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Conrad Towers
Bollo Lane
Acton
Three Bedroom Flat (ex-local)
Set on the 8th Floor
Reception, Kitchen, WC, Bathroom
GCH & Double Glazing
Long Lease
Average Condition
Neutral Decor
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Facilities
Away from London`s tourist trails the many facilities of W3 are geared to its diverse population. On a first opening of the A-Z the first obvious virtue of all the Actons is a plethora of small parks and sports grounds.
The exception in size is Gunnersbury Park. This 186-acre monster has sports facilities galore, with fifteen football and rugby pitches, a cricket square, seven tennis courts, two golf courses, two bowling greens and a small athletics track. The garden is listed as Grade II and the "gothick" features of the 18th century include the Bathhouse (for the fashionable cold outdoor bathing of Georgian England) and the Temple, with its portico of Doric columns.
Also in the gardens is the Orangery, added by the Rothschild family in 1840, which can boast a beautiful black and white marble floor and can be hired for parties, promotions or wedding receptions. Gunnersbury Park also has a two-acre outlying campus for the Enfield-based Capel Manor College. A full range of part and full time courses and lessons can be accessed here, from Alpine gardening and soil science to organic husbandry and, of course, balloon artistry. For those of a more sporting disposition there are the Acton Swimming Baths on Salisbury Street; the Twyford Sports Centre on Twyford Crescent; the Reynolds Sports Centre on Gunnersbury Lane; and Acton Sports Club on Park Place, Gunnersbury Avenue.
Transport
With lines pointing to all directions of the compass and seven stations all sharing the same name Acton can appear confusing to the uninitiated. Buses will take you west to Ealing, south to Chiswick, north to Harlesden and east to Shepherds Bush, but this is a world of railways and tubes.
Acton Central and South Acton are on the old North London Line, now renamed the Silverlink Metro but still running from Richmond round to North Woolwich.
East Acton, North Acton and West Acton are all on the underground`s Central Line, although the latter is on the Ealing Broadway branch only. Acton Town is a particularly useful tube stop, appearing right on the cusp of a Piccadilly junction where the line splits to head for Heathrow to the south and Rayners Lane to the north. It also serves the Ealing Broadway branch of the District Line. Acton Main Line is on a major railway, heading east to Paddington and west out to Reading, Bristol and Wales. With the A40 to the north and the M4 to the south this might be one of the few postcodes with a car-friendly feel, but even in public transport the future is looking bright for Acton. The West London Tram Scheme is slated to run between Uxbridge and Shepherds Bush, via Hanwell, Ealing, Southall and Acton. With a projected cost of £200m and carrying a supposed 50 million passengers a year completion is set for 2009.
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Notice
Please note we have not tested any apparatus, fixtures, fittings, or services. Interested parties must undertake their own investigation into the working order of these items. All measurements are approximate and photographs provided for guidance only.
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