Ealing West London Apartments

Little did the Victorian worthies who planned Ealing know that their picturesque vision of shaded streets, expansive parkland and fine family homes would provide such an enduring backdrop to some of this nations most celebrated screen moments. Its quintessentially suburban English scenery which can be seen in films such as The Lavender Hill Mob has made the comic genius of Peter Sellers and the creepy reserve of Alec Guinness even more memorable. Pitzhanger Hall in Walpole Park is a mansion so grand that even today, film crews regularly use it as a double for Kensington Palace and its former owner John Soane designed both the Royal Academy and the Bank of England.

In fact Soanes influence is all over Ealing in the form of handsome red brick houses complete with characteristically ornate porches and balconies. Streets here are wide and tree-lined, opening up into pleasant green spaces and attractive squares with even the busy Ealing Broadway station boasting an adjoining mini-park that goes by the charming name of Haven Green. An address here will get you from tranquility to town center in no time at all; such are the stations excellent rail links and tube connections.