Greenford post area and as such the two share the UB6 postcode. The name is first recorded in 848 as Grenan forda . It
258-755: A major dual-carriageway, serves the area. North Greenford is served by Sudbury Hill station on the Piccadilly line and Greenford on the Central line . Greenford and South Greenford stations are served by Great Western Railway services on the Greenford branch line to West Ealing . Greenford has the following bus routes travelling through it: 92 , 95 , 105 , 282 , 395 , 487 , E1 , E2 , E3 , E5 , E6 , E7 , E9 , E10 , E11 , H17 and N7 . The town lies between about 33 feet (10 m) and 98 feet (30 m) above sea level . The grounds of
301-559: A majority are rented. The population are from a diverse set of backgrounds including Polish, English and other BAME backgrounds (i.e. Black, Asian and minority Ethnic). The median age of those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds was 33, 34 and 34 years respectively. Greenford has two Non-League football teams London Tigers F.C. who play at the Avenue Park Stadium and North Greenford United F.C. who play at Berkeley Fields. The Greenford Park Trotting Track
344-712: A popular venue for a rock group called the Detours, who met a drummer there called Keith Moon . On Thursday 20 February 1964 they were introduced to the audience of the Oldfield Tavern as the Who . (The tavern has not survived, however, and has since been replaced by a small block of flats and a Texaco petrol station). Andy Locke, Dave Kerr-Clemenson and Wal Scott were all in Edison Lighthouse , and with chart-topping Love Grows all came from Greenford. The A40 ,
387-737: A secondary site on which to expand production beyond Cadby Hall , Hammersmith . In 1921 they bought the first piece of an eventual 63 acres (25 ha) site, due to its location close to good transport links from both the Grand Union Canal and the Great Western Railway 's Great Western Main Line , and the West Coast Main Line and onwards to the Midlands at Willesden Junction . The factory officially opened in July 1921, with
430-559: A small part of north-west London. It bridges Inner and Outer London . Its administrative centre is in Ealing Broadway . Ealing London Borough Council is the local authority. Ealing has long been known as the "Queen of the Suburbs" due to its many parks and tree-lined streets; the term was coined in 1902 by borough surveyor Charles Jones. This is reflected by the tree emblem on its council logo and its coat of arms . Within
473-472: Is formed from the Old English 'grēne' and ' ford ' and means 'place at the green ford'. Greenford was known as Great Greenford in order to distinguish it from Little Greenford, which is now known as Perivale (Greenford and Perivale, though different places, still share the UB6 postal code). The affixes 'Magna' and 'Parva' have also been used to denote the difference. Greenford was an ancient parish in
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#1732776387706516-610: The Barbara Speake Stage School (co-ed, ages 4–16), St Augustine's Priory (girls) and Notting Hill and Ealing High School (girls), are also located within the borough. The Japanese School in London is a Japanese international school in Acton . The borough of Ealing is ethnically diverse. In 2011, 49% gave their ethnicity as white, 30% as Asian, 15% as Afro Caribbean and 4.5% as of mixed or multiple ethnicity,
559-749: The Horsenden Hill , and Northala Fields near Northolt, Marnham Fields , and Brent Valley Park . Greenford is covered by three electoral wards of the London Borough of Ealing , together counting a population of 46,787 as of the 2011 UK census. The median house price as of 2014 was £249,000 in Greenford Broadway, £307,000 in Greenford Green, and £345,000 in North Greenford. In Greenford Green and North Greenford, over 60% of houses are owned, whereas in Greenford Broadway
602-552: The Local Government Act 1894 . Ealing was then incorporated to become a municipal borough in 1901. The borough was significantly enlarged in 1926, when it absorbed the neighbouring urban districts of Greenford and Hanwell , and in 1928, when it absorbed the parish of Northolt . The London Borough of Ealing was created in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963 , covering the combined area of
645-754: The London Assembly , the borough forms part of the Ealing and Hillingdon constituency. The London Borough of Ealing is represented by three Members of Parliament (MPs), elected in the following constituencies: 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
688-554: The River Thames , but by the late 1700s more capacity was needed. They were the closest docks to the City of London until St Katharine Docks were built two decades later. The London Dock Company was formed in 1800, and work on the docks began in 1801. In 1864 they were amalgamated with St Katharine Docks . The London Docks occupied a total area of about 30 acres (120,000 m ), consisting of Western and Eastern docks linked by
731-483: The 1950s, the site developed the breakfast cereal Ready Brek . Areas of the site not initially developed for factory use were landscaped, with many trees planted. As the factory developed these diminished, particularly after the development of the Lyons Maid Bridge Park factory in the 1950s, and the new administration block in 1971. After the merger of Lyons with Allied Bakeries in the 1980s, and
774-503: The 1950s. The Asian population makes up 80% of Southall Broadway ward as of 2011, a contrast compared to the 8% of Southfield ward in the borough's east. The most noticeable Afro-Caribbean populations in the borough are in the areas of Northolt and Acton. Of the residents in the Northolt West End ward (as of 2011), 19.4% of them were of Afro-Caribbean heritage, with a relatively large proportion of these being Somali . 16.1% of
