Wood Green

Wood Green is a place in the London Borough of Haringey. It is a suburban development situated 6.1 miles (9.8 km) north of Charing Cross.

Related Topics:
London Borough of Haringey - Charing Cross

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In the latter half of the 19th century and before urbanisation it was part of Tottenham and covered by woodland called Tottenham Wood, hence the name of the area, Tottenham Wood Green. Most of Wood Green is in the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.

Related Topics:
19th century - Tottenham - Woodland - Hornsey and Wood Green

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In 1894 Wood Green was created an urban district and later a municipal borough of Middlesex. In 1965 with the formation of Greater London Wood Green was merged with Tottenham municipal borough and Hornsey municipal borough to form the present-day London Borough of Haringey.

Related Topics:
1894 - Urban district - Municipal borough - Middlesex - 1965 - Greater London - Hornsey

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It is an important local retail hub, with two cinemas, bars and a shopping centre - Shopping City - close to the tube station. The High Street, the main shopping spine, stretches from the Wood Green tube station to the next stop on the Piccadilly Line, Turnpike Lane. Wood Green Crown Court is a short distance along Lordship Lane.

Related Topics:
Tube - Station - Piccadilly Line - Turnpike Lane - Wood Green Crown Court - Lordship Lane

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SCHOOLS:

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Primary:

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• Earlham Primary
• Lordship Lane Primary
• Nightingale Primary
• Noel Park Primary
• St.Michael's CoE Primary
• St.Pauls RC Primary

Secondary:

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• White Hart Lane school
• St.Thomas More RC school

Nearest places:

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• Muswell Hill
• Hornsey
• Palmers Green
• Tottenham

Nearest tube stations:

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• Bounds Green (Piccadilly Line)
• Wood Green (Piccadilly Line)
• Turnpike Lane (Piccadilly Line)

Nearest railway stations:

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• Bowes Park
• Alexandra Palace (formerly known as Wood Green Alexandra Park).

Until the 1960s, a railway line of the former Great Eastern Railway network crossed the Wood Green High Road, at a station called Noel Park, providing connections to Stratford and North Woolwich.

Related Topics:
1960s - Great Eastern Railway - Stratford - North Woolwich

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