Flats to Rent in Ealing

Renting in Ealing

Ealing is a large west London borough of seven towns: Ealing itself, Acton, Hanwell, Southall, Greenford, Perivale and Northolt. It runs from Acton, near Shepherd's Bush, west to Southall and north to Northolt and Perivale. On the ONS measure in the table above, its average rent sits close to the London average. Council tax is too: Band D is £2,138.53 in 2026/27, against a London average of £2,068 (MHCLG).

The Elizabeth line has five stations in the borough (Acton Main Line, Ealing Broadway, West Ealing, Hanwell and Southall), which is the main reason commuters now look here.

The neighbourhoods

Ealing Broadway and central Ealing

Ealing's town centre has the borough's main shops, Walpole Park and Pitzhanger Manor, Sir John Soane's country house, and Ealing Studios, the film studio behind the Ealing comedies, which describes itself as the oldest continuously working film studio in the world. Ealing Broadway station has the Elizabeth line, the Central and District lines and Great Western Railway trains. The streets around it are Victorian and Edwardian houses and mansion blocks, many split into flats, with new blocks near the station.

Northfields, South Ealing and Pitshanger

South of the Broadway, Northfields and South Ealing are streets of Edwardian terraces with their own shopping parades, on the Piccadilly line's Heathrow branch. Pitshanger, to the north, has a village-like parade along Pitshanger Lane and Pitshanger Park by the River Brent. These are family areas and among the borough's more expensive.

Acton

Acton, in the east of the borough, has more transport than almost anywhere in west London: Acton Main Line on the Elizabeth line, Acton Town on the District and Piccadilly lines, North Acton and West Acton on the Central line, and Acton Central and South Acton on the Overground's Mildmay line. It has a long-established Polish community and a mix of Victorian terraces, large estates and many new blocks, especially around North Acton. It is usually cheaper than central Ealing.

Hanwell and West Ealing

Hanwell, on the River Brent, has the Wharncliffe Viaduct, built for Brunel's Great Western Railway, the Hanwell Flight of locks on the Grand Union Canal, and Brent Lodge Park, known locally as the Bunny Park for its animal centre. Hanwell and West Ealing stations are on the Elizabeth line. Homes are mostly Victorian and Edwardian terraces.

Southall

Southall has one of the largest South Asian communities in Britain, and its Broadway and South Road are lined with Punjabi and other South Asian restaurants, sweet shops, jewellers and clothes shops. Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, on Havelock Road, is one of the largest Sikh temples outside India. Southall station is on the Elizabeth line, one stop from Hayes and a short ride from Heathrow. It is usually where Ealing's rents are lowest.

Greenford, Perivale and Northolt

The north of the borough is mostly 1930s suburbs of semis and terraces. Greenford, Perivale and Northolt stations are on the Central line, and Greenford also has trains on the branch to West Ealing. Horsenden Hill, with woods, meadows and views, is between Greenford and Perivale, and Northala Fields in Northolt has four large mounds built partly from the rubble of the old Wembley Stadium. RAF Northolt is just over the western boundary, in Hillingdon. These are family areas, with more houses than flats.

Getting around

Ealing has the Elizabeth line from its five stations to Paddington, the West End, the City and Canary Wharf, and west to Heathrow and Reading. The Central line serves Ealing Broadway, West Acton, North Acton, Hanger Lane, Perivale, Greenford and Northolt; the District line serves Ealing Broadway, Ealing Common and Acton Town; the Piccadilly line serves Acton Town, Ealing Common, North Ealing, Park Royal, South Ealing and Northfields. The Overground's Mildmay line calls at Acton Central and South Acton. North-south journeys within the borough are mostly by bus. Check a specific commute on the TfL Journey Planner before you sign.

Schools

State secondaries include Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls and Twyford Church of England High School in Acton, William Perkin Church of England High School in Greenford, Drayton Manor High School and Elthorne Park High School in Hanwell, Brentside High School, and Cardinal Wiseman Catholic School in Greenford. Independent schools include St Benedict's School, St Augustine's Priory (girls) and Notting Hill and Ealing High School (girls). Faith and independent schools set their own admissions rules, and popular primaries can have small distance catchments, so read each school's admissions criteria and its latest Ofsted report before choosing a street for a school.

Parks and open space

Walpole Park and Lammas Park serve central Ealing; Pitshanger Park and Brent Lodge Park follow the River Brent; Horsenden Hill and Northala Fields give the north of the borough large open spaces; and the Grand Union Canal towpath runs through Hanwell, Southall and Greenford. Gunnersbury Park, just over the boundary in Hounslow, is run jointly by the two boroughs.

Safety

Crime concentrates around the busiest town centres and stations, including Ealing Broadway, Acton and Southall; residential streets are usually quieter. For a specific street, the police's crime map at police.uk shows reported crime month by month.

Who it suits

Ealing suits Elizabeth line commuters to the West End, the City and Canary Wharf; people who work at or travel often from Heathrow; families who want houses and parks in Northfields, Pitshanger, Hanwell or Greenford; and people who want Southall's South Asian community and shops close by. It suits people less well if they need to cross the borough north to south often, or want inner London nightlife on the doorstep.

Useful links

Ealing Council: ealing.gov.uk (council tax, parking, school admissions)
Crime by street: police.uk
Journeys: tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey
Pitzhanger Manor: pitzhanger.org.uk

The listings above are homes and rooms advertised by their landlords in Ealing now. Check which of the seven towns each one is in: Acton and Northolt are both in Ealing but on different lines and at different prices.