| London Borough of Ealing | |||
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| Motto: Progress with Unity | |||
| Ealing shown within Greater London | |||
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | ||
| Constituent country | England | ||
| Region | London | ||
| Ceremonial county | Greater London | ||
| Status | London borough | ||
| Admin HQ | Ealing Town Hall, Uxbridge Road, Ealing | ||
| Incorporated | 1 April 1965 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Type | London borough council | ||
| • Body | Ealing London Borough Council | ||
| • Leadership | Leader & Cabinet Chief Executive - Martin Smith (Labour) |
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| • Mayor | Rajinder Mann | ||
| • MPs | Stephen Pound Angie Bray Virendra Sharma |
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| • London Assembly | Richard Barnes AM for Ealing and Hillingdon | ||
| • EU Parliament | London | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 21.4 sq mi (55.53 km2) | ||
| Area rank | 265th (of 326) | ||
| Population (2010 est.) | |||
| • Total | 318,500 | ||
| • Rank | 18th (of 326) | ||
| • Density | 14,855.2/sq mi (5,735.6/km2) | ||
| • Ethnicity[1] | 45.5% White British 3.9% White Irish 9.5% Other White 1.0% White & Black Caribbean 0.5% White & Black African 1.3% White & Asian 1.0% Other Mixed 15.0% Indian 3.9% Pakistani 0.5% Bangladeshi 3.9% Other Asian 4.0% Black Caribbean 4.1% Black African 0.6% Other Black 1.4% Chinese 3.8% Other |
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| Time zone | GMT (UTC0) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) | ||
| Postcodes | {{{postcode_areas}}} | ||
| Police force | Metropolitan Police | ||
| Website | www.ealing.gov.uk | ||
The London Borough of Ealing () is a borough in west London.
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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. Ealing is also the primary setting for The Sarah Jane Adventures, being the location of Sarah Jane Smith's home.
Within 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.
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 the other two appliances in the area. Interestingly, the ward of Northfield had over forty malicious calls made from it -more than twice as any other ward within Ealing.[2]
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, St Augstine's Priory and Notting Hill and Ealing High, are also located within the borough. The controversial King Fahd Academy is an independent Saudi funded school within the borough.
The borough of Ealing is both religiously and ethnically diverse, similar to the other boroughs in the west London area. The BME (black and minority ethnic) peoples make up approximately 40% of the borough's population, comprising particularly South Asians (about 20%), African and Caribbean (about 10%) and Chinese and other Asian (about 5%).[1]
As well as being ethnically diverse, Ealing is also home to various religions with substantial followers, higher than the typical London average. Christianity makes up the largest religious group with 50%, whilst Islam has 10%, Sikhism 8.5%, and Hinduism 7.8% The remaining 24% were not religious, or chose not to state their faith.
In 2006 the borough was said to have "one of the largest Polish communities in the country".[3]
The borough has a long-standing Irish community. This is particularly visible through the number of Irish pubs in the borough and the popularity of Gaelic games within the community. County flags for example, can be seen flown on the outside or hung inside of various pubs in the area. Additionally the former towns of Ealing and Acton has a large Polish community. This owes its origins to the World War II refugees from Poland finding both cheap accommodation and work in the Acton area, which back then had a lot a light engineering companies busy with government war contracts. The Polish community has grown considerably since Poland joined the EU and its migrant workers have been able to come to the UK freely. This has led to a dramatic increase in the number of Polish orientated shops and social centres in the borough and has seen a rise in the demand for places at local primary schools. In the last decade the community has spread increasingly into Ealing. In Southall, which lays the west side of the borough is a very large community South Asian community often described as "Little India".[4][5][6][7][8] This community developed in 1950s.
The numerous National Rail and London Underground stations in the borough are:
London Buses routes 7, 65, 70, 72, 83, 90, 92, 94, 95, 105, 112, 120, 140, 187, 195, 207, 224, 226, 228, 260, 266, 272, 282, 283, 297, 395, 398, 427, 440, 482, 487, 607, E1, E2, E3, E5, E6, E7, E8, E9, E10, E11, H17, H32, PR2, other routes 895 ,Night route N7, N11 and N207.
In April 2009 the council voted to support in principle a proposal for a North and West London Light railway.[9]
Ealing is twinned with:
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