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West Green, London

Sub-district of Tottenham, north London

Field	Value
country	England
map_type	Greater London
region	London
population	13,372
population_ref	(2011 Census)
official_name	West Green
constituency_westminster	Tottenham
charingX_distance_mi	5.7
charingX_direction	S
post_town	London
postcode_area	N
postcode_district	N15, N17
london_borough	Haringey
dial_code	020
os_grid_reference	TQ324892
coordinates
static_image_name	West Green, London 1.jpg

West Green is a district in north London, England, in the United Kingdom, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located 5.7 miles (9.22 km) north of Charing Cross.

The area is mainly residential and includes both Chestnuts and Downhills parks. Its boundaries are roughly marked by Downhills Park to the north and north-west, Higham Road and Clonmell Road to the north-east, Avenue Road to the south-east, St Ann's Road to the south, Belmont Road to the west, and a line stretching from Stanley Road to La Rose Lane on the south-west.

History

West Green developed as a small village in the Middle Ages, with settlement first recorded in 1393. By the start of the seventeenth century, the eight buildings that then stood in West Green formed the only hamlet in the central area of the manor of Tottenham. Although it had not grown by 1800, by 1840 it contained 18 houses. This made it bigger than Wood Green at that time. Development took off during the period after the 1860s, particularly after the arrival of the Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway in 1878. Nineteenth-century local author Charlotte Riddell described the changes vividly in her 1874 book, Above Suspicion:

By 1890, the urbanisation of the area was complete.

Ward

As of May 2022, the electoral ward of West Green encompasses a significantly larger area than the district described here. The ward includes several neighbours such as Duckett's Green and extends north to Lordship Lane. The neighbouring wards are Noel Park, White Hart Lane, Bruce Castle, Tottenham Central, St Ann's, and Harringay.

Education

Park View is a secondary school located in the area. The school is situated next to Downhills Park.

Transport and locale

Nearest places

Duckett's Green (West)
Harringay (SouthWest)
St Ann's (SouthEast)
Seven Sisters
Tottenham
Turnpike Lane
Wood Green

Nearest tube station

Turnpike Lane tube station
Seven Sisters tube station

Nearest railway stations

South Tottenham railway station
Seven Sisters station
Harringay Green Lanes station

Buses

London bus routes 41, 67, 230, 341, N41 and W4 serve West Green.

Politics

West Green is part of the Tottenham constituency for elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

West Green is part of the West Green ward for elections to Haringey London Borough Council.

References

"Haringey Ward population 2011". Office for National Statistics.
Although within the parish and later borough of Tottenham, West Green has been identified as a separate village for hundreds of years - [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/middx/vol5/pp317-324 British History Online]
Riddell, Mrs J.H.. (1874). "Above Suspicion". Tinsley Brothers.
'Tottenham: Growth before 1850', A History of the County of Middlesex, Volume 5: 1976, pp. 313-17
"Buses from West Green (Harringay)".
(12 October 2020). "The London Borough of Haringey (Electoral Changes) Order 2020".

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