The culture in the town centre strategy addresses places with a locally growing or existing town centre that concentrates creative and cultural opportunities in the area. It maximises the opportunity for cultural activity to revitalise and celebrate the individual character of each town centre.

Large parts of Ealing are undergoing various scales of development and their transformation is of great importance to both the borough and London as a whole. There is an opportunity to develop and formalise a vision for culture in these areas, and ingrain cultural infrastructure provision from the outset.

This strategy will unlock provision for both cultural production and consumption within existing and growing town centres to promote cultural growth and widen opportunities to participate in cultural activities.

The connected to culture strategy focuses on towns with rapid connection to the rest of the capital, especially Central London. This is enabled by transport links such as the Elizabeth Line, HS2 and potential West London Orbital. This proximity offers the opportunity for Ealing to become a cultural destination for Londoners. It supports a strong existing creative community to embed culture within large scale transformative regeneration schemes and thriving towns.

The opening of the Elizabeth Line and HS2 further enhance the opportunity for Ealing to become a destination for culture.

This strategy will create new flagship cultural venues within walking distance of stations with good connection to London and beyond. This needs to be supported by dynamic cultural programming and communication of Ealing’s culturally distinctive offer.