Ealing Town is the borough’s main commercial and retail centre. The town centre also known as Ealing Broadway and the neighbourhoods of Ealing Common, Montpelier, Pitshanger, Northfields, West Twyford, Hanger Hill, North, South and West Ealing are well known for their thriving communities.
One of the area’s treasures is Ealing Studios, the heart of British film history, where timeless classics and modern hits were created. Just down the road, Pitzhanger Manor invites you to wander into its art-filled rooms and take in the tranquillity of its beautiful gardens.
Each year Ealing Civic Society makes awards to recognise and encourage building and environmental projects that make a noteworthy contribution to the community or to the townscape amenity around the wider London Borough of Ealing.
Community life in Ealing is always bustling, especially around the green spaces that locals love, like Walpole Park, Haven Green and Lammas Park to name a few, where families gather, friends meet for picnics, and children play. These parks come alive in the summer with a series of exciting festivals for people to celebrate including comedy, blues and jazz events and the New Gen Festival, a dedicated festival curated ‘by and for youth. Some of the many annual events that take place around the town bringing people together to enjoy each other’s company.
The town is home to two community managed libraries with residents and volunteer groups managing the day-to-day running of their buildings under a ‘community managed’ status in the Northfields and West Ealing areas.
Ealing’s diverse communities add to its appeal, reflected in the area’s international cafés, restaurants, and family-owned shops. With quick connections into Central London on the Elizabeth Line, Ealing stays well-connected yet remains a place where people know their neighbours and cherish their community.
*Budgets are set by size of town population
Are you over-18 and available to join a friendly group of people, that meet up regularly to help guide the activities and decisions on how local resources and budgets can support you town's chosen priorities?
If you have the time and you see yourself as someone who is good at solving problems, have ideas about how to improve your local area, appreciate the views of others and can listen with empathy then your local Town Team needs your support.
Preparing for major emergencies
Ealing and Hounslow CVS, Ealing Council and The British Red Cross are hosting community resilience workshops across our borough.
Residents, community groups, businesses and the faith sector are invited to join us to prepare for responding to emergencies together.
Making roads and streets safer, greener and more attractive
Live West Ealing involves the community, local groups and Transport for London to make a range of street level improvements in the area creating an easier, safer and more pleasant place for residents to walk, cycle or use public transport.
Keeping Feet to the Flames
A independent Citizen’s Tribunal has been established to follow up on recommendations made by the Ealing Race Equality Commission and to hold the council and its partners to account on the delivery of its commitment and responsibilities to fight race inequality and promote race equality.
Shape and influence the health and wellbeing agenda for older people from African and Caribbean communities
We are looking for people with direct lived experienced as patients, carers, relatives or friends of older people using health and social care services to be part of our research advisory group.