London Borough of Redbridge

London Borough of Redbridge
—  London borough  —
Coat of arms Council logo
Redbridge shown within Greater London
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	London
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Status	London borough
Admin HQ	Ilford
Incorporated	1 April 1965
Government
• Type	London borough council
• Body	Redbridge London Borough Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative / Liberal Democrat)
• Mayor	Cllr Chris Cummings
• MPs	John Cryer Iain Duncan Smith Mike Gapes Lee Scott
• London Assembly	Roger Evans AM for Havering and Redbridge
• EU Parliament	London
Area
• Total	21.78 sq mi (56.41 km2)
Area rank	263rd (of 326)
Population (2010 est.)
• Total	270,500
• Rank	38th (of 326)
• Density	12,420/sq mi (4,795.2/km2)
• Ethnicity	53.0% White British 2.0% White Irish 4.4% Other White 0.9% White & Black Caribbean 0.4% White & Black African 0.9% White & Asian 0.7% Other Mixed 14.3% Indian 6.6% Pakistani 2.3% Bangladeshi 3.3% Other Asian 3.9% Black Caribbean 4.6% Black African 0.6% Other Black 1.0% Chinese 1.0% Other
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
Postcodes	E IG RM
Police force	Metropolitan Police
Website	www.redbridge.gov.uk

The London Borough of Redbridge ( pronunciation ) is a London borough in outer north-east London. Its administrative headquarters is at Redbridge Town Hall in Ilford. The local authority is Redbridge London Borough Council.

Etymology

The name comes from a bridge over the River Roding which was demolished in 1921. The bridge was made of red brick, unlike other bridges in the area made of white stone. The name had first been applied to the Redbridge area and Redbridge tube station was opened in 1947. It was earlier known as Hocklee's Bridge.

Districts

The borough is divided into the following districts:

• Aldborough Hatch
• Aldersbrook
• Barkingside
• Chadwell Heath
• Clayhall
• Cranbrook
• Fairlop
• Fullwell Cross
• Gants Hill
• Goodmayes
• Hainault
• Ilford
• Little Heath
• Loxford
• Newbury Park
• Redbridge
• Seven Kings
• Snaresbrook
• South Woodford
• Wanstead
• Woodford
• Woodford Bridge
• Woodford Green
• Woodford Wells

A map of Redbridge Borough Districts

Areas

Notable areas include:

• Cathedral City Estate
• Garden City Estate
• Commonwealth Estate
• Woods Estate
• Firs Estate
• Knighton Estate
• Mayfield Bungalow Estate
• Nightingale Estate
• Wanstead Flats
• Maybank Estate
• Hill Farm Estate
• Orchard Estate

Transport

National Rail

Fairlop Loop (Hainault Loop)

Legend Central line to Epping (formerly Ongar) Roding Valley M11 Chigwell Woodford Grange Hill Central line to South Woodford Hainault depot Hainault Fairlop Barkingside Newbury Park A12 Central line to Snaresbrook Gants Hill Wanstead Redbridge Leytonstone connection closed 1956 (Ilford curve closed 1947) Central line to central London Junction now site of Ilford Depot Ilford Seven Kings GER to London GER to Shenfield Liverpool Street

Route	Frequency
Greater Anglia service from London Liverpool Street to Shenfield	6 trains per hour

Station	Image	Opened	Notes
Ilford		01839-06-20 20 June 1839
Seven Kings		01899-04-01 1 April 1899
Goodmayes		01901-02-18 18 February 1901

These stations are planned to be converted for operation on the Crossrail route, except Ilford which will continue to be owned by Greater Anglia with Crossrail calling here.

London Underground

Central Line Fairlop Loop Epping Branch.

Station	Image	Opened	Notes
Snaresbrook		01947-12-14 14 December 1947
South Woodford		01947-12-14 14 December 1947	Opened as South Woodford (George Lane); renamed 1947
Woodford		01947-12-14 14 December 1947	Terminus of Hainault Loop

Hainault Branch following the route of the A12 road from Wanstead to Newbury Park.

