Located on The Broadway close by Ealing Broadway station, the centre consists of 85 units both indoor and a courtyard part outdoor.

It was opened on 7 March 1985 by The Queen[3] and the complex includes the town square and the Ealing Central Library.

[6] The development also consisted of office space, a library, a gym, and two sculptures: The Family and The Horse.

[5] It was complemented by a smaller shopping centre adjacent to it, built 1986 at a former 19th century department store called Sayers under the name The Waterglade Centre, and later renamed The Arcadia.

[4] The shopping centre has been owned by British Land since 2013 who purchased it from Wereldhave.