PERIVALE

'Perivale' is a small suburb west of London in the London Borough of Ealing. Perivale is part of the Greenford post town. Until the 15th century it was called Greenford Parva (Little Greenford). The most prominent landmarks in the suburb are the A40, a large road that connects central London with the M40 motorway, and the large Art Deco Hoover building. Less prominent landmarks are St Mary's Church (C:15th century), River Brent and Perivale Wood Bird Reserve run by the Selborne Society.
A large part of Perivale is used in the form of a business and industrial park. Although mainly residential, there are some office blocks and parades of shops on Bilton Road, A40 slip road and in the Medway Village. It is home to one of the first American-style diners in the UK called Starvin' Marvin's. Perivale is also home to two golf courses; Ealing Golf Club and Perivale Golf Course.
Before the 1930s residential building expansion, the fields of Perivale were used to grow hay for the working horses of Victorian London. Hence the ending of John Betjeman's poem 'Return to Ealing': "...And a gentle gale from Perivale/blows up the hayfield scent."
Perivale has its own Central Line station on the London Underground system as well as having two bus routes (E5 and 297) that link the town to Greenford, Wembley, Ealing, Willesden and Southall.

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Perivale In the Media

Notable Residents

Transport and locale

Nearest places

Nearby geographic features

Nearest tube stations

Nearest railway station

External links

Perivale In the Media

Perivale was the setting for the 1989 season twenty-six ''Doctor Who'' serial ''Survival'' as the hometown of the seventh doctor's companion Ace. There were several locations used in and around town during filming which included Bleasdale Avenue, Medway Parade, Colwyn Avenue, Woodhouse Avenue, Children's Play Area, Ealing Central Sports Ground, Horsenden Lane South, and the nearby Horsenden Hill.
Victorian Perivale was also the location of a manor which was the setting of another season twenty-six serial, ''Ghost Light''.
Parts of the film ''Snatch'' were also filmed in Perivale and the nearby Horsenden Hill.
Henry Perowne, the principal character in Ian McEwan's novel ''Saturday'' was born in Perivale, though he lived in London during the events of the novel.

Notable Residents

★ Birthplace of Yes keyboardist, Rick Wakeman.

★ Alan Bond lived in Federal Road, Perivale, during part of his childhood.

Transport and locale

Nearest places

★ Alperton

★ Greenford

★ Wembley

★ Northolt

★ Hanwell

★ Ealing

Nearby geographic features

★ Horsenden Hill

Nearest tube stations

★ Perivale tube station

★ Sudbury Town tube station

★ Greenford station

★ Hanger Lane tube station

Nearest railway station

★ South Greenford railway station

External links

★ A short history of Perivale, on the Selborne Primary School website

★ Doctor Who