Southall is a suburb in the London Borough of Ealing, West London. It is situated 10.7 miles (17.2 km) west of Charing Cross. Neighbouring places include Yeading, Hayes, Hanwell, Heston, Hounslow, Greenford and Northolt.

Southall is located on the Grand Union Canal (formerly the Grand Junction Canal) which first linked London with the rest of the growing canal system. It was one of the last canals to carry significant commercial traffic (through the 1950s) and is still open to traffic and is used by pleasure craft.

If you would like to see some of Martinware's finest ceramics, such as the salt-glazed stoneware, then head to Southall Library, although there is an even larger collection at Pitzhanger Manor House in Ealing.

Postcodes for Southall begin with the letters UB and as well as Southall itself the UB postcode includes Uxbridge, Hayes, Greenford, West Drayton and Northolt.

Southall's main street, The Broadway, was featured in the hit British film Bend It Like Beckham, and is home to a wealth of Indian restaurants, including the famous Punjabee Restaurant. You will also find that the majority of the area's population,(70,000 inhabitiants) is of Asian ethnicity.

The suburb of Southall is also home to a number of pubs, such as The Glassy Junction, which was the first UK pub to accept Indian rupees. This pub now serves an array of Indian draught beers, including Kingfisher and Lal Toofan, as well the usual draught lagers and bitters.

Here you will also find the largest Asian shopping centre in the London area and three Hindu temples, the Baba Balaknathji, the Rama Mandir, and the Vishwa Hindu Mandir, a mosque and several churches.