Corner of Devonshire Road and Green Lanes, Palmers Green

Green Lanes is a main road in North London which forms part of the

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. Covering a distance of between

Newington Green Newington Green is an open space in North London that straddles the border between Islington and Hackney. It gives its name to the surrounding area, roughly bounded by Ball's Pond Road to the south, Petherton Road to the west, Green Lanes and ...

and Winchmore Hill, it is one of the longest streets in the capital, passing through the N16, N4, N8, N13 and N21 postcode areas.

History

Whilst it is undeniably an ancient thoroughfare, the age and origin o
Green Lanes
is somewhat uncertain. It possibly originated as a drovers' road along which cattle were walked from

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to London. Its origins may date back as far as the

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period.

Route

Green Lanes
runs from

north along the western edge of

Stoke Newington Stoke Newington is an area occupying the north-west part of the London Borough of Hackney in north-east London, England. It is northeast of Charing Cross. The Manor of Stoke Newington gave its name to Stoke Newington the ancient parish. The ...

, thereby forming the border between Hackney and

Islington Islington () is a district in the north of Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the ...

, until it reaches

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at the eastern edge of Finsbury Park. As it crosses the New River over ''Green Lanes Bridge'', it enters the London Borough of Haringey, it then runs 1.4 miles (2.25 km) through the neighbourhood of Harringay. From the junction with Turnpike Lane the road temporarily changes its name and runs for 1.3 miles (2.1 km) through

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as 'High Road', resuming its Green Lanes identity again after the junction with Lascott's Road. It then continues north for another 2.2 miles (3.5 km) through Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill in the London Borough of Enfield, until it reaches the junction with Ridge Avenue and Green Dragon Lane at Mason's Corner. The northward continuation into Bush Hill at this point is now blocked.

Sights

The New River looking east at Green Lanes, Palmers Green

Amongst the sights along its route are: *

Clissold Park Clissold Park is an open space in Stoke Newington, in the London Borough of Hackney. It is bounded by Greenway Close (to the north), Church Street (south), Green Lanes (west) and Queen Elizabeth's Walk (east); the south-east corner abuts St ...

* The former Engine House of

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, * Finsbury Park * The New River (which follows a roughly parallel course to Green Lanes for much of its distance) * Sites of the now demolished

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and Harringay Arena. * Railway Fields Nature Reserve * The Salisbury Public House * Turnpike Lane Underground Station * Haringey Civic Centre. The facility was built in 1958 and listed in 2018.Haringey Civic Centre on the English Heritage website
/ref> * The “Round House” or “Mushroom House”, built in 1822 as the gatehouse for Chitts Hill House it now stands in Woodside Park (Wood Green, London) Continuous segregated cycle lanes run north from the A406 North Circular to the end of Green Lanes and on to Enfield Town. These were installed following a successful bid by

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for Mini Holland funding from Transport for London.

Demography

See: * Demographics in Stoke Newington * Demographics in Harringay * Demographics in Wood Green * Demographics in Palmers Green * Demographics in Winchmore Hill

Neighbourhoods

Neighbourhoods sited on Green Lanes, from South to North: *

* Harringay (including Finsbury Park) * Duckett's Green *

* Palmers Green * Winchmore Hill

References

External links

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