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Encyclopedia > Wood Green
Wood Green
OS grid reference TQ305905
London borough Haringey
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region London
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LONDON
Postcode district N22
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
UK Parliament Hornsey and Wood Green
London Assembly Enfield and Haringey
European Parliament London
List of places: UKEngland UKLondon

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Wood Green is a district in the London Borough of Haringey in North London, England. It is a suburban area situated 6.7 miles (10.1 km) north of Charing Cross. It is one of ten major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. The London Borough of Haringey is a London borough in North London, England, and forms part of Outer London. ... North London is that part of London which is north of the River Thames. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... 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. ... Ken Livingstone, the current Mayor of London The Mayor of London is an elected politician in London, United Kingdom. ...

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History

In the latter half of the 19th century and before urbanisation Wood Green was part of Tottenham and covered by woodland called Tottenham Wood, hence the original name of the area, Tottenham Wood Green. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tottenham is an urban area of north London in the London Borough of Haringey, situated 6. ... Limber Pine woodland, Toiyabe Range, central Nevada Biologically, a woodland is a treed area differentiated from a forest. ...


Governance

In 1894 Wood Green was created as an urban district, and later a municipal borough, of Middlesex. In 1965, under the London Government Act 1963, the Municipal Borough of Wood Green was abolished and its area merged with that of the Municipal Borough of Tottenham and the Municipal Borough of Hornsey to form the present-day London Borough of Haringey. Most of Wood Green is in the Hornsey and Wood Green parliamentary constituency. Wood Green is a place in the London Borough of Haringey. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ... A borough is a political division originally used in England. ... The Middlesex Guildhall at Westminster Middlesex is one of the 39 historic counties of England and was the second smallest (after Rutland). ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... The London Government Act 1963 was an Act of the UK parliament which led to the official recognition of the conurbation known as Greater London. ... Arms of the Municipal Borough of Tottenham Tottenham is a place in the London Borough of Haringey. ... Hornsey is a place in the London Borough of Haringey. ... Hornsey and Wood Green is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...


Television

Historically, Wood Green played a leading role in the development of both public service and commercial television in the UK. On 28 November 1936, the BBC opened its TV service at Alexandra Palace (popularly known as "Ally Pally") and in 1955 with the opening of Lew Grade's London weekend franchise Associated Television (ATV), the Wood Green Empire in Lymington Avenue was home to variety programmes on Independent Television (ITV), one of which was the 'Arthur Haynes Show', starring the host himself and his straight man Nicholas Parsons. Sadly, the Wood Green Empire no longer exists (it has been replaced by a shopping precinct) and all that is left of the halcyon days of BBC TV in Wood Green is the familiar TV mast on Alexandra Palace. The ATV operations moved to Elstree and Borehamwood (now BBC studios) and the BBC News department, which was the only unit remaining at Ally Pally after BBC TV Centre was opened in the 1950s, moved to White City, west London in September 1969. Ally Pally was then used for the production of joint BBC/Open University (OU) programmes for a while, but all OU programmes are now produced in Milton Keynes where the OU's headquarters are located. The BBC has ceased broadcasting OU programmes from 15 December 2006. is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Alexandra Palace from the south Alexandra Palace was built in an area spanning Wood Green and Muswell Hill, North London, England in 1873 as a public entertainment centre and North London counterpart of The Crystal Palace. ... The ATV colour logo, used from the start of the colour standard in 1969 until the companys demise in 1981. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV, but also as ITV Network) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990 and the Broadcasting... Christopher Nicholas Parsons OBE, normally known as Nicholas Parsons (born October 10, 1923) is a British actor, radio and television presenter. ... The Mall Wood Green is a large shopping centre in North London. ... White City is a place in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in London in England. ... Affiliations Alliance of Non-Aligned Universities, Association of Commonwealth Universities, European Association of Distance Teaching Universities, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Website http://www. ... , Milton Keynes is a large town in northern Buckinghamshire, in South East England, about 45 miles (75 km) north-west of London, and roughly halfway between London and Birmingham. ...


2003 ricin plot

Main article: Wood Green ricin plot

On January 7, 2003, British police announced details of the discovery of traces of the toxin ricin in a flat in Wood Green. It was later revealed more accurate tests showed that there was no ricin present in the flat. Daily Mirror front page when the ricin plot news was released. ... is the 7th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Castor beans The protein ricin (pronounced ) is a toxin from the castor bean (Ricinus communis). ...


