Working to preserve and improve our borough
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
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
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
John Goldsmith, Crossrail Community Relations Manager, drew over 120 people when he spoke at a Society event on 29 May. He brought us up to date regarding progress with the Elizabeth Line infrastructure, trains and service. Although there was wry … Continued
Our summer Newsletter is now out. Read the latest about the Filmworks cinema site, 10-40 The Broadway, Dickens Yard and Pitzhanger Manor. There is also news about our recent events and our comments on new planning applications. Many of our … Continued
All are welcome to our next talk entitled: Crossrail: countdown to delivery. The speaker will be John Goldsmith, Crossrail’s Community Relations Manager. He will give us the latest news of progress with the Borough’s Crossrail stations and how soon we … Continued
The latest Ealing Civic Society plaque was unveiled at our AGM on 10th April 2018, by the Mayor of Ealing, Councillor Simon Woodroffe. It commemorates Charles Jones, the first Borough Architect. It will be installed at his former home, 5 Windsor … Continued
Following our AGM on 10 April, Ealing’s last Borough Architect, Gavin Leonard, gave a talk about Ealing’s first Borough Architect, the Victorian polymath Charles Jones. Jones was responsible for designing the town hall, which despite being only Grade ll listed, … Continued
The Society looks at all planning applications sent to Ealing Council. Major schemes and projects are examined in detail. This month we objected to 3 applications: 83-85 Gunnersbury Lane W3 8HH: a proposed multi-storey block of flats which is high … Continued
Our latest plaque will be unveiled by the Mayor at the Town Hall on Tuesday 10 April. The plaque will be to commemorate Charles Jones (1830-1913), Ealing’s first Borough Architect and Engineer. Jones was in post for 50 years and … Continued