Ealing

Ealing is a district in west London, England, about 12 kilometres west of Charing Cross, and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Ealing. It was an ancient parish in Middlesex and a rural village until the railway station opened in 1838 and the growth of London turned it first into a market garden district and then a suburb; by 1902 it was known as the Queen of the Suburbs because of its greenery. It became a municipal borough in 1901 and part of Greater London in 1965. Today it is a commercial and retail centre identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan, whose town centre is often called Ealing Broadway, and it has parks such as Ealing Common and Walpole Park. The 2011 census recorded a population of 85,014 for Ealing including Northfields.