Harold Wood
Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	TQ545905
Administration
London borough:	Havering
County level:	Greater London
Region:	London
Constituent country:	England
Sovereign state:	United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county:	Greater London
Historic county:	Essex (1965)
Services
Police force:	Metropolitan Police
Fire brigade:	London Fire Brigade
Ambulance service:	London Ambulance
Post office and telephone
Post town:	ROMFORD
Postal district:	RM3
Dialling code:	01708
Politics
UK Parliament:	Upminster
London Assembly:	Havering and Redbridge
European Parliament:	London
London | List of places in London

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It is a suburban development situated 16.5 miles (26.5 km) east north-east of Charing Cross. The Great Eastern Main Line and the A12 pass through the area and the M25 motorway forms the easterly boundary. The Victorian Eleanor Cross at Charing Cross The name Charing Cross, now given to a district of central London in the City of Westminster, comes from the original hamlet of Charing, where King Edward I placed a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile. ... The Great Eastern Main Line is the railway line from London Liverpool Street to Ipswich and Norwich. ... The A12 road is also a road in Belgium: Brussels-Boom-Antwerp The A12 is a major road in England, a trunk road for most of its length, running from London to Great Yarmouth in Norfolk. ... The M25 motorway looking south between junctions 14 and 15, near Heathrow Airport. ...

Under the Local Government Act 1894, Harold Wood formed part of Romford Rural District. With suburban house building, the area became increasingly urbanised and from 1926 Harold Wood formed part of the Hornchurch Urban District, which in 1965 was abolished to form the present-day London Borough of Havering. The Local Government Act 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. ... Romford Rural District was a local government district in south west Essex from 1894 to 1934. ... Hornchurch was a local government district in south west Essex from 1926 to 1965. ...

Harold Wood is on the route of the London Outer Orbital Path. The London LOOPs logo, a flying kestrel, can be seen on the signs marking the route. ...

Nearest places:

• Ardleigh Green
• Gidea Park
• Harold Hill
• Hornchurch

Nearest station: Ardleigh Green is a place in the London Borough of Havering. ... Gidea Park is a place in the London Borough of Havering. ... Harold Hill is also the name of a fictional character in the musical The Music Man, a con man who attempts to swindle an Iowa town by giving fake music lessons. ... Hornchurch is a town in the London Borough of Havering in East London. ...

• Harold Wood railway station

Harold Wood station is a railway station at Harold Wood in east London. ...

The London LOOPs logo, a flying kestrel, can be seen on the signs marking the route. ... Havering-atte-Bower is a place in the London Borough of Havering. ... Upminster Bridge is a crossing of the River Ingrebourne between Upminster and Hornchurch. ...