The Ealing Common open space is bounded by Gunnersbury Ave (
A406) to the east and the Uxbridge 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 larger Gunnersbury Park
.
Ownership
The Ealing Common open space is a common land as designated by the 1866 Metropolitan Commons Act.
Ealing Common preserves a large area of open space with fine
plane trees are also found with the horse chestnuts around the perimeter of the common. Charles Jones was the borough surveyor
responsible for the layout.
In the south-west corner of Ealing Common there is a small enclosed park, called Warwick Dene, with rose beds at its centre.
Other information
There is a local
Conservation Area
which includes streets around the common.
Ealing Common is also informally used by some as the name of the area in the London Borough of Ealing surrounding Ealing Common station, which is named after the common; however, it is officially part of the Ealing district.
References
^Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Cotterell. p. 8.
