West Green is a district in

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, England, in the United Kingdom; within 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 park Downhills Park is a park in the West Green, London, West Green area of London Borough of Haringey, Haringey just on the edge of Wood Green and Tottenham. The park covers ; it includes an open recreation space and a managed garden area that incl ...

s. Its area is roughly defined by Downhills Park in the North and North-West, Higham Road on the North-East by Clonmell Road on the North-East, with Avenue Road to the South-East, and St Ann's Road to the South, Belmont Road to the West, and a line from Stanley Road to La Rose Lane on the South West.

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

Wood Green Wood Green is a suburban district of the London Borough of Haringey, London, England. Its postal district is N22, with parts in N8 or N15. The London Plan identifies it as one of the metropolitan centres in Greater London, and today it forms ...

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,

Charlotte Riddell Charlotte Eliza Lawson Riddell (nee Cowan; 30 September 1832 – 24 September 1906), known also as Mrs J. H. Riddell, and by her pen name F. G. Trafford, was a popular and influential Irish-born writer in the Victorian period. She was the author ...

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

Ward

As of May 2022, there is the electoral ward of West Green which is significantly larger than the district described here. The ward includes several neighbours such as Duckett's Green and extends north to Lordship Lane. The neighbouring wards are Noel Park, White Hart Lane, Bruce Castle, Tottenham Central, St Ann's, and Harringay.

Education

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

Transport and locale

Nearest places

* Duckett's Green (West) *

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 ...

(SouthWest) * St Ann's (SouthEast) * Seven Sisters *

* Turnpike Lane *

Nearest tube station

Turnpike Lane tube station Turnpike Lane is a London Underground station, located in Turnpike Lane, Haringey, Turnpike Lane in the London Borough of Haringey in North London, England. It is on the Piccadilly line between Manor House tube station, Manor House and Wood G ...

Seven Sisters tube station Seven Sisters is an interchange station in the Seven Sisters area of the London Borough of Haringey, North London. It is on the Victoria line of the London Underground and the Weaver line on the Lea Valley lines of the London Overground. The s ...

Nearest railway stations

South Tottenham railway station South Tottenham is a railway station on the Suffragette line of the London Overground. It is located on the eastern side of the A10 road (England), A10 High Road in Tottenham, North London, from (measured via Kentish Town and Mortimer Street ...

Seven Sisters station Seven Sisters is an interchange station in the Seven Sisters, London, Seven Sisters area of the London Borough of Haringey, North London. It is on the Victoria line of the London Underground and the Weaver line on the Lea Valley lines of the Lo ...

Harringay Green Lanes station Harringay Green Lanes is a station on the Suffragette line of the London Overground in Harringay, north London. It is from (measured via Kentish Town and Mortimer Street Junction) and is situated between and . Services All services at ...

Buses

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

References

External links

Wards of HaringeyFriends 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