Woodford Green
Coordinates: 51°36′17″N 0°01′39″E / 51.60482°N 0.02742°E
| Woodford Green | |
 Woodford Green
Woodford Green shown within Greater London |
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| OS grid reference | TQ405915 |
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| London borough | Redbridge |
| Waltham Forest | |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WOODFORD GREEN |
| Postcode district | IG8 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| Police | Metropolitan |
| Fire | London |
| Ambulance | London |
| EU Parliament | London |
| UK Parliament | Chingford and Woodford Green |
| London Assembly | Havering and Redbridge |
| North East | |
| List of places: UK • England • London | |
Woodford Green, formerly in the county of Essex, is part of the North East London suburb of Woodford, on the edge of Epping Forest, mostly within the London Borough of Redbridge with a small part on the western side of the green within the London Borough of Waltham Forest (this area is known as Woodford Side).
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[edit] History
Woodford Green is part of Woodford, which includes areas such as Woodford Wells and Woodford Bridge.
[edit] Railways
The Great Eastern Railway (GER) line to Loughton (and later Ongar) was opened in 1856 and with it Woodford station. This led to the construction of many houses in the area, some of which were the grand houses of successful London merchants and bankers. The higher quality housing constructed in the area was due to the "fare-policy" of the GER, which kept the fares on the Loughton Branch higher than on the comparable Enfield and Walthamstow branches, where a "low-fare policy" was pursued. Further estates were built from the late 1920s onwards until the 1950s, covering most of the land still available for building.
The former GER Ongar branch became part of the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923, and later part of London Transport's Central Line, with the section through Woodford opening in 1947. As part of the electrification of the Loughton & Ongar branch and subsequent takeover by London Transport, the level-crossing at Woodford station (and with it Snakes Lane) was closed, being replaced in 1947 by a re-aligned Broadmead Road with a viaduct over the railway.
[edit] Politics
Woodford Green is part of the parliamentary constituency of Chingford and Woodford Green, represented by Iain Duncan Smith, leader of the Conservative Party from 2001 to 2003, and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions since 2010. 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, had a residence in Woodford Green, the seat of his political adversary, Winston Churchill. A blue plaque to that effect resides on Attlee's former 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.[2]
[edit] Education
[edit] Primary schools
- Avon House School
- Bancroft's Preparatory School
- Ray Lodge Primary School
- St Antony's Catholic Primary School
- St Aubyn's School
- Woodford Green Preparatory School
- Wells Primary School
- [Woodford Green Primary][1]
- St. Joseph's convent school
[edit] Secondary schools
- Bancroft's School, Woodford Green, (Independent)
- Trinity Catholic High School
- Woodbridge High School
- Woodford County High School for Girls
[edit] Special needs schools
- Hatton School
[edit] Notable people
- Clement Attlee, Labour Prime Minister
- Winston Churchill, Prime Minister
- James Hilton, author
- Alfred Horsley Hinton, photographer
- Stuart Kuttner, managing editor of the News of the World[3]
- Louisa Leaman, author
- Kele Okereke, Bloc Party musician
- Sylvia Pankhurst, suffragette
- Tony Robinson, actor and TV personality
- Kate Williams, actress, Woodford resident during the making of the TV series Love Thy Neighbour
- Olly Murs, [singer] famous for winning [X-Factor]
[edit] 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 Broadway via Whipps Cross, Loughton |
Woodford New Road, High Road (The Green) | Arriva London |
| 179 | Chingford Station to Ilford High Street via South Woodford |
Whitehall Road, High Road (The Green), High Road Woodford Green | First London |
| 275 | Walthamstow St James Street Station to Barkingside Tesco via Highams Park, Woodford |
Chingford Lane, Broadmead Road, Woodford Station | Arriva London |
| 397 | South Chingford Sainsbury's to Debden Broadway via Chingford, Loughton |
Whitehall Road | Arriva London |
| 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 | East London |
- Nearest places
The nearest London Underground stations are Woodford, South Woodford and Roding Valley on the Central Line.
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Sylvia Pankhurst in Woodford". The Sylvia Pankhurst Festival. http://www.sylviapankhurst.com/about_sylvia_pankhurst/sylvia_in_woodford.php. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ Wright, Patrick (7 April 2003). "The stone bomb". Open Democracy. http://www.opendemocracy.net/democracy-protest/article_1131.jsp. Retrieved 30 May 2011.
- ^ Joe Curtis (31 August 2011). "WOODFORD GREEN: Rearrest of 'former News of the World managing editor'". Epping Forest Guardian. http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/9224342.WOODFORD_GREEN__Rearrest_of__former_News_of_the_World_managing_editor_/. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
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