The A40 subway at Masons Green Lane has a new mural, Park Royal: Then and Now, plus better lighting and CCTV. Local young people helped paint it.

The subway under the A40 at Masons Green Lane has been repainted with a mural of Park Royal’s landmarks and industrial past. Its lighting and CCTV have been improved at the same time.

The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC), the Mayor of London’s regeneration body for the area, unveiled the artwork, Park Royal: Then and Now, on Monday 26 October. It commissioned and paid for it.

Made from residents’ photos

OPDC ran an open call for local artists at the end of 2025 to make the subway “a brighter, safer and more welcoming entrance to Park Royal”. Andrew Werdna, a West London muralist, was commissioned in spring 2026.

Before he started, people in the area were asked to photograph a typical day in Park Royal. Those pictures became the motifs in the final design. Young people from the Minerva Works Circular Economy School nearby helped him paint it.

“Everything in the mural came from the community, from the photos people took of a typical day here to the stories of the area’s landmarks and industrial past,” Mr Werdna said. He said he grew up in Ealing.

“I hope it makes the walk to the station feel brighter, safer and full of local pride.”

Steps down into the Masons Green Lane subway, with the walls painted in pink, yellow, blue and green shapes and figures
The steps down into the Masons Green Lane subway. Photo: Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation

Lighting and CCTV too

The subway belongs to Transport for London. OPDC says working with TfL as landowner, the project “has also delivered improved lighting and CCTV for the subway, making it safer and more accessible”.

OPDC’s chief executive, Matthew Carpen, said the mural had turned the subway “into a welcoming and inviting entranceway”. Local Ealing ward councillors, who OPDC says supported the work from the start, joined the launch.

The mural is part of OPDC’s Early Activation and Placemaking programme, which pays for public art, signposting and temporary uses of sites while the wider redevelopment of Old Oak and Park Royal goes on. OPDC has not published what the mural cost.

What it means for you

  • If you walk under the A40 at Masons Green Lane, the subway now has better lighting and CCTV, as well as the new artwork.
  • If you took a photo for the project, look for your picture in the design.
  • If you drive in the area, note that HS2 has a road closure listed on nearby Old Oak Common Lane from 30 October to 8 March 2027. Details are on our roadworks page.

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