Substantially cheaper than its neighbours and often seen as a second best to Ealing, South Acton is a good hunting ground for first-time buyers of property as people discover the area’s large stock of Victorian houses and conversions.

The area is dominated by the South Acton housing estate, a large public housing estate owned by Ealing Council. There are some 2000 residential dwellings on the estate, covering approximately 25 hectares of land. These are accommodated in a range of principally medium to high rise blocks.

South Acton station was opened on 1 January 1880 by the North and South Junction Railway for North London Line trains on the London Broad Street to Richmond line. There was a connecting branch train until 1971 from South Acton to Hammersmith. There was another branch in the opposite direction from 13 June 1905 to Acton Town, a District Railway service that was withdrawn from 2 March 1959.