817-634: The A40 Western Avenue, also on the Greenford branch of the GWR ) is actually in Perivale. Neither station is in Greenford Town Centre (Greenford Broadway), which instead is served by many local buses. Nearby places include Yeading , Hanwell , Perivale , Southall , Northolt , Ealing , Sudbury and Sudbury Hill . The most prominent landmark in the suburb is Horsenden Hill , 279 feet (85 m) above sea level. Greenford covers
860-509: The Avenue Park Stadium in Greenford and North Greenford United F.C. , which plays at Berkeley Fields. The borough is also home to one of the country's top athletics clubs, with Ealing Southall and Middlesex AC based at Perivale Athletics Track. The club has a successful history, with many national and international honours, including the double Olympic gold medallist, Kelly Holmes. In 2020 the club celebrated their 100th anniversary. The numerous National Rail and London Underground stations in
903-682: The Black Horse public house . Local anecdote says that Queen Elizabeth I would only eat bread made from wheat grown in Greenford, and until 2013/14 Greenford was the home to the Hovis factory. The former Rockware glassworks on the canal is commemorated by Rockware Avenue. Greenford formed part of Greenford Urban District from 1894 to 1926 and was then absorbed by the Municipal Borough of Ealing . Post First World War , tea blender and food manufacturer J. Lyons and Co. were looking for
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#1732776387706946-524: The Lady Margaret ward, which is situated on the south side of Greenford Broadway. These wards all elect councillors to Ealing Council . Ealing Council is currently run by a Labour administration. Political status of Ealing Council after the May 2022 local elections: Greenford is in the London Assembly constituency of Ealing and Hillingdon which has one assembly member: Onkar Sahota (Labour), who
989-597: The South Acton ward was black, whilst 15.9% of the East Acton ward was black. The Caribbean population of Ealing Borough is also mostly concentrated in these two wards of Acton. In a speech to mark the 70th anniversary of the Indian Journalists' Association and of Indian independence on 15 August 1947 North Ealing MP Stephen Pound said: "There is North Ealing, South Ealing and Darjeeling " referring to
1032-541: The UK freely; in 2011 the borough had the UK's highest proportion of Polish speakers at 6% of the population. This has also led to an increase in Polish social centres in the borough. The population is highly concentrated in Acton , Greenford and Perivale . Southall in the west of the borough is home to one of the largest South Asian communities in the UK, the majority of whom are Sikhs . The community first developed in
1075-504: 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 . The neighbouring boroughs are (clockwise from north): Harrow , Brent , Hammersmith and Fulham , Hounslow and Hillingdon . A local government district called Ealing was created in 1863. Such districts were reconstituted as urban districts under
1118-411: The borough are: In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: driving a car or van, 21.8% of all residents aged 16–74; underground, metro, light rail, tram, 18.0%; bus, minibus or coach, 9.2%; on foot, 4.7%; train, 4.0%; work mainly at or from home, 3.0%; bicycle, 2.0%. In April 2009 the council voted to call on Transport for London to look into the proposal for
1161-553: The factory, as well as the extraction of finished product. Lyons bought their own steam shunters to move wagons between the GWR exchange sidings and the factory system. Lyons quickly became Greenford's biggest employer. A later pioneer in electronic machines and computing, Lyons deployed the latest factory automation technology, making Greenford a showplace that was regularly visited by the media, academics, competitors and royalty, with more than one visit by King George V and Queen Mary . In
1204-609: The first single-storey buildings known as "Zig-Zag" due to their northern light-aligned windows allowing maximum light into the production area. There were steam and electrical power plants on site, which powered both the plant as well as the staff canteen and medical facilities, accessible to all plant employees and their dependents. Transport docks and a canal basin had been developed, allowing shipment of tea and coffee directly from London Docks into HM Customs excise controlled bonded warehouses . The extensive onsite railway infrastructure allowed precise positioning of heavy raw goods into
1247-427: The focus of the new Allied Domecq business to focus on spirits, with the sell-off of the businesses associated with the factory, the need for the facility dwindled. Redeveloped from 1998, today it is known as Lyon Way Industrial Estate . Five hundred yards north east from William Perkin's dye factory was a triangular field in which he kept horses. On this ground was built the Oldfield Tavern public house, which became
1290-406: The former Ravenor Farm has become Greenford's largest park; Ravenor Park is the venue for the annual Greenford Carnival, which is held every July. Until 1910, the land that formed Ravenor Farm/Ravenor Park was a detached part of Northolt parish, with the tithes to the land going to St. Mary's Church, Northolt and not the Greenford parish of Holy Cross, Greenford. There are also Perivale Wood ,
1333-453: The former boroughs of Ealing , Acton and Southall . The area was transferred from Middlesex to Greater London to become one of the 32 London Boroughs. Ealing borough is made up of seven major towns: The local authority is Ealing Council, which meets at Ealing Town Hall and has its main offices in the adjoining Perceval House on Uxbridge Road in Ealing. Since 2000, for elections to
