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The Avenue, LONDON, W13 8AG

Located on The Avenue, close to West Ealing station.

The Drayton Court Hotel was opened in 1894. A hotel until the 1940s when it became just a public house. Refurbished in 2011 it is once again a 4 star hotel. The former Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, Hồ Chí Minh, worked in the hotel kitchens in 1914. Ealing is one of the seven major towns in the London Borough of Ealing. A rural village until communications with London got better with the improvements to the road to Oxford (later Uxbridge Road) in the 18th century and culminating with the coming of the railway in 1838. Ealing expanded greatly with suburban development during the 19th century and became known as the "Queen of the Suburbs" due to its greenery and because it was halfway between city and country. Ealing became a municipal borough in 1901. Growth continued throughout the 20th century and Ealing became part of a modern London borough in 1965.

Ostentatious High Victoriana dominating the suburb of West Ealing (or Ealing Dean). According to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Drayton_Court , the buildings dates from 1894.

A new apartment block at the junction of The Avenue and Argyle Road in West Ealing.

A bus on the E7 route to Ealing Broadway from Ruislip begins the short sharp climb up to the bridge at West Ealing Station. Argyle corner in the background is probably an unofficial name - it is the junction of Argyle Road and Manor Road.

Single storey shops next to West Ealing station.

The station was rebuilt by British Rail in 1987. This included demolition of the original C19 frontage in Drayton Green Road in favour of this rather uninspiring but functional replacement. The latter has been disused since 2021 when it was itself replaced with a much grander building in Manor Road in readiness for the start of the full Elizabeth Line service in 2022.