Ealing - Where do I start?! A lot of LHR/airline staff live here as it is in west London, midway between the airport and the centre, and has good rail/tube/motorway links into the centre of town and also out to the west.

Ealing has a suburban character - historically the home of Ealing Studios - the now-closed film-makers who made some of the most well-known films of the 40s and 50s (the Ealing Comedies). There is also Ealing Common nearby and plenty of open space.

The main centre is around Ealing Broadway, including indoor shopping centre, reataurants of all nationalities, in particular a couple of good Indians and an Italian, there are loads of pubs and couple of nightclubs. (If you need more info, let me know)

The area is very safe, including at night, although suggest you avoid the Common at night where there were a couple of unpleasant (but apparently isolated) incidents recently.

Have you arranged your hotel? Have been hunting down some personally researched and verified info on value-for-money hotels, but the website seems to have been taken down.... however let me know and I will see what I can do.