Ealing Common

For the London Underground station, see Ealing Common tube station.

Ealing Common
Ealing Common Ealing Common shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ184803
London borough	Ealing
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	W5
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Ealing Central and Acton
London Assembly	Ealing and Hillingdon
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Coordinates: 51°30′36″N 0°17′38″W / 51.510°N 0.294°W / 51.510; -0.294

Ealing Common

Ealing Common is a large open space (approx 47 acres) in Ealing, west London. It is also the name of the area surrounding Ealing Common station where Piccadilly & District line trains stop.

Boundaries

The Ealing Common Area is bounded by Ealing Town Centre to the west, North Ealing and Hanger Hill to the north, Acton to the east and South Ealing and South Acton to the south.

The Ealing Common open space is bounded by Gunnersbury Ave (A406) 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.

Ownership

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

History

On Monday, 20 August 1733, a cricket match with important status was played on the common between Ealing & Acton and London. The result is unknown but the terms of the match were "for £50, play or pay", a substantial prize. London was the sport's premier club at the time. This is the only mention of Ealing & Acton and of Ealing Common in the surviving records of early cricket. The strength of the Ealing & Acton team cannot now be determined but the stake was high and the match was reported in a newspaper, Berington's Evening Post.^[1]

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 Victorian 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 surveyor 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 Conservation Area which includes streets around the common.

Ealing Common is also 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 Ealing district.

References

↑ Buckley, p. 8.

Bibliography

Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Cotterell.

London Borough of Ealing

Districts	Acton Acton Green Bedford Park Dormers Wells Ealing (including Brentham Garden Suburb and Pitshanger) East Acton Greenford Hanwell North Acton Northolt Norwood Green Park Royal Perivale South Acton Southall West Acton West Ealing (including Northfields)

Attractions	Hoover Building London Motorcycle Museum Museum of Asian Music Pitzhanger Manor Gallery and House Questors Theatre Wharncliffe Viaduct

Parks and open spaces	Acton Green Acton Park Ealing Common Lammas Park Northala Fields Southall Park Walpole Park

Constituencies	Ealing Central and Acton Ealing North Ealing Southall

Tube and railway stations	Acton Central Acton Main Line Acton Town Boston Manor Castle Bar Park Chiswick Park Drayton Green Ealing Broadway Ealing Common Greenford Hanger Lane Hanwell North Acton North Ealing Northfields Northolt Northolt Park Park Royal Perivale South Acton Southall South Ealing South Greenford Sudbury Town West Acton West Ealing

Other topics	Coat of arms Council Grade I and II* listed buildings People Public art Schools

Parks and open spaces in London

Royal parks	Bushy Green Greenwich Hyde Kensington Regent's Richmond St James's

Large urban parks	Alexandra Arnos Barking Barra Hall Battersea Blackheath Brockwell Burgess Clissold Crystal Palace Dulwich Enfield Town Finsbury Forster Memorial Hampstead Heath Hanworth Holland Mayesbrook Mountsfield Old Deer Parsloes Primrose Hill Pymmes Queen's Park Ravenscourt Ruskin Southwark Valentines Victoria Wandsworth Wanstead West Ham Wimbledon

Country parks	Bayhurst Wood Bedfont Lakes Belhus Woods Eastbrookend Fairlop Waters Fryent Hainault Forest Havering High Elms Hornchurch Lee Valley South Norwood Stanmore Stockley Trent

Commons	Barnes Blackheath Bostall Heath Clapham Ealing East Sheen Hackney Marsh Hainault Forest Ham Hampstead Heath Hayes Keston Mitcham Monken Hadley Peckham Rye Plumstead Stanmore Streatham Tooting Tylers Wandsworth Wimbledon and Putney Winn's Woolwich Wormwood Scrubs

Marshes & Wetlands	Aveley Crayford Erith Hackney Hornchurch Ickenham Ingrebourne Leyton Rainham Tottenham Walthamstow Wennington Woodberry Wetlands WWT London Wetland Centre

Woodland	Bostall Coldfall Copse Dulwich Epping Forest Grangewood Park Highgate Lesnes Abbey Mad Bess Old Park Oxleas Park Petts Queen's Russia Dock Sydenham Hill

House gardens	Belair Park Boston Manor Park Broomfield House Cannizaro Park Chiswick House Danson Park Grovelands Park Grove Park Gunnersbury Park Hampton Court Park Hillingdon Court Kenwood House Langtons Manor House Gardens Marble Hill Park Morden Hall Park Morden Park Osterley Park Syon House Valence House Museum Walpole Park

Entry-fee charging	Kew Gardens London Wetland Centre

Community gardens	Phoenix Garden Calthorpe Project

Parks and open spaces by London borough

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 City of Westminster

English cricket venues to 1825

Ealing Common Conservation area Appraisal on Ealing Council Website.

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