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Woodford Green

Coordinates:51°36′18″N0°01′12″E/ 51.605°N 0.020°E/51.605; 0.020
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Woodford Green
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Woodford Green is located in Greater London
Woodford Green
Woodford Green
Location withinGreater London
OS grid referenceTQ405915
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Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWOODFORD GREEN
Postcode districtIG8
Dialling code020
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51°36′18″N0°01′12″E/ 51.605°N 0.020°E/51.605; 0.020
Woodford Green, from a postcard sent in 1913

Woodford Greenis an area ofWoodfordinEast London,England,within theLondon Borough of Redbridge.It adjoinsBuckhurst Hillto the north,Woodford Bridgeto the east,South Woodfordto the south, andChingfordto the west.Epping Forestruns through Woodford Green in the west of the area, 9.4 miles (15.1 km) north-east ofCharing Cross.

It was a hamlet in theancient parishof Woodford, in thehistoric countyofEssex,becoming anurban districtin 1894. For administrative purposes, this merged with theWanstead Urban Districtto form theWanstead and Woodford Urban Districtin 1934. In 1965, the urban district became part of theLondon Borough of Redbridge.

Toponymy

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The locality takes its name from theGreen,an area of open common land - a part of Epping Forest - besides which the area first developed.

Politics

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Woodford Green is part of theParliamentary Constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green,represented since its creation in 1997 byIain Duncan Smith,leader of theConservative Partyfrom 2001 to 2003. He was Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2010 to 2016. Duncan Smith is a successor of SirWinston Churchill,who was also MP for this area and is commemorated by a statue on Woodford Green erected in 1959.

In the 1920s and 1930s,Clement Attlee,laterLabourPrime Ministerfrom 1945 to 1951, lived in Woodford Green, the seat of his political adversary, Winston Churchill. A Blue Plaque records the fact on a house in Monkhams Avenue.

Sylvia Pankhurstlived in Woodford Green from 1924 to 1956, originally in the High Road, and from 1933 in Charteris Road.[1]In 1935, Pankhurst commissioned and dedicated a memorial in Woodford High Road to the victims ofItalianaerial bombinginEthiopia,known as theAnti-Air War Memorial.[2]

Sport

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Cricket

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Woodford Green Cricket Club was founded in 1735. It plays alongside the High Road. The club has teams for all age groups with the senior teams playing in the Hamro Essex League.

Athletics

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Woodford Green with Essex Ladiesis one of the leading British athletics clubs and is based at Ashton Fields. The club topped Division 1 of theBritish Athletics Leaguefor the first time in 2005.

Education

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Main article:List of schools in the London Borough of Redbridge

Primary schools

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Secondary schools

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Special needs schools

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  • Hatton School

Demography

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Woodford Green is represented by the Monkhams electoral ward in the London Borough of Redbridge. It ranks as one of the highest income areas of Greater London.[3]

Notable people

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See also:Notable individuals associated with Woodford
Winston Churchillwas MP forEpping(1924–1945) andWanstead and Woodford(1945–1964), both of which included Woodford. He is commemorated by a statue on Woodford Green.

Transport and locale

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Roads and buses

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The A104 runs through Woodford Green and forms its High Street while Chigwell Road, the A113, runs along the east side with Broadmead Road connecting the two. Woodford Green is served byWoodford tube station.

VariousLondon Busesroutes also connect Woodford Green with nearby major towns:

Route Number Route Serving in Woodford Green Operator
20 Walthamstow Central stationNational RailLondon UndergroundtoDebden tube stationLondon UndergroundviaWhipps Cross,Loughton Woodford New Road, High Road (The Green) Stagecoach London
179 Chingford StationNational RailtoIlfordHigh RoadviaSouth Woodford Whitehall Road, High Road (The Green), High Road Woodford Green Stagecoach London
275 St James Street railway stationNational RailtoBarkingsideTescoviaHighams Park,Woodford Chingford Lane, Broadmead Road, Woodford Station Stagecoach London
397 South ChingfordSainsbury'stoDebdenBroadwayLondon UndergroundviaChingford,Loughton Whitehall Road Stagecoach London
W13 Woodford WellsHorse & WelltoLeytonstone stationLondon UndergroundviaWanstead High Road (The Green), High Road Woodford Green Stagecoach London(See route N55 for a night service)
N55 Night Bus Woodford WellsHorse & WelltoOxford CircusLondon UndergroundviaLeytonstone High Road (The Green), High Road Woodford Green Stagecoach London

Nearest places

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The nearestLondon Underground stationsareWoodford,South WoodfordandRoding Valleyon theCentral line.

See also

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References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related toWoodford Green.
  1. ^"Sylvia Pankhurst in Woodford".The Sylvia Pankhurst Festival.Retrieved30 May2011.
  2. ^Wright, Patrick(7 April 2003)."The stone bomb".Open Democracy.Retrieved30 May2011.
  3. ^"Indices of Deprivation 2019 - Ward level summary measures for London"(PDF).April 2020.Retrieved25 September2023.
  4. ^Joe Curtis (31 August 2011)."WOODFORD GREEN: Rearrest of 'former News of the World managing editor'".Epping Forest Guardian.Retrieved2 September2011.
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