News and Events

Litter picks on the Common

Our Autumn litter pick will be on Saturday 17 October. Click here for details.

The New Year’s Resolution litter pick will be on Saturday 2 January.

Do join us!

Circus Berlin

Circus Berlin will be on Ealing Common 22 October - 1 November 2026

Ealing Common Walk

We had an excellent turnout for our guided walk on Saturday 12 September as part of the Open House weekend. The walk was led by Helen Shanagher. Photographs from the day can be viewed here.

Replacing the Horse Chestnuts

You may be aware that the horse chestnut trees are gradually becoming more diseased. They suffer from advanced canker bleeding which weakens the wood. This has been known for some years and in anticipation of them dying, rows of young trees – not horse chestnuts - were planted about 10 years ago, inside the outer border of the Common. Most of these trees are doing well.

We are told that horse chestnuts come from northern Greece. Young horse chestnuts, if planted in the UK, do not thrive and do not reach maturity. It is not economic, or advisable to replace our horse chestnuts with more of the same.

The tree officer has identified seventeen sick or dying trees on The Common. Some already do or could present a risk to road users and the public. The Council proposes to reduce or remove these trees and replace them with sixty-nine trees of different varieties such as limes, hornbeams, cherries and Scots pines, similar to the three Scots pines on the South Common. Some of the trunks will not be removed, but will remain as monoliths to encourage wildlife.

Funding for this work comes from Section 106 money paid by developers in the borough.

The reduction work will start in May and should be finished by August. Planting will begin in the autumn. There are huge numbers of trees to plant across the Borough and it is hoped to complete the work by the spring of 2025.

We will meet the Tree Officer in the autumn to learn more about the planting proposal.

Annual General Meetings

Our 2027 AGM is provisionally set for Friday 19 March 2027.

The 2026 AGM was held on 27 March. The guest speaker was Dr Jonathan Oates, Borough archivist and local historian. He gave a very entertaining talk entitled Ealing Common in the War.

Minutes of the 2026 AGM may be downloaded here.

The 2025 AGM was held on 4 April 2025. You can download the minutes here and the results of our survey here.