London Borough of Ealing

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London Borough of Ealing
Shown within Greater London
Geography
Status	London borough
Area — Total	Ranked 293rd 55.53 km²
ONS code	00AJ
Admin HQ	{{{adminhq}}}
Demographics
Population — Total (2005 est.) — Density	Ranked 18th (of 354) 301,800 5,435 / km²
Ethnicity	58.7% White 44.9% British 8.8% White other 5.0% Irish 24.5% South Asian 8.8% African-Caribbean 6.8% Mixed Race or other 1.2% Chinese
Politics
Leadership	Leader & Cabinet
Mayor	Diana Pagan
Executive	Conservative
MPs	Piara Singh Khabra Stephen Pound Andrew Slaughter
London Assembly — Member	Ealing and Hillingdon Richard Barnes
Coat of Arms
Official website	http://www.ealing.gov.uk/

The London Borough of Ealing is an Outer London borough in West London.

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.

The borough is the main seate of Polish immigrants to London.

The borough includes:

• Acton
• Dormer's Wells
• Ealing
• East Acton
• Greenford
• Hanwell
• Little Ealing
• North Acton
• Northolt
• Norwood Green
• Perivale
• South Acton
• Southall
  • see also Ealing parks and open spaces

The borough is covered by the constituencies of:

• Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush
• Ealing North
• Ealing Southall

National Rail and London Underground stations within the borough:

• Acton Central railway station
• Acton Main Line railway station
• Acton Town tube station
• Boston Manor tube station
• Castle Bar Park railway station
• Chiswick Park tube station
• Drayton Green railway station
• Ealing Broadway station
• Ealing Common tube station
• Greenford station
• Hanger Lane tube station
• Hanwell railway station
• North Acton tube station
• North Ealing tube station
• Northfields tube station
• Northolt Park railway station
• Northolt tube station
• Park Royal tube station
• Perivale tube station
• South Acton railway station
• South Acton tube station - No longer in operation
• South Ealing tube station
• South Greenford railway station
• Southall railway station
• Sudbury Hill tube station
• Sudbury Town tube station
• West Acton tube station
• West Ealing railway station

Coordinates: 51°30′N, 0°20′W