Perivale (/ˈpɛrɪˌveɪl/) is a mainly residential suburban town of Greater London, 9.5 miles (15.3 km) west of Charing Cross.

[3][4] Perivale is predominately residential, with a library,[5] community centre,[6] a number of parks and open spaces,[7] as well as a large industrial estate.

Landmarks include the grade II* listed Art Deco Hoover Building, as well as St Mary's Church (c. 12th century), Horsenden Hill park and Perivale Wood Local Nature Reserve run by the Selborne Society.

Perivale was one of the county's smallest parishes up until the early twentieth century, at just 633 acres (256 hectares) and a negligible population.

With industrialisation, much of Perivale's land began to be used to grow grass for hay to feed London's horses.

By 1839, almost all of Perivale's land grew hay for the London market, a scene described in the ending of John Betjeman's poem Return to Ealing: "...And a gentle gale from Perivale/blows up the hayfield scent."

The A40 Western Avenue was built, running east–west across central and west London, cutting through Perivale.

Perivale's close proximity to central London and excellent transport links led to its rapid expansion, with many factories and houses being built.

Houses were initially built in the centre of Perivale, on and around Horsenden Lane South and at Bilton Road to the east.

The Medway Estate, to the west of Horsenden Lane South, was developed soon after with parkland left in the centre (now named Ealing Central Sports Ground).

Located on the northern side of the Western Avenue, the factory employed more than 3,000 people at its height of production in the 1960s, making vacuum cleaners and other household appliances.

Sanderson's and Hoover were hailed as model factories, with workers enjoying enviable working conditions.

Walking and cycling may be enjoyed along the Grand Union Canal which runs through the north of Perivale and the southern part of Horsenden Hill.

London's Capital Ring,[17][18] an orbital walking route, runs through Perivale along the canal (section 9, Greenford to South Kenton).

Other Perivale parks[19] include Ealing Central Sports Ground (a large park separating the Medway Estate and Bilton Road housing estates) and Perivale Park[20] (home to an athletics track and gym,[21] golf course with café, tennis courts, numerous ponds, the Nicky Hopkins memorial bench and an orchard garden, and through which the Capital Ring passes and Coston's brook and the river Brent flow).

[22][23][24] Bordered by the canal on the north and Central line on the south side, the 11.6-hectare (29-acre) site is mainly old oak woodland, with areas of pasture and damp scrub, three ponds and two streams.

The large park and nature reserve of Horsenden Hill[25] lies at the northern extent of Perivale (continuing into Greenford).

Victorian Perivale was also the location for establishing shots of a manor which was the setting of another season twenty-six serial, Ghost Light.

Only Fools and Horses used Horsenden Hill for location shooting in the episode where Del Boy and Rodney 'look after' Marlene and Boycie's dog (only to feed it reheated pork and give it food poisoning).