Ealing Broadway Centre
# Ealing Broadway Centre

The Ealing Broadway Centre, currently branded as simply Ealing Broadway, is a shopping centre in Ealing, west London. Located on The Broadway close by Ealing Broadway station, the centre consists of 85 units both indoor and a courtyard part outdoor. It was opened on 7 March 1985 by HM the Queen and the complex includes the town square and the Ealing Central Library.

## History

Ealing Broadway was designed by Keith Scott of Building Design Partnership. The 12 acres (4.9 ha) site cost £60 million to build, and was built on a site that formerly consisted of housing. The development also consisted of office space, a library, a gym, and two sculptures: The Family and The Horse.

It was complemented by a smaller shopping centre adjacent to it, built 1986 at a former 19th century department store called Sayers under the name The Waterglade Centre, and later renamed The Arcadia. The Arcadia was redeveloped in the mid-2010s and replaced by 1-8 Broadway.

The Ealing Broadway Centre was first refurbished in 2002.

The shopping centre has been owned by British Land since 2013 who purchased it from Wereldhave.

## Gallery

* Roof top of Ealing Broadway Centre; in the background is the spire of Christ the Saviour Church
* Inside the courtyard
* A jazz band performing in the centre (1990)
