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Acton Green is located in Greater London
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Acton Green
OS grid reference TQ205805
• Charing Cross 5.9 mi (9.5 km) WNW
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Postcode district W4
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51°30′00″N 00°15′54″W / 51.50000°N 0.26500°W / 51.50000; -0.26500

Acton Green is a residential neighbourhood in Chiswick and the London Borough of Ealing, in West London, England. It is named for the nearby Acton Green common. It was once home to many small laundries and was accordingly known as "Soapsuds Island".

Transport

Chiswick Park tube station on the District line, and Turnham Green tube station on the District and Picadilly lines, are at the western and eastern ends of Acton Green common.

South Acton is the nearest National Rail station and is on the North London Line. Chiswick railway station is the closest for services into London Waterloo.

The London Buses route 94 to Piccadilly Circus terminates at the northwestern corner of Acton Green common.

Neighbouring places


Images for kids

  • Acton Green OS map 1894

    Acton Green on the Ordnance Survey map of 1894

  • Acton Green to St Michael's by Frederick Hamilton Jackson

    Painting, looking east, of Acton Green common to St Michael's and The Tabard Inn by Frederick Hamilton Jackson, 1882. The Victorian era Bedford Park development is on the left, the London Underground railway embankment on the right.

  • Corner house on Church Path, Acton Green

    A corner house with end pediment and swag, Church Path

  • Providence Villa, Cunnington Street, Acton Green

    Providence Villa, Cunnington Street

  • A former corner shop, Antrobus Road - Cunnington Street, Acton Green

    A former corner shop, Antrobus Road

  • The Gothic House, Rothschild Road, Acton Green

    The Gothic House, Rothschild Road

  • The Mosaic House, Fairlawn Grove, Acton Green

    The Mosaic House, Fairlawn Grove

  • Red brick terraced houses, South Parade, Acton Green

    Red brick terraced houses, South Parade

  • Decorative Swag, South Parade, Acton Green

    Decorative swag, South Parade

  • St Alban's, Acton Green from the East

    St Alban's Church, opened 1888

  • Old Vicarage, South Parade, Acton Green

    Old Vicarage, South Parade, sharing architectural idioms with its church

  • Fairlawn Court, Acton Lane, Acton Green

    Detail of Fairlawn Court, Acton Lane

  • Chiswick Green Studios, Acton Green

    Chiswick Green Studios, formerly an Evershed & Vignoles factory

  • Duke of Sussex Corner View

    Exterior

  • Duke of Sussex ornamental ironwork

    Ornamental ironwork

  • The Bollo pub, Bollo Lane

    The Bollo, Bollo Lane

  • The Swan, Acton Lane, Chiswick

    The Swan, Acton Lane

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