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Ealing Common is a large open space (approx 47 acres or 19 hectares) inEaling,West London.
The Ealing Common Area is bounded byEaling Town Centre to the west, North Ealing andHanger Hill to the north,Acton to the east andSouth Ealing andSouth Acton to the south.
The Ealing Common open space is bounded by Gunnersbury Ave (A406) to the east and theUxbridge 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. Some distance to the south is also the much largerGunnersbury Park.
The Ealing Common open space is acommon land as designated by the 1866 Metropolitan Commons Act.
In August 1733 acricket match was played on the common betweenEaling & Acton andLondon Cricket Club.[1]
Ealing Common preserves a large area of open space with fineavenues ofhorse chestnut trees, most of which were planted in the lateVictorian period, following the purchase of the common land by the EalingLocal Board. The northern part of the common has a large Englishoak tree at its centre, and Londonplane trees are also found with the horse chestnuts around the perimeter of the common.Charles Jones was the boroughsurveyor responsible for the layout.
In the south-west corner of Ealing Common there is a small enclosed park, called Warwick Dene, withrose beds at its centre.
There is a localConservation Area which includes streets around the common.
Ealing Common is also informally used by some as the name of the area in theLondon Borough of Ealing surroundingEaling Common station, which is named after the common; however, it is officially part of theEaling district.
