Stroud Green is a suburb and

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in north

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, England, in the

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. On its south-western side, Stroud Green Road forms part of the boundary with the

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.See for example the catchment area covered by the discussion foru
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/ref> Stroud Green Road is the main local hub and shopping area. At its eastern end it intersects

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and

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at a major crossroads. Stroud Green Road is a populous thoroughfare linking Crouch Hill with the major north London transport interchange of

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History

Toponymy

In 1407, the area was called ''Strode'', which is formed from the

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'stōd' and means 'marshy ground covered with brushwood'. It is recorded as ''Stowde Grene'' in 1546, the 'grene' suffix is

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and means 'village green'.

Locale

Stroud Green Road

The neighbourhood high street, Stroud Green Road, includes a wide range of restaurants and other mainly independent shops. Time Out described the range of shops as "impressive" and giving a sense of "how international the district is".Lamont T. (ed): "London for Londoners", pp. 86-88. Time Out, 2006 There are also two high-street supermarkets. The Finsbury Park end of the road, though different in character to the stretch further north, is currently benefitting from a large regeneration scheme centred on

Finsbury Park Finsbury Park is a public park in the London neighbourhood of Harringay. It is in the area formerly covered by the historic parish of Hornsey, succeeded by the Municipal Borough of Hornsey. It was one of the first of the great London parks ...

town centre. The folk record label

Topic Records Topic Records is a British folk music label, which played a major role in the second British folk revival. It began as an offshoot of the Workers' Music Association in 1939, making it the oldest independent record label in the world.M. Brocken, ...

was based at 48–50 Stroud Green Road and many folk LPs were recorded there. The label has since moved to Uppingham in Rutland.

Library

In the east of the neighbourhood, next to

Harringay railway station Harringay railway station is in Harringay in the London Borough of Haringey, north London. It is on the Great Northern route that forms part of the East Coast Main Line, down the line from , and is situated between to the south and to the ...

is the Stroud Green & Harringay Library.

Transport

Stroud Green Road runs north west from the transport hub of

, and stops just 150 yards south east of

Crouch Hill railway station Crouch Hill railway station is a London Overground station on Crouch Hill in the London Borough of Islington, north London. It is on the Gospel Oak to Barking line, from (measured via Kentish Town and Mortimer Street Junction) and is situated ...

on the Gospel Oak to Barking line. On the eastern border of Stroud Green is

on the Great Northern Line. London bus routes W3, W7, and 210 run the length of Stroud Green Road, terminating at Finsbury Park. The low railway bridge at Finsbury Park prevents bus routes running directly from areas north of Finsbury Park such as Stroud Green Road directly into central London.

Stroud Green railway station Stroud Green railway station is a former station in the Stroud Green area of north London. It was located between Finsbury Park station and Crouch End station on a bridge over Stapleton Hall Road. The station had platforms (now demolished) can ...

closed in 1954. It was on the Finsbury Park to Edgware line, and along with nearby

Crouch End railway station Crouch End railway station is a former station in the Crouch End area of north London. It was located between Stroud Green station and Highgate station on Crouch End Hill just north of its junction with Hornsey Lane. The station building was ...

had been planned to be added to the

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, but

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intervened.

References

External links

Stroud Green Community bulletin board

Stroud Green Flickr Group

Stroud Green Primary School

Finsbury Park + Stroud Green Neighbourhood Forum
{{Authority control Areas of London Districts of the London Borough of Haringey Places formerly in Middlesex