Today

Wood Green is a buzzing activity centre with a sizeable shopping area with two cinemas, bars, numerous restaurants & cafes and a mall called Shopping City close to the tube station. The High Road, the main shopping spine, is part of Green Lanes and stretches from the Wood Green tube station to the next stop on the Piccadilly Line, Turnpike Lane, and is lined with shops along its route. Wood Green Crown Court is a short distance along Lordship Lane. It has also established a reputation for being vibrant and multicultural, and it has been estimated that nearly two hundred languages are spoken in the area.[1] Activity centre is a term used in urban planning and design for a mixed-use urban area where there is a concentration of commercial and other land uses. ... The Mall Wood Green is a large shopping centre in North London. ... Categories: Piccadilly Line stations | London Underground stubs ... Green Lanes, or the A105, is a main road in north London that runs from Newington Green near Stoke Newington forming the border between Hackney and Islington, up to Finsbury Park, through Harringay and ends at the junction of Turnpike Lane. ... The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. ... Categories: Piccadilly Line stations | Transport architecture in London | London Underground stubs ... Lordship Lane connects Wood Green (N22) with Tottenham High Road (N17). ... The multicultural national representation of the countries of origin at the student union of San Francisco City College. ...


The property in the area is mainly Edwardian and Victorian, mainly terraced houses. The Edwardian period or Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period 1901 to 1910, the reign of King Edward VII. It is sometimes extended to include the period to the start of World War I in 1914 or even the end of the war in 1918. ... Manchester Town Hall is an example of Victorian architecture found in Manchester, UK. The Carson Mansion is an example of a Victorian home in Eureka, California, USA The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. ... A street of British Victorian/Edwardian terraced homes. ...


Wood Green has a very strong artistic tradition in theatre, film, TV, music and the visual arts, which has survived in spite of the less than inspired planning by Haringey Council !


Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, a world famous acting school with strong links to both theatre and TV, is located in Wood Green. Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts is a prestigious drama school situated in the Wood Green area of North London. ...


THe Chocolate Factory is full of artists studios. Beginning in 1995 as an artist-led initiative The Chocolate Factory is now the centre of a vast Cultural Quarter which includes artists, music, film & multi media studios, photographic studios, printers, 2 restaurants, recording studios and several performing arts organisations.


For the past five years Wood Green has held a Film festival it shows short British, Irish and International Films, as well as discussion groups and workshops for both established and up and coming filmakers. A film festival is the presentation or showcasing of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues. ...


The Wood Green Film Festival is in its 5th year and is growing in success and recognition as a premier arts event in London, showing short British, Irish and International Films, as well as discussion groups and workshops for both established and up and coming filmakers.


R.E.M.'s album Fables of the Reconstruction and The Smiths single Panic, were both recorded in Wood Green.[citation needed]> Bjork debut album aptlt called 'Debut' was also recorded in Wood Green. Buena Vista Social Club, was recorded in Cuba but mixed in Wood Green. Other artists that have recorded in Wood Green include the Libertines, Ry Cooder, John Martyn, Jamie Cullum, Youssou N'Dour, Ash, Ronan Keating etc. This article is about the band. ... Fables of the Reconstruction is the third studio album released by the American band R.E.M. on the I.R.S. Records label, in 1985. ... The Smiths were an English rock band active from 1982 to 1987. ... This article refers to the song by british band The Smiths. ...


Notable people from Wood Green

See also Categories: People from Wood Green


Judy Aileen Dyble (born 13 February 1949 in London is a British singer, best known as the original vocalist with Fairport Convention from 1967 to 1968. ... Paul Furlong (born 1st October, 1968) is an English professional footballer. ... John Edward Jack Hawkins (September 14, 1910 - July 18, 1973) was a British film actor of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Leonard Whiting (born June 30, 1950 in London, England) is a British actor who starred as Romeo in the 1968 Zeffirelli film version of Romeo and Juliet opposite Olivia Husseys Juliet. ...

Public Transport

Tube stations

Wood Green shopping city by night
Wood Green shopping city by night

Bounds Green tube station is a London Underground station, located at the junction of Bounds Green Road and Brownlow Road, in North London. ... The Piccadilly Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured dark blue on the Tube map. ... Categories: Piccadilly Line stations | London Underground stubs ... Categories: Piccadilly Line stations | Transport architecture in London | London Underground stubs ... Wood Green Shopping City by night, a shopping centre in North London. ... Wood Green Shopping City by night, a shopping centre in North London. ...

Railway stations

Until the 1960s, a railway line of the former Great Eastern Railway network crossed the Wood Green High Road, at a station called Noel Park, