West Green
West Green
West Green shown within Greater London
Population	13,372 (2011 Census)^[1]
OS grid reference	TQ324892
London borough	Haringey
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	N15, N17
Dialling code	020

Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Tottenham
London Assembly	Enfield and Haringey

West Green is an area of north London, England in the United Kingdom and part of the London Borough of Haringey. It is an inner-suburban area located 5.7 miles (9.22 km) north of Charing Cross.

The area is mainly residential and includes both Chestnuts and Downhills parks. Its area is roughly defined by Downhills Park in the North and Northeast, by Cornwall Road to the East, a line running between Cranleigh and Stanley Roads to the South, Harringay Road and Stanmore Road to the West and Northwest.

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 really 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:

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By 1890 the urbanisation of the area was complete.^[3]

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Education

For further details of education in West Green, London see the London Borough of Haringey article.

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

Transport and locale

Nearest places

Harringay
St Ann's
Seven Sisters
Turnpike Lane
Wood Green

Nearest tube station

Turnpike Lane tube station
Seven Sisters tube station

Nearest railway stations

South Tottenham railway station

Bus routes

Routes 41, 67, 230, 341 and W4 serve the area.

References

^ "Haringey Ward population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
^ 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

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