West Acton, Chester Court, Monks Drive, W3 - geograph

Hanger Hill or Haymills Estate is a local area and

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of the

London Borough of Ealing The London Borough of Ealing () is a London borough in West London. It comprises seven major towns: Acton (W3), Ealing (W5, W13, NW10), Greenford (UB6), Hanwell (W7), Northolt (UB5), Perivale (UB6) and Southall (UB1, UB2). With a population of 3 ...

around

Hanger Lane Hanger Lane is a major road in Ealing, London, England. The majority of the road forms the westernmost part of the A406 North Circular Road, running north from the A4020 Uxbridge Road at Ealing Common to the A40 Western Avenue at the Hanger Lan ...

(

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). It was developed in the interwar period when

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Londoners began to move out of

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for more green spaces. The estate features spacious houses and flats designed by architects Douglas Smith and Barley.

Housing

The area was developed during the

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as two separate estates - the Hanger Hill Garden Estate and the Haymills Estate to the east of Hanger Lane. The estates were developed to feature large, spacious family houses and flats. The Hanger Hill Garden Estate includes Queens Drive, Links Road and Monks Drive, and was built between 1928 and 1936 to designs by architects Douglas Smith and Barley. This was designated a

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in 1969. The Haymills Estate is further north, built on the site of Hanger Hill House. This estate is laid out in distinctive crescents and includes

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, Neo-Georgian and Moderne houses. It was designated as a separate conservation area in 1996.

Amenities

Residents of the estates benefit from Hanger Hill Garden Estate Residents Association (HHGERA) and the Hanger Hill (East) Residents Association (HHERA). The Garden Estate Residents' Association manages some of the

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s and service roads (those that are collectively owned by the houses part of the estate). The nearest London Underground stations are

Park Royal Park Royal is an area in North West London, England, partly in the London Borough of Brent and partly the London Borough of Ealing. It is the site of the largest business park in London, but despite intensive existing use, the area is, toget ...

West Acton West Acton is a place in West London, England. It is part of Acton, in the London Borough of Ealing. Neighbouring places * Park Royal * Acton * Ealing * Shepherd's Bush Shepherd's Bush is a district of West London, England, within the Lond ...

and North Ealing. The ward also features Hanger Hill Park which includes a fragment of

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to the west, now a

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Nearby areas

Ealing Ealing () is a district in West London, England, west of Charing Cross in the London Borough of Ealing. Ealing is the administrative centre of the borough and is identified as a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan. Ealing was histor ...

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and

Pitshanger Pitshanger (sometimes referred to as Pitshanger Village) is a small but busy local suburb, centred on the shops in Pitshanger Lane, located about 1 mile north of Ealing Broadway in west London. First mentioned in 1493, possibly meaning an area o ...

and Montpelier *

References

{{Areas of London Districts of the London Borough of Ealing Housing estates in London