page_title: The Fox Inn, Hanwell
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: The Fox Inn, Hanwell / History
caption_attribution_description: English: This is one of the foxes that frequents the Fox Inn in Hanwell W7 London. Usually seen on quite mid-week evenings.
context_page_description: The Fox Inn is a public house in Green Lane, Hanwell, in the London Borough of Ealing. It is a largely unspoilt and original mid-Victorian pub. It has received a 'local listing' from Ealing Council as a building of local interest. It is constructed out of local golden yellow brick with more expensive red bricks used for detailing on corners and chimneys. Rich brown glazed tiles are used for the ground floor exterior walls with coloured stained glass in the fan lights. The upper storey has Mock Tudor detailing, including dentils on the two outward-facing gables. Most of the interior is also original, although the dividing former off-licence sales door has been closed off and its wall removed to create one large 'L' shaped bar area. The present day eating area retains its original wooden wall panelling. One end is used mainly by diners. At the far side of the other end it is also possible to play darts. A wide screen television is situated at the elbow of the bar for screening special sports events. On the east of the building itself is a sizeable, sheltered beer garden with wooden decking.
context_section_description: Built in 1848, it is a largely unspoilt and original mid-Victorian pub. The Fox was the meeting place for the local fox hunt until the 1920s. The hunt would set off across Hanwell Heath, much of which still existed at that time.
  Green Lane, on which it situated, is a traditional name for a cattle drove route. Livestock from the west were brought across the River Brent (that is only 50 meters away) on their way to London, for slaughter. The drovers would  drink here whilst their animals rested and grazed on the heath. Apart from modern street lamps, things look as they must have done 150 years ago.  The pub is at the bottom end of the  Hanwell flight of locks on the Grand Union Canal which is a scheduled ancient monument. It raises the canal by 53 ft over a third of a mile with a series of six locks. Kingfishers, herons and other wild fowl find this area a quiet sanctuary from the modern world. Formally a Royal Brewery (Brentford) house, it was saved from closure and demolition by strong local support in 2001.
  The Fox has been named West Middlesex Pub of the Year in 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
  The Fox hosts a monthly vintage market in its garden, where local people and businesses can sell their products (as well as some from further afield). Outside the pub next to the main entrance to the garden is The Fox's craft barn, which is open at weekends and sells a number of hand-crafted products.
caption: Now foxes come to drink from the dog bowls, outside the Saloon Bar.
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