Station	Image	Opened	Notes
Wanstead		01947-12-14 14 December 1947
Redbridge		01947-12-14 14 December 1947
Gants Hill		01947-12-14 14 December 1947
Newbury Park		01947-12-14 14 December 1947
Barkingside		01948-05-31 31 May 1948
Fairlop		01948-05-31 31 May 1948
Hainault		01948-05-31 31 May 1948
Grange Hill		01948-11-21 21 November 1948	lies on the boundary between the London Borough of Redbridge and the Epping Forest district

Buses

Ilford Hainault Street Bus Station, where nine different bus routes terminate.

Numerous London buses run through and within the borough. These include routes 20, 62, 173, 368, 387, 397, 549; night bus routes N8, N15, N86; school bus route 667, 675, 679; and other routes 958. And also these routes :

Route Number	Route	Via	Operator	Operation
25	Ilford Hainault Street to Oxford Circus	Holborn , Aldgate , Stratford	First London	24 Hours. London Buses service. Times
66	Leytonstone Station to Romford Station	Wanstead , Redbridge , Gants Hill , Newbury Park	Arriva London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
86	Stratford Bus Station to Romford Station	Manor Park, Ilford , Seven Kings	Stagecoach London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
101	Wanstead Station to Gallions Reach Shopping Center	Manor Park , East Ham , Beckton	Stagecoach London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
123	Ilford Hainault Street to Wood Green Bus Station	Gants Hill , Walthamstow, Tottenham, Turnpike Lane	Arriva London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
128	Claybury Broadway to Romford Station	Barkingside, Gants Hill , Ilford	Arriva London	24 Hours. London Buses service. Times
145	Leytonstone to Dagenham Asda	Redbridge , Ilford, Becontree	Stagecoach London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
147	Ilford Hainault Street to Canning Town station	East Ham , Newham General Hospital, Custom House	Stagecoach London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
150	Chigwell Row to Becontree Heath Bus Station	Hainault Barkingside, Gants Hill , Ilford	Arriva London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
167	Debden to Ilford Hainault Street	Loughton , Barkingside, Gants Hill	Blue Triangle	Daily. London Buses service. Times
169	Barking Town Center to Clayhall The Glade	Ilford , Newbury Park, Barkingside	Stagecoach London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
179	Chingford to Ilford Hainault Street	Woodford Green, South Woodford , Gants Hill	First London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
247	Barkingside Station to Romford Station	Hainault , Collier Row	Stagecoach London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
275	Walthamstow St James Street Station to Barkingside Tesco	Highams Park, Woodford Green, Woodford Bridge	Arriva London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
296	Ilford Sainbury's to Romford Station	Gants Hill , Newbury Park, Rose Lane	Stagecoach London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
308	Wanstead Station to Clapton Park Millfields Road	Forest Gate , Stratford , Leyton	First London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
362	Grange Hill to King George Hospital	Hainault, Marks Gate, Chadwell Heath	Blue Triangle	Daily. London Buses service. Times
364	Ilford Hainault Street to Dagenham East Station	Goodmayes , Becontree, Dagenham Heathway	Blue Triangle	Daily. London Buses service. Times
366	Redbridge Falmouth Gardens to Beckton Station	Redbridge , Ilford, Barking	Stagecoach London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
396	Ilford Sainbury's to King George Hospital	Gants Hill , Newbury Park, Little Heath	Stagecoach London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
462	Hainault The Lowe to Ilford Hainault Street	Grange Hill , Barkingside, Gants Hill	Arriva London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
EL1	Ilford Station to Thames View Estate Abridge Way	Ilford Lane, Barking , River Road	Blue Triangle	24 Hours. London Buses service. Times
EL2	Ilford Station to Dagenham Dock Station	Barking , Thames View Estate, Dagenham	Blue Triangle	Daily. London Buses service. Times
W12	Walthamstow Coppermill Lane to Wanstead Station	Walthamstow Central , Whipps Cross Hospital, South Woodford	HCT Group	Daily. London Buses service. Times
W13	Woodford Wells to Leytonstone Station	Woodford Green, Snaresbrook , Wanstead	HCT Group	Daily. London Buses service. Times
W14	Leyton Asda to Woodford Bridge	South Woodford , Wanstead , Leytonstone	Arriva London	Daily. London Buses service. Times
W19	Walthamstow Angel Avenue to Ilford Station	Walthamstow Central , Leytonstone , Manor Park	Blue Triangle	Daily. London Buses service. Times

