19 Facts About Southall

Southall is a large suburban district of West London, England, part of the London Borough of Ealing and is one of its seven major towns.

Southall is located on the Grand Union Canal which first linked London with the rest of the growing canal system.

District of Southall has many other Anglo-Saxon place names such as Elthorne and Waxlow.

Southall formed part of the chapelry of Norwood in the ancient parish of Hayes, in the Elthorne hundred of the historic county of Middlesex.

In 1950, the first group of South Asians arrived in Southall, reputedly recruited to work in a local factory owned by a former British Indian Army officer.

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Southall was the home of Southall Studios, one of the earliest British film studios.

Southall moved there from Walthamstow in 1926 and closed in 1979 after losing market share whilst part of the giant but inefficient British Leyland group.

Since the end of World War II, Southall has become largely a South Asian residential district, sometimes known as "Little India".

The main street in Southall is called The Broadway, while a smaller commercial area exists in Old Southall on King Street.

Southall contains one of the largest South Asian shopping area in the region, comparable to Green Street, East London or Ealing Road, Wembley.

Southall is home to London's largest Sikh community There are ten Sikh Gurdwaras in Southall.

Tudor Rose, Southall is a nightclub and venue that caters for the local British African-Caribbean community.

Some non-English newspapers for the community in Southall are in circulation including Des Pardes, a Punjabi-language paper.

Southall was the main location for the film Bend It Like Beckham.

Southall was the location of a Glassy Junction public house, which was the first pub in the UK to accept Indian Rupees as payment.

Southall Park is home to a free weekly parkun 5k event, which starts at 9am every Saturday.

Southall is part of the parliamentary constituency of Ealing Southall, represented since 2007 by Labour Member of Parliament Virendra Sharma.

Southall is in the London Assembly constituency of Ealing and Hillingdon which has been represented by assembly member Onkar Sahota of the Labour Party since 2012.

Southall is served by Southall railway station on the Great Western Main Line, providing links to and from Heathrow Airport, Reading and Oxford as well as London Paddington.