Park Royal is an area in Northwest London with parts in the Brent borough and parts in the Ealing borough. The rather unusual name comes from show grounds that were opened there in 1903 by the Royal Agricultural Society for their show each year. However, the society sold the land off again in 1906 and Park Royal was then transformed into a vast industrial centre due to its extensive rail, road and canal links with other areas. This process happened especially during the 1930s. For those interested in breweries, the Guinness Brewery that operated in Park Royal was one of the largest and most productive breweries in the world in its peak years. There is also the Park Royal ground here which is used for football and serves as the home for the Queens Park Rangers football club. Unfortunately, due to the presence of large numbers of disused industrial buildings, the Park Royal area has become renowned for illegal squat parties where random people have parties in old buildings without having the necessary permissions to use them for such activities from the owner.

The Mayor of London’s office has since published a report classifying the area as an ‘Opportunity Area’ meaning that it will see greater levels of high quality investment into the area creating many new jobs and hopefully establishing its own specialised markets in the region. Park Royal also has a tube station (Park Royal Tube Station) which is a very old station servicing many other parts of the tube network.