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North Acton
North Acton shown within Greater London |
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| OS grid reference | TQ205805 |
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| London borough | Ealing |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | NW10 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| EU Parliament | London |
| UK Parliament | Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush |
| London Assembly | Ealing and Hillingdon |
| List of places: UK • England • London | |
North Acton is a place in West London, UK. It is part of Acton and on the edge of the industrial district of Park Royal. It is located in the London Borough of Ealing.
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The commercial district of Park Royal overspills into North Acton, and several facilities are located on the edge of North Acton Playing Fields, including the Black Island Film Studios, which are the largest television and film studios in central London.[1] In recent years there has been new commercial and high-rise residential redevelopment to the south of North Acton tube station.
North Acton is served by the Parish Church of St Gabriel, North Acton, located on Noel Road, beside North Acton Playing Fields, part of the Church of England.[2] St Gabriel's is one of the forty new churches 'planted' in the early 1930s by Bishop Winnington-Ingram, the Bishop of London, to serve London's expanding suburbs. It celebrated its eightieth anniversary in July 2011.[3] The very large church was designed and built by architect Ernest Charles Shearman, and houses an original painting ("The Annunciation") by artist John Pelling. Other points of interest include a high altar frontal used at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and a stone font originally located in Westminster Abbey, and still bearing carved stone symbols of the Abbey Church.
North Acton Playing Fields is a large open space for public recreation. Its facilities include several football and cricket pitches, multiple hard-surfaced and grass tennis courts, a basketball court, exercise machines forming a public 'outside gym', refreshment facilities including "Spencer's Cafeteria" (open all year round), a pavilion, a children's playground, hard (tarmac) surfaced paths for walking in inclement weather, a picnic area with metal picnic tables, and designated dog-walking areas.[4]
Acton is the meeting point of a number of different railway lines and routes, and has seven railway stations, of which five were historically part of the London Underground network, and four still are part of that network. Acton has the distinction of being the only town in London to have all four of the points of the compass as a station name. North Acton, East Acton, and West Acton are part of the Central Line, whilst South Acton was formerly part of the District Line, but is today served only by London Overground. Acton Town is the fourth remaining tube station, served by the District Line and the Piccadilly Line. Acton Central is also part of the London Overground network, and Acton Main Line is on the Great Western Main Line route.
The overground railway stations at Acton Central and Acton Town are served by London Overground; they are located to the south of North Acton, but the trains serving these stations pass through the district of North Acton. Acton Main Line station is on the boundary between North Acton and Central Acton, and is located on a commuter section of the Great Western Main Line.