Psst wanna buy a pub?

A residents’ group in West Ealing is asking whether the community wants to rally round and save a pub.

The Grosvenor in Oaklands Road, Hanwell, is up for sale and priced around £850,000. The site was a long-standing community hub for locals and there are fears among some that it could be turned into flats.

But now West Ealing Neighbours said it is canvassing whether there would be any interest among locals to band together to buy The Grosvenor and keep it as a pub.

Eric Leach, who recently posted an entry on the association’s website said: “What we are trying to do is gauge if there’s an interest in restoring the pub as a community asset and possibly making a bid for the site.

“There are a few people who I’ve bumped into who have expressed concern at losing it as a pub.

“One of the biggest problems is that the pub itself is actually quite run down and would need extra work to renovate it. The freehold price is £850,000 which suggests that there is likely to be a big repair and maintenance costs to bring it up to modern standards and for the new owners to offer competitive food and drink services.

“We definitely want The Grosvenor to survive. People are concerned that it could be knocked down or turned into flats, when it’s arguably more important that people in the community have somewhere local that they can all enjoy going to.”

Mr Leach said if anyone is interested in helping to save the Grosvenor they can contact him on eric@leachet.demon.co.uk