The ward's boundaries are roughly Midland, Norlington, and Pretoria Roads to the East; the north side of the M11 motorway as far as Leyton High Road to the south; the High Road itself bordering the ward to the west. Other surrounding wards are Leyton to the west, Forest to the north-east, Leytonstone to the east, and Cathall to the south.[2]
Demography
Grove Green ward is the ninth most populous district in the borough,[3] inhabited by slightly less than 13,000 people, with 51% being officially designated of Black Asian and Minority Asian background.[4]
Social issues
The council, as of 2011, assessed 30% of the ward population to be in poverty.[4]
In the early 1990s, the southern part of the ward was the focus of a continuing protest against road-building in general and the M11 extension in particular.[5]
Transport
The ward contains no London Overground, National Rail, or tube stations; only the High Road and Grove Green road itself serve the ward by local buses.[6]
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