Dickens Yard

Project type:	New Urban Quarter
Location:	London, UK
Client:	St George West London
Stage:	Completed
Programme:	2005–ongoing

Dickens Yard is a former council owned car park located in the centre of Ealing.

The site is adjacent to Ealing Town Centre Conservation Area, the Grade I listed town hall, the Grade II* listed Christ the Saviour church and a locally listed fire station. The site benefits from excellent public transport accessibility with tube, bus and rail services all close by.

The council’s planning brief sought to develop the site as a high-density, mixed-use development, reflecting Ealing’s status as one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the Mayor’s London Plan.

“

Ealing is a superbly connected retail and residential location and in Dickens Yard we will be creating a cutting edge destination in the heart of the town centre.

Ian Dobie, Managing Director, St George West London

Project Delivery

A high-density, mixed-use scheme clustered around the transport node.
A new shopping street with units for local specialist retail and larger stores, as an extension of Ealing’s existing retail environment.
Cafés and restaurants, health, leisure and community uses at street level with new public squares and pedestrian routes linking to other shopping facilities via local historic landmarks.
698 apartments on upper floors with landscaped courtyards, terraces and balconies, and 10,260 sq m of mixed-uses.
Proposed conversion of the existing fire station into a crèche and office accommodation.