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Woodford Green is an area of Woodford in East London, England, within the London Borough of Redbridge. It adjoins Buckhurst Hill to the north, Woodford Bridge to the east, South Woodford to the south, and Chingford to the west. Epping Forest runs through Woodford Green in the west of the area, 9.4 miles (15.1 km) north-east of Charing Cross.

Woodford Green

Woodford Green Broadway
Woodford Green
Location within Greater London
OS grid referenceTQ405915
London borough
Ceremonial countyGreater London
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWOODFORD GREEN
Postcode districtIG8
Dialling code020
PoliceMetropolitan
FireLondon
AmbulanceLondon
UK Parliament
  • Chingford and Woodford Green
London Assembly
  • Havering and Redbridge
  • North East
List of places
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England
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51.605°N 0.020°E / 51.605; 0.020
Woodford Green, from a postcard sent in 1913
Woodford Green, from a postcard sent in 1913

It was a hamlet in the ancient civil parish of Woodford St Mary, in the historic county of Essex, becoming an urban district in 1894. For administrative purposes, this merged with the Wanstead Urban District to form the Wanstead and Woodford Urban District in 1934. In 1965, the urban district became part of the London Borough of Redbridge.


Politics


Woodford Green is part of the Parliamentary Constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green, represented since its creation in 1997 by Iain Duncan Smith, leader of the Conservative Party from 2001 to 2003. He was Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from 2010 to 2016. Duncan Smith is a successor of Sir Winston 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, later Labour Prime Minister from 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 Pankhurst lived 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 of Italian aerial bombing in Ethiopia, known as the Anti-Air War Memorial.[2]


Sport



Cricket


Woodford Green Cricket Club was founded in 1735 and is the oldest cricket club in the world that still plays on the original ground[citation needed] alongside the High Road. The club has teams for all age groups with the senior teams playing in the Hamro Essex League.


Athletics


Woodford Green with Essex Ladies is one of the leading British athletics clubs and is based at Ashton Fields. The club topped Division 1 of the British Athletics League for the first time in 2005.[citation needed]


Education



Primary schools



Secondary schools



Special needs schools



Demography


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


Winston Churchill Twice Prime Minister, was MP for Epping (1924-1945) and, subsequently, Wanstead and Woodford (1945-1964) both of which included Woodford. He is commemorated by a statue on Woodford Green.
Winston Churchill Twice Prime Minister, was MP for Epping (1924-1945) and, subsequently, Wanstead and Woodford (1945-1964) both of which included Woodford. He is commemorated by a statue on Woodford Green.

Transport and locale



Roads and buses


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 by Woodford tube station.

Various London Buses routes also connect Woodford Green with nearby major towns:

Route Number Route Serving in Woodford Green Operator
20 Walthamstow Central station to Debden tube station via Whipps Cross, Loughton Woodford New Road, High Road (The Green) Go-Ahead London
179 Chingford Station to Ilford High Road via South Woodford Whitehall Road, High Road (The Green), High Road Woodford Green Stagecoach London
275 St James Street railway station to Barkingside Tesco via Highams Park, Woodford Chingford Lane, Broadmead Road, Woodford Station Stagecoach London
397 South Chingford Sainsbury's to Debden Broadway via Chingford, Loughton Whitehall Road CT Plus
W13 Woodford Wells Horse & Well to Leytonstone station via Wanstead High Road (The Green), High Road Woodford Green CT Plus (See route N55 for a night service)
N55 Night Bus Woodford Wells Horse & Well to Oxford Circus via Leytonstone High Road (The Green), High Road Woodford Green Stagecoach London

Nearest places


The nearest London Underground stations are Woodford, South Woodford and Roding Valley on the Central line.


See also



References


  1. "Sylvia Pankhurst in Woodford". The Sylvia Pankhurst Festival. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  2. Wright, Patrick (7 April 2003). "The stone bomb". Open Democracy. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  3. https://data.london.gov.uk/download/indices-of-deprivation/5f72f768-7092-45b5-accf-dc004fa670a9/Indices%20of%20Deprivation%202019%20ward%20level%20summary%20measures%20for%20London.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. Joe Curtis (31 August 2011). "WOODFORD GREEN: Rearrest of 'former News of the World managing editor'". Epping Forest Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2011.



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