History

The borough was formed in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963 as a merger of the former area of:

Redbridge Town Hall on Ilford High Road

Former local government district	Population (1961)
Municipal Borough of Ilford	178,024
Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford	61,416
northern part of the Municipal Borough of Dagenham around Hog Hill	3,569
south eastern part of Chigwell Urban District around Hainault	7,071

All of which had been transferred from Essex to Greater London by the Act.

Sport

There are two local football teams both playing in the Isthmian League Division One: Redbridge F.C. (not to be confused with Dagenham & Redbridge) and Ilford FC.

The London Development Agency (LDA) have funded a new permanent road cycle circuit and mountain bike course at the Redbridge Cycling Centre at Hog Hill – near the Hainault Forest Country Park – costing £5m. This replaces the former Eastway cycle facilities sited within the London Olympic Park. The council will be funding the facility up to the completion of the legacy London Velopark. Work is under way to identify an operator of Hog Hill beyond 2012.

The borough was one of the locations of the 2010 Mayor of London's Skyride. Along with Ealing, it was the first time the event took place in Outer London boroughs as well as in central London.

Redbridge London Borough Council

Summary of Council results:

	Overall control	Conservative	Labour	Lib Dem	Others
2011	No Overall Control	30	26	7	0
2010	No Overall Control	30	25	7	0
2009	No Overall Control	31	14	13	5
2006	Conservative	33	18	10	2
2002	Conservative	33	21	9	-
1998	No overall control	23	28	9	2
1994	No overall control	23	30	9
1990	Conservative	42	18	3
1986	Conservative	45	17	1
1982	Conservative	51	12
1978	Conservative	50	13
1974	Conservative	45	15
1971	Conservative	42	18
1968	Conservative	55	5
1964	Conservative	45	15

In June 2007 Redbridge London Borough Council introduced Redbridge i, an website using personalisation and customisation techniques. In May 2008 Redbridge i was used as the basis for the Redbridge Conversation, a public consultation asking everyone who lives or works in the borough to talk about the long-term improvements they want to see, and how the council should pay for them.

Education

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

Redbridge council is the Local Education Authority of the borough. All schools in the borough take part in the Redbridge Schools Choral Festival, a biennial music festival held in the Royal Albert Hall in Knightsbridge. It was inaugurated in 1976. Around 1,900 children from Redbridge schools take part in each festival, with the latest edition being held in 2008.

See also

• Redbridge parks and open spaces

Maps

• ^map 4 Snaresbrook – 51°34′51″N 000°01′18″E
• ^map 5 South Woodford – 51°35′30″N 000°01′39″E
• ^map 6 Woodford – 51°36′22″N 000°02′03″E
• ^map 7 Wanstead – 51°34′30″N 000°01′41″E
• ^map 8 Redbridge – 51°34′33″N 000°02′42″E
• ^map 9 Gants Hill – 51°34′36″N 000°03′58″E
• ^map 10 Newbury Park – 51°34′30″N 000°05′22″E
• ^map 11 Barkingside – 51°35′05″N 000°05′19″E
• ^map 12 Fairlop – 51°35′44″N 000°05′26″E
• ^map 13 Hainault – 51°36′12″N 000°05′36″E
• ^map 14 Grange Hill – 51°36′48″N 000°05′32″E

References

External links

• London Borough of Redbridge Council website

Gallery

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  Exchange shopping centre, Ilford

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  Fullwell Cross library, Barkingside

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  Gants Hill roundabout and station, Gants Hill

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  Newbury Park station, Newbury Park