Old Oak Common London Map

About Old Oak Common

Old Oak Common presents a landscape where suburban sprawl meets a lingering sense of green. It lies 8.9 km west-north-west of London (from London: bearing 282°T, OS grid TQ 213 820). The air here, even within the embrace of its residential streets, often carries the faint, earthy perfume of distant fields, a reminder of the agricultural lands that once dominated this part of Ealing. The broad avenues, lined with mature trees, create canopies that filter the sunlight, casting shifting patterns on the pavements below, a quiet beauty to the daily commute. Though no grand abbey or castle punctuates its skyline, Old Oak Common holds a certain understated character, a place where the echoes of past generations are felt in the gentle curve of a road or the solid brickwork of older houses. Its identity is less about monumental structures and more about the subtle interplay of domestic life and the persistent breath of the countryside, a unique blend in the ever-expanding metropolis of London.

About This Old Oak Common Map Page

Explore Old Oak Common, London, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 51.524479, -0.252756. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.