The London Borough of Ealing (pronunciation (help·info)) 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.citation needed Ealing is also the primary setting for The Sarah Jane Adventures, being the location of Sarah Jane Smith's home.
The borough is the main home to Polish immigrants in London[2].
London Fire Brigade
There are four fire stations within the London Borough of Ealing. Southall and Northolt have similar-sized station grounds and both house two pumping appliances. Southall attended some 700 incidents more than their Northolt counterparts in 2006/07. Ealing, with two pumping appliances, and Acton, one pump and two fire investigation units, are the other two appliances in the area. Interestingly, the ward of Northfield had over forty malicious calls made from it -more than twice as any other ward within Ealing. [3]
Districts in the borough
Parliamentary constituencies in Ealing
Rail and Underground stations
Education
Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College - Acton, Southall and Ealing
References
External links
Coordinates: 51°30′N, 0°20′W
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