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Woodford Green
Location within Greater London
OS grid reference TQ405915
London borough
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WOODFORD GREEN
Postcode district IG8
Dialling code 020
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UK Parliament
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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 Green, 1913 (1).jpg
Woodford Green, from a postcard sent in 1913

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.

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It was a hamlet in the ancient parish of Woodford, 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.

Toponymy

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

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. 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

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.

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 was MP for Epping (1924-1945) and Wanstead and Woodford (1945-1964), both of which included Woodford. He is commemorated by a statue on Woodford Green. Statue of Winston Churchill, Woodford Green.jpg
Winston Churchill was MP for Epping (1924–1945) and 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 NumberRouteServing in Woodford GreenOperator
20 Walthamstow Central station National Rail logo.svg Underground no-text.svg to Debden tube station Underground no-text.svg via Whipps Cross, Loughton Woodford New Road, High Road (The Green) Stagecoach London
179 Chingford Station National Rail logo.svg 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 National Rail logo.svg to Barkingside Tesco via Highams Park, Woodford Chingford Lane, Broadmead Road, Woodford Station Stagecoach London
397 South Chingford Sainsbury's to Debden Broadway Underground no-text.svg via Chingford, Loughton Whitehall Road Stagecoach London
W13 Woodford Wells Horse & Well to Leytonstone station Underground no-text.svg via Wanstead High Road (The Green), High Road Woodford Green Stagecoach London (See route N55 for a night service)
N55 Night Bus Woodford Wells Horse & Well to Oxford Circus Underground no-text.svg 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

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