Hanwell

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See also: Hanwell, Oxfordshire or Hanwell, New Brunswick

Template:Infobox London place Hanwell is a place in the London Borough of Ealing in west London on the Uxbridge road between Ealing and Southall. It is home to the Hanwell Community centre, previously known as the London district school, which at one point taught Charlie Chaplin for a term. The community centre has also been used as a filming location for movies, including some scenes in Billy Elliot. Hanwell is also know for the Hanwell Viaduct designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Boston Manor park and Hanwell lock and the clock tower at the junction of the Uxbridge road and Boston Manor Road. Boston Manor was home to part of the Royal Family until the owner died, it is now a park and tourist attraction. However, technically Boston Manor is not in Hanwell.

Famous residents past and present include:

• Rick Wakeman- Yes keyboardist.

Rick never lived in Hanwell, but went to Drayton Manor Grammar School on Drayton Bridge Road, leaving in 1966/7

• The Magic Numbers- indie-pop band.
• Charlie Chaplin- Actor.

Nearest places:

• Southall
• Osterley
• Perivale
• Brentford
• Greenford
• West Ealing
• Yeading

Nearest tube station:

• Boston Manor tube station

Nearest railway stations:

• Castle Bar Park railway station
• Drayton Green railway station
• Hanwell railway station
• West Ealing railway station

Local sport clubs:

• Hanwell Town Football Club