Southall Broadway, a predominantly Asian area in London, where less than 12 percent of the population is white, has been cited as an example of a ' ghetto ', but in reality the area is home to a number of different ethnic groups and religious groups.

Hanwell is a town situated in the London Borough of Ealing in west London, between Ealing and Southall.

This canal and flight of locks are actually within the boundary of Southall but are named after the local village of Hanwell, which is much closer than either of the villages of Norwood or Southall.

Hanwell is divided between two parliamentary constituencies: Ealing North ( which covers Hanwell north of the railway line to Paddington ), represented since 1997 by Labour MP Stephen Pound, and Ealing Southall ( south of the railway line ), represented since 2007 by Labour MP Virendra Sharma.

In Southall, which lays the west side of the borough is a very large South Asian community often described as " Little India ".

The M4 motorway is 0. 5 miles north ; its nearest junction is J3, accessed from Hyde Lane or Southall Lane, crossing over the M4 motorway into North Hyde and then turning left ( west ) to reach the A312, The Parkway, north of the junction.

Southall is a large suburban district of west London, England, and part of the London Borough of Ealing.

Southall is located on the Grand Union Canal ( formerly the Grand Junction Canal ) which first linked London with the rest of the growing canal system.

Its earliest record, from ad 830, is of Warberdus bequeathing Norwood Manor and Southall Manor to the archbishops of Canterbury.

The southern part of Southall ( roughly south of the railway ) used to be known as Southall Green ( and a section of the main north-south road in the area is still called The Green ) and was centred on the historic Tudor-styled Manor House which dates back to at least 1587.

Little of the building is original but much dates back to the days when Southall Green was a quiet rural village.

The extreme southernmost part of Southall is known as Norwood Green.

It has few industries and is mainly a residential area, having remained for many years mainly agricultural whilst the rest of Southall developed industrially.

A collection of Martinware – salt-glazed stoneware, and birds – is on display at Southall Library.

Currently the site, now referred to as the Southall Railway Centre, is used by three independent groups, including Locomotive Services ( where volunteers can contribute to the preservation and restoration of mainline locomotives ) and the Great Western Railway Preservation Group.

His recording studio is in Southall where he produced many Bhangra hits for local Southall bands during the 1980s and where he continues to produce music.

* Tim Lott, author ( his debut The Scent Of Dried Roses is about growing up in Southall ) was born here in 1956.

The Southall area is the setting for many of her films involving the British Asian community.

Southall is part of the parliamentary constituency of Ealing Southall, represented since 2007 by Labour Member of Parliament Virendra Sharma.

The name Southall derives from the Anglo-Saxon dative æt súð healum, " At the south corner ( of the land or wood )" and súð heal, " South corner " and separates it from Northolt which was originally norþ heal, " North corner " which through a later association with Anglo-Saxon holt, " Wood, copse " developed into Northolt.

In 1950, the first group of South Asians arrived in Southall, reputedly recruited to work in a local factory owned by a former British Indian Army officer.

There is an express coach service between Southall, Leicester and Birmingham which specialises in serving the many family connections in both areas ' South Asian populations.

* Freeman, Douglas Southall, The South to Posterity: An Introduction to the Writing of Confederate History ( 1939 ).

Charged with murder, her case comes to the notice of a group of South Asian social workers running an under funded organization called the Southall Black Sisters.

On July 3, a concert at Hamborough Tavern in Southall featuring The Business, The 4-Skins, and The Last Resort was firebombed by local Asian youths who believed that the event was a neo-Nazi gathering.

* Southall Black Sisters, an organisation of Asian and African-Caribbean women in London

In 1999 Sykes presented Melanie Sykes ' Southall Stories, a documentary for BBC Two on Asian culture in Great Britain.

Kwei-Armah grew-up in Southall in the 1970s at a time when Asian families were moving in and white families were moving out, and he perceived animosity from the Asian community towards the Afro-Caribbean community.

The area around Tooting itself has a large Asian population-only Southall and the Brick Lane area have a higher concentration of Asian voters in London.

In 2001, Fillery and then former Southall Football Club publicist Andy Fitzsimons were re-united on Channel East as sports pundits on the popular Asian award-winning satellite station's ' Sports Special ' show: A 30-minute show presented by former SKY and TV AM correspondent Mike Bishop broadcast twice-weekly.

In a quite remarkable turnaround of events, Fenwick was canvassed by an Asian businessman and coerced to become the new public face of beleaguered non-league outfit Southall between 2000-2001.

Some of the spurts in residential building booms in the area can be attributed to the GWR railway station opening at Ealing Dean in 1871 and the later extension from the station to Greenford via Castle Bar Park railway station and Drayton Green railway station ; the London United Tramways Company line opening between Ealing and Southall in 1901 ; and the Metropolitan District Railway " halt " opening at Northfields in 1907.

The Sybil Elgar School is a residential school in Southall, west London.

The district of Southall has many other Anglo-Saxon place-names such as Elthorne and Waxlow.

In 1936 the urban district was granted a charter of incorporation and became a municipal borough, renamed Southall.

The urban district gained further status as a municipal borough in 1936 and was renamed Southall.

Southall ( until 1936 Southall Norwood ) was a local government district in the county of Middlesex, United Kingdom from 1891 to 1965.

In 1936 the urban district was granted a charter of incorporation and became a municipal borough at the same time renamed Southall.

The old district name survives in the names of institutions such as the Southall Norwood Hospital.

* Elisabeth Sladen, actress best known for playing Sarah Jane Smith in the sci-fi series Doctor Who died in Southall in April 2011.

The Great Western Railway opened Southall railway station on 1 May 1839, nearly one year after it opened its first railway line on 4 June 1838, between London Paddington and Maidenhead Bridge ( the latter now known as Taplow ).

Professor David Southall, OBE, is a UK paediatrician who is a controversial expert in Fabricated or Induced Illness ( FII, also known as " Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy "), and who has performed significant research into sudden infant death syndrome.

Jagwinder Singh Dhaliwal, better known by his stage name, Juggy D, ( born 19 November 1981 ) is a British Indian singer from Southall, London, England.

Avatar Lit's son, Surinderpal Singh Lit, commonly known as Tony Lit, stood, also unsuccessfully, as a candidate in the 2007 Ealing Southall by-election as the Conservative candidate.

From 1991-1994, the theatre was best known for new writing with Naomi Wallace ’ s first play The War Boys ; Rachel Weisz in David Farr ’ s Neville Southall ’ s Washbag, Elton John ’ s Glasses ; Holding Back the Ocean by Godfrey Hamilton ; and three plays by Anthony Neilson: The Year of the Family ; Normal: The Düsseldorf Ripper ; and Penetrator, which transferred from the Traverse and went on to play at the Royal Court Upstairs.