Ealing: local evidence before choosing a home
Three public reference positions, ten independent checks and the limitations you need before treating a map result as a housing shortlist.
By the notbad project · editorial review . Source dates are separate.
Explore Ealing on the mapWhat these local examples show
West Ealing station, Pitshanger Park and Arcadia Shopping Centre illustrate different station relationships inside one borough. The park reference has a substantially longer estimated walk to West Ealing than the station reference; Arcadia instead points towards Ealing Broadway. Their mapped road readings and crime-area bands also differ. Use the named point comparison rather than treating 'Ealing' as one uniform result.
This page covers the official Ealing boundary (E09000009), not a single neighbourhood with the same name. Its three examples are illustrative catalog positions, not a representative sample of homes or a borough-wide verdict.
Mapped destinations in this boundary
The retained catalogs place 21 supported station records, 65 named green-space references of at least 2 hectares, 20 supported supermarket records, 5 shopping-centre records and 112 official school positions inside this boundary. These are source-position counts, not a complete inventory or proof of present access; station records can represent separate services at one interchange.
Supported lines represented here: Central, District, Piccadilly, Elizabeth line, Mildmay. Coverage includes Underground, Overground, DLR and Elizabeth lines, not every National Rail service. Walking destinations can lie outside the borough.
Three public reference reports
These use the independent Check profile: all supported destination choices, walks up to 30 minutes, green spaces at least 2 hectares, both noise periods and no combined score. School results use all phases and both inspection schemes; the new report-card area is Curriculum and teaching. Origins are source positions, sometimes inside a site, not verified entrances. Unknown means reliable evidence is unavailable, not a pass.
1. West Ealing Rail Station
Station reference · station position. Coordinates: 51.513506, -0.320133.
Retained source ID: 910GWEALING. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 45.73 dB Nighttime: 36.6 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 72.19 dB Nighttime: 65.46 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 1 min walk West Ealing Rail Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 7 min walk Drayton Green 2.5 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 2 / 5 · Lower Ealing 018D · E01001207 55.1 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 196 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 2 min walk Insights Independent School Not applicable · Other independent special school · No linked inspection in the state-funded school snapshot · school position |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 3 min walk Waitrose Waitrose · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 18 min walk Arcadia Shopping Centre Shopping centre · centre position |
2. Pitshanger Park
Green-space reference · Mapped green-space reference position; not an entrance. Coordinates: 51.527974, -0.319515.
Retained source ID: 448263446. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 50.5 dB Nighttime: 45.57 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 43.23 dB Nighttime: 37.53 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 24 min walk West Ealing Rail Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 1 min walk Pitshanger Park 17.6 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 4 / 5 · Higher Ealing 018E · E01001208 78.9 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 200 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 3 min walk North Ealing Primary School Primary · Community school · Expected standard · Curriculum and teaching · 2026-06-09 · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 26 min walk Waitrose Waitrose · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 28 min walk Arcadia Shopping Centre Shopping centre · centre position |
3. Arcadia Shopping Centre
Shopping-site reference · centre position. Coordinates: 51.513937, -0.303975.
Retained source ID: w26748611. A source position is not a surveyed front door or verified entrance.
| Check | Saved evidence at this point |
|---|---|
| Aircraft noise | Daytime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Nighttime: No mapped aircraft-noise contour Averages do not describe individual flyovers. Without a contour, frequent or loud overflights are still possible. |
| Road noise | Daytime: 69.34 dB Nighttime: 59.61 dB |
| Railway noise | Daytime: 61.37 dB Nighttime: 54.49 dB |
| Tube-track proximity | Outside the Tube setback 100 m setback · approximate boundary |
| Station walk | ≈ 3 min walk Ealing Broadway Rail Station station position |
| Green-space walk | ≈ 6 min walk Walpole Park 12.3 ha · park |
| Recorded crime | Band 5 / 5 · Highest Ealing 042A · E01034030 841.4 published crimes / 1,000 residents / year 3,295 crimes · 2024-09 – 2026-08 |
| School walk | ≈ 1 min walk Christ the Saviour Church of England Primary School Primary · Voluntary aided school · Good · legacy overall · 2023-11-14 · mapped school gate |
| Supermarket walk | ≈ 1 min walk Morrisons Morrisons · Mapped supermarket · store position |
| Shopping walk | ≈ 1 min walk Arcadia Shopping Centre Shopping centre · centre position |
Turn this comparison into viewing questions
Choose the journeys and surroundings you actually need. Check the location of the home, the route and entrance you would use, indoor noise and current access. A missing noise value is unverified quietness; a missing supported-line result does not cover every rail service. Tube proximity does not measure vibration, crime bands do not predict personal safety, and a nearby school does not establish eligibility.
Source snapshots behind these examples
- Aircraft: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping). Airport activity years vary and are not verified for every airport; no mapped aircraft-noise contour does not establish infrequent flights or quietness.
- Road and railway: Defra Round 4 (2022 mapping); 2021 road/rail activity; historical model, not live measurements.. Published values begin at 40 dB day / 35 dB night.
- Walking and mapped destinations: retained OSM snapshot 2026-10-30T21:24:51Z; packaged station snapshot, not live services.
- Crime: 2024-09 to 2026-08; resident population year 2024. Historical London-only bands, not safety grades.
- Schools: GIAS 2026-10-31; Ofsted 2026-09-30. Proximity does not establish admissions.
- Tube proxy: April 2026; 100 m setback, not measured vibration.
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