Open House weekend
Open House London takes place over the weekend of 22/23 September. This year in the Borough of Ealing alone there are 27 properties and visits or walks available to visit or take part in completely free of charge – one … Continued
Annual Award deadline coming up
If you know of or live in a building which has recently been constructed or extended and think it might be worthy of consideration for our 2018 Award please send us your application by 17 September. The building might be a … Continued
Autumn newsletter
Our Autumn Newsletter is hot off the press. Learn the latest state of play regarding the redevelopment of Ealing Town Hall and Perceval House, the closure of the Central Library with its important local history section, Ealing Filmworks progress, plus … Continued
Charles Jones plaque installed
The Society’s latest plaque celebrates the life of the architect Charles Jones (1830-1913) who was the first Borough Architect. He was responsible for the design of many buildings in Ealing, including the Town Hall. It was unveiled in April by … Continued
Society welcomes forthcoming debate on Conservation Officer loss
The Society is pleased that the Opposition parties have called in the proposal to abolish the Conservation Officer post for debate at a meeting on Thursday 2 August. Save Ealing’s Centre, to which the Society is affiliated has recently issued … Continued
2018 Award – apply now!
Every year we shortlist new architecture, including renovations, and newly designed landscapes for our annual Award which celebrates good design in all parts of the Borough. You can see last year’s winners here. So if you know of any project … Continued
Gunnersbury Past and Present
Despite fierce competition from the England v Colombia game, about 50 people turned up to hear Val Bott give the John Delafons lecture on 3 July. Val is the co-author (with James Wisdom) of a new book entitled Gunnersbury Park: … Continued
Wonderful Gunnersbury
Val Bott will talk about the history and amazing recent transformation of the Gunnersbury estate at our annual John Delafons lecture on 3 July. She is the honorary secretary of the Friends of Gunnersbury Park and Museum and co-author of … Continued
Wild Ealing
Our Civic Day event this year was a visit to a 27 acre nature reserve in Perivale. Perivale Wood is run by volunteer members of the Selborne Society. It’s not generally open to the public, apart from an open day in … Continued
Visit to our local nature reserve
Our Civic Day event this year is to Perivale Wood, a 27 acre nature reserve in Ealing. Alas there will be no bluebells on 16 June, but we’ll have a talk from John Sears about the new Bluebell Centre and … Continued