Cultural infrastructure for Ealing's 367,100 creatives
The home of British cinema and a cradle of British rock, Ealing is a cultural production powerhouse for London and the world. Now is an important moment to renew this legacy and ensure it delivers for those who make Ealing home.
Ealing has 10x more facilities for prop and costume manufacturing than the average London borough.
The cultural manifesto provides a roadmap for driving culture forward across the borough, demonstrating culture can bring well-paid jobs to Ealing, deliver real climate action and tackle inequalities. To meet the manifesto's ambitions for culture, Ealing must step up to plan infrastructure, from facilities and equipment to support creative careers to world-class performance venues to bring
The evidence shows Ealing's unique role as a provider of cultural production infrastructure for London, providing 9x more spaces for cultural making and manufacturing and 10x more facilities for prop and costume manufacturing than the average London borough.
The arrival of the Elizabeth Line and HS2 only further brighten Ealing's prospects as a place for culture, promising to both connect the borough with new audiences for cultural events and venues and to help Ealing offer London's creative industries the space they need to continue to grow. Council ambition to deliver world class projects, such as a regional park present
Despite the current outlook for London, Ealing has seen a more positive trajectory for cultural infrastructure growth, experiencing a 9 per cent increase in number of spaces for culture during the same period.
London's cultural richness has always driven its reputation as a world leading city. However, the most recent update of London's Cultural Infrastructure Map revealed a sombre picture of space for culture across London. In 2022, there were found to be 2 per cent fewer spaces for culture in London than there were in 2018, reflecting challenges of the pandemic and cost of living crisis, which have impacted most acutely on diverse-led spaces.
Ealing has 9x more spaces for cultural making and manufacturing than the average London borough. Despite the current outlook for London, Ealing has seen a more positive trajectory for cultural infrastructure growth, experiencing a 9 per cent increase in number of spaces for culture during the same period.
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