West Green is an area of

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, England, in the

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and part of the

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. It is located 5.7 miles (9.22 km) north of

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. The area is mainly residential and includes both

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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

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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

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. Although it had not grown by 1800, by 1840 it contained 18 houses. This made it bigger than

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at that time. Development took off during the period after the 1860s, particularly after the arrival of the

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in 1878. Nineteenth-century local author,

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described the changes vividly in her 1874 book ''Above Suspicion'': By 1890 the urbanisation of the area was complete.

Education

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

Transport and locale

Nearest places

Harringay Harringay (pronounced ) is a district of north London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is centred on the section of Green Lanes running between the New River, where it crosses Green Lanes by Finsbury Park, and Duckett's ...

* St Ann's * Seven Sisters *

* Turnpike Lane *

Nearest tube station

Turnpike Lane tube station Turnpike Lane is a London Underground station at Turnpike Lane in the London Borough of Haringey in north London, England. The station is on the northeastern part of Piccadilly line between Manor House and Wood Green. The station was opened ...

Seven Sisters tube station Seven Sisters is a National Rail, London Overground and London Underground Victoria line station in the Seven Sisters area of the London Borough of Haringey, north London. The station has two entrances/exits, one on Tottenham High Road and the ...

Nearest railway stations

South Tottenham railway station South Tottenham is a railway station on the east–west Gospel Oak to Barking Line of the London Overground. It is located on the eastern side of the north–south A10 High Road in Tottenham, North London, from (measured via Kentish Town an ...

Seven Sisters station Seven Sisters is a National Rail, London Overground and London Underground Victoria line station in the Seven Sisters area of the London Borough of Haringey, north London. The station has two entrances/exits, one on Tottenham High Road and t ...

Harringay Green Lanes station Harringay Green Lanes railway station is on the Gospel Oak to Barking line in Harringay, north London. It is from (measured via Kentish Town and Mortimer Street Junction) and is situated between and . Services Trains run every 15 minut ...

Buses

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

References

External links

Friends of Downhills ParkWoodlands Park Residents' GroupWest Green on Google Maps
{{London Districts Districts of the London Borough of Haringey Areas of London Places formerly in Middlesex