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1376-564: The historic Elthorne Hundred , county of Middlesex . Greenford is considered to be birthplace of the modern organic chemical industry, as it was at William Perkin 's chemical factory in North Greenford, by the Grand Union Canal , that the world's first aniline dye was discovered in March 1856. Perkin called his amazing discovery ' mauveine '. Today there is a blue plaque marking the spot in Oldfield Lane North, just south of
1419-479: The other two appliances in the area. The ward of Northfield had over forty malicious calls made from it, more than twice as many as any other ward within Ealing. 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 (co-ed),
1462-789: The past. London Motorcycle Museum , occupying the former Ravenor Farm buildings in Oldfield Lane South, is the capital's only motorbike museum. Opened in 1999 with a display of around 60 exhibits, it now has around 200 exhibits on display including a wide range of bikes. The Parish Church of Holy Cross (old church), is a late 15th or early 16th century parish church. Betham House, is an 18th-century former charity school built by Edward Betham . Significant local businesses include: British Bakeries, IBM , Aurora (TV Lighting), Panavision , Panalux, Wincanton (Distribution Centre) and Royal Mail (Regional distribution centre). KBR has an office in Greenford. In Greenford Green in front of
1505-509: The popularity of Gaelic games in the community. Country flags for example can be seen flown on the outside or hung inside of various pubs in the area, especially on St Patrick's Day. St Benedict's School has also had a long term affiliation with the Irish community in Ealing, as it is a Catholic school. Many Irish members of the Ealing borough attend Ealing Abbey which is linked to St Benedict's School . Faith in Ealing (2021 census) Ealing has
1548-547: The railway station is the large Westway Cross Shopping Park. This retail park has many stores such as Next , Smyths Toys and Sports Direct . Greenford is part of the Ealing North UK parliamentary constituency , represented since 2019 by Labour and Co-operative Party Member of Parliament (MP) James Murray. Greenford is made up of three and a half electoral wards for local council elections: Greenford Broadway, Greenford Green, North Greenford and half of
1591-477: The relatively large Asian population. There are also churches and centres for London's Hungarian and Assyrian communities in South Ealing. As of the 2011 census, Hanger Hill had, at 13%, the largest proportion of people aged 65 and over. The lowest were East Acton and Southall Green, at 8% each. Ealing is home to Ealing Studios , and was a major centre of the UK film industry. Brentford F.C. draw
1634-402: The remaining identifying as Arab or other ethnicity. The main religions of the borough's population in 2011 were Christianity (44%), Islam (16%) Hinduism (9%) and Sikhism (8%); 15% stated they had no religion and a further 7% did not state any religion. The borough has a long-standing Irish community which is particularly visible through the number of established Irish pubs in the borough and
1677-636: The short Tobacco Dock . The Western Dock was connected to the Thames by Hermitage Basin to the south west and Wapping Basin to the south. The Eastern Dock connected to the Thames via the Shadwell Basin to the east. The principal designers were the architects and engineers Daniel Asher Alexander and John Rennie . The docks specialised in high-value luxury commodities such as ivory, spices, coffee and cocoa as well as wine and wool, for which elegant warehouses and wine cellars were constructed. The system
1720-607: Was a pioneer speedway venue and open meetings were staged 1928–1930. The track would be called a long track now, as it was of the order of half a mile/800 metres per lap. The trotting track was situated on the south side of Birkbeck Avenue, just north of the A40 Western Avenue . Greenford Heritage Centre: a cornucopia of British-made domestic paraphernalia of 20th century is on display – a variety of household items that were commonly found in British homes and gardens in
1763-538: Was acquired in 1981 by the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC). It was subsequently redeveloped with over 1,000 individual properties centred on the old Tobacco Dock and Shadwell Basin . The controversial " Fortress Wapping " printing works of Rupert Murdoch 's News International corporation was constructed on the northern half of the infilled Western Dock. Hermitage Basin and Shadwell Basin survive. Wapping Basin
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1806-554: Was elected in May 2012. London Borough of Ealing The London Borough of Ealing ( / ˈ iː l ɪ ŋ / ) is a London borough in London , England. It comprises the districts of Acton , Ealing , Greenford , Hanwell , Northolt , Perivale and Southall . With a population of 367,100 inhabitants, it is the third most populous London borough. Ealing is the third largest London borough in population and eleventh largest in area, covering part of west London and
1849-479: Was never connected to the railway network. The Port of London Authority took over the London Docks together with the rest of the enclosed docks in 1909. The docks were closed to shipping in 1969 and sold to the borough of Tower Hamlets . The western portion of the London Docks was filled in with the (unrealised) intention of turning them into public housing estates. The land was still largely derelict when it
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