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Stationers' Park
'Stationers Park'' is a 1.5-hectare park in the London Borough of Haringey. It lies in the area between Crouch End, Stroud Green, and Harringay. Although considered Crouch End it is actually in Stroud Green. As of 2021, it is a winner of the Green Flag Award. It is built on the site of the former The Stationers' Company's School. The park has two ponds, a cafe, two tennis courts, a basketball court, table tennis and two playgrounds. It is used by numerous under 5 groups and a forest school. The Friends of Stationers Park is chaired by Luke Jones. At the bottom of the park is Weston Park Primary School and Hornsey Vale Community Centre. It is now one of the 4 key centres of the Crouch End Festival, which organises an annual family festival there with over 30 events/activities, including a free open-air film night. Nearby public transport within walking distance includes Finsbury Park station, Harringay railway station and the route of the W5 bus W5, W-5 or W.5 may refer to: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stationers Park - Geograph
Stationery refers to commercially manufactured writing materials, including cut paper, envelopes, writing implements, continuous form paper, and other office supplies. Stationery includes materials to be written on by hand (e.g., letter paper) or by equipment such as computer printers. History of stationery Originally, the term 'stationery' referred to all products sold by a stationer, whose name indicated that his book shop was on a fixed spot. This was usually somewhere near a university, and permanent, while medieval trading was mainly carried on by itinerant peddlers (including chapmen, who sold books) and others (such as farmers and craftsmen) at markets and fairs. It was a unique term used between the 13th and 15th centuries in the manuscript culture. Stationers' shops were places where books were bound, copied, and published. These shops often loaned books to nearby university students for a fee. The books were loaned out in sections, allowing students to study or cop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Borough Of Haringey
The London Borough of Haringey (pronounced , same as Harringay) is a London borough in North London, classified by some definitions as part of Inner London, and by others as part of Outer London. It was created in 1965 by the amalgamation of three former boroughs. It shares borders with six other London boroughs. Clockwise from the north, they are: Enfield, Waltham Forest, Hackney, Islington, Camden, and Barnet. Haringey covers an area of more than . Some of the more familiar local landmarks include Alexandra Palace, Bruce Castle, Jacksons Lane, Highpoint I and II, and Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. The borough has extreme contrasts: areas in the west, such as Highgate, Muswell Hill and Crouch End are among the most prosperous in the country; in the east of the borough, some wards are classified as being among the most deprived 10% in the country.Office for National Statistics Haringey is also a borough of contrasts geographically. From the wooded high ground ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crouch End
Crouch End is an area of North London, approximately from the City of London in the western half of the borough of Haringey. It is within the Hornsey postal district (N8). It has been described by the BBC as one of "a new breed of urban villages" in London. Location Crouch End lies between Harringay to the east; Hornsey, Muswell Hill and Wood Green to the north; Finsbury Park, Stroud Green and Archway to the south; and Highgate to the west. It is located north of Charing Cross and from the City of London. Toponymy The name Crouch End is derived from Middle English. A "crouch" meant cross while an "end" referred to an outlying area. Some think that this refers to the borders of the parish, in other words, the area where the influence of the parish ends. Its name has been recorded as Crouchend (1465), Crowchende (1480), the Crouche Ende (1482), and Crutche Ende (1553). In 1593, it was recorded as "Cruch End". History Crouch End was the junction of four locally importa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stroud Green
Stroud Green is a suburb and electoral ward in north London, England, in the London Borough of Haringey. On its south-western side, Stroud Green Road forms part of the boundary with the London Borough of Islington.See for example the catchment area covered by the discussion foruStroudGreen.org/ref> Stroud Green Road is the main local hub and shopping area. At its eastern end it intersects Seven Sisters Road and Blackstock Road at a major crossroads. Stroud Green Road is a populous thoroughfare linking Crouch Hill with the major north London transport interchange of Finsbury Park station. History Toponymy In 1407, the area was called ''Strode'', which is formed from the Old English 'stōd' and means 'marshy ground covered with brushwood'. It is recorded as ''Stowde Grene'' in 1546, the 'grene' suffix is Middle English and means 'village green'. Locale Stroud Green Road The neighbourhood high street, Stroud Green Road, includes a wide range of restaurants and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Common, near Turnpike Lane. Location The boundaries of Harringay form a rough boot shape in the extreme southern centre of the borough of Haringey. The western boundary of Harringay is formed by the East Coast Main Line. The northern boundary is to the south of Turnpike Lane, running parallel to it, somewhere between Sydney Road and Fairfax Road. In the northeast, the boundary roughly corresponds with a line drawn between the south of Duckett's Common and the north end of Warwick Gardens. A line due south of this point, as far as Eade Road, forms the eastern boundary. Southeast of here a line to Finsbury Park completes the southeastern limits. Finsbury Park is officially part of HarringayWard boundaries classify the park as being withi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Flag Award
The Green Flag Award is an international accreditation given to publicly accessible parks and open spaces, managed under licence from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, a UK Government department, by Keep Britain Tidy, who also administers the scheme in England. History The Green Flag Award was introduced in 1996, and first awarded in 1997, by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) with the intention of establishing agreed standards of good management, to help to justify and evaluate funding and to raise park attendance. The scheme was managed by Civic Trust, on MHCLG's behalf, until they lost the contract and the charity went bust in 2009. The scheme has been managed by Keep Britain Tidy since 2012, with sister organisations Keep Scotland Beautiful, Keep Wales Tidy and TIDY Northern Ireland delivering the scheme across the UK, and various other bodies delivering worldwide. Purpose and description The scheme's aim is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stationers' Company's School
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finsbury Park Station
Finsbury Park is an intermodal interchange station in north London. It serves a number of National Rail, London Underground and bus services. The station is the third busiest Underground station outside Zone 1, with over 33 million passengers using the station in 2019. Name and location The station is named after the nearby Finsbury Park, one of the oldest of London's Victorian parks, opening in 1869. The interchange consists of a National Rail station, a London Underground station and two bus stations, all interconnected. The main entrances are by the eastern bus station on Station Place. The National Rail ticket office here lies in between one entrance marked by the Underground roundel symbol, while the other is marked by the National Rail symbol, and provides direct access to the main line platforms. A new, larger western entrance by Wells Terrace and Goodwin Place opened in December 2019, as part of the upgrade of the station. There is also a narrow side entrance to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 north. It opened on 1 May 1885. Harringay is managed and served by Great Northern.Harringay Train Station, First Capital Connect website . It is a short distance from on the |
W5 Bus
W5, W-5 or W.5 may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media * ''W5'' (TV program), a Canadian television news program * ''Nick News W/5'', the original title of ''Nick News'', an educational TV show Science and technology * W5 (nuclear warhead) of the Mark 5 nuclear bomb * W5 clock, built by Philip Woodward * W5, a Motorola Rokr mobile phone * W5, a radio source in the Westerhout 5 nebula * W5, in the classification of meteorite weathering * DSC-W5, a Sony Cyber-shot camera * Eutelsat W5, a telecommunications satellite Transportation and military * Albatros W.5, a World War I German floatplane torpedo bomber * Cierva W.5, a British helicopter from 1938 * Wittman W-5 Buttercup, a 1938 aircraft * London bus route W5 * Roewe W5, a Chinese car * W5 series of road signs in the United States * W5, a station of the Hiroden Hakushima Line in Hiroshima, Japan * W5, IATA airline code for Mahan Air * W5 tram, a class of electric trams built by the Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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