Where to buy in Ealing

Ealing has retained its original village identity, and not just merged in the London sprawl. It has a clear centre at the Broadway with shopping, a green, and the town hall. The streets north of the Broadway are considered the best. There are high-class blocks of flats overlooking Haven Green, and large detached houses. Haven Lane contains attractive cottages, but mainly this is an area for large detached houses, as in Mount Park Road, Parkhill and Mount Park Crescent where the houses are generally Victorian. Slightly further north is the Montpelier area, with large detached houses from the Edwardian era (or later) and mansion blocks. Montpelier Road is the centre. Equally desirable houses are to be found in the Castlebar area, comprising Castlebar Park and Castlebar Hill which leads into the Pitshanger area of Ealing. This is the area around Pitsanger Lane where streets run north to Ealing golf course and south to Castlebar Hill. The houses are mainly Edwardian and on a smaller scale than in Haven Green and Montpelier. Just north of the golf course and below Western Avenue at the Hangar Lane junction is the Greystoke Estate with houses built in Art Deco style in the 1930s. This takes in Brunswick Road and streets down to Birkdale Road. Slightly to the west of Brunswick Road is Brentham Way and the Brentham Garden Estate. This is a precursor of the Hampstead Garden suburb. It was built at the start of the 20th century and contains about 600 cottages. It is now a conservation area.

Scotch Common is to the west and contains smaller, more modern houses, and some purpose-built blocks of flats.

South of Scotch Common is an area of large detached Victorian houses in St Stephen’s Road and nearby streets. The Avenue leads down the hill toward West Ealing station with late Victorian and some Edwardian houses. This area borders Argyle Road. On the west side of the road is the Drayton Green area which has some extremely large detached houses around the green itself, and smaller cottages in the minor roads. Hanwell is the area to the west of Drayton Green, moving out of Ealing. It has desirable housing areas between Greenford Avenue and Drayton Green station, such as Shakespeare, Tennyson and Milton Roads. (The area is called “Poets Corner” since the streets are mainly named after famous poets). There are a lot of Victorian and Edwardian houses in this area. Further up Greenford Avenue are 20th-century properties including the Cuckoo Estate, which was a council estate of houses built in the 1930s. On the west of Greenford Road are more early 20th-century houses.

West Ealing is on the other side of the railway tracks. Above the Uxbridge Road, there is the large Green Man Council Estate. South of the Uxbridge Road, where Northfield Avenue runs south, there are more Victorian and Edwardian houses, although on a less grand scale than in the north. The Northfield area has Lammas Park and Walpole Park in it, and there are some grand houses lining Lammas Park. St Mary’s Road is an extension of the High Street down to Popes Lane. Houses at the top overlooking the park are Victorian detached and terraced houses. Elers Road, right next to Lammas Park, has popular Victorian and Edwardian houses. The Ealing Common area to the east of St Mary’s Road has more detached and very expensive houses near Ealing Common, such as Tring Avenue, Highfield Road, Warwick Dene and North Common Road. There are mansion flats in Hamilton Road. Between Hangar Lane and Park Royal is the Hangar Hill Estate with a series of crescents containing 1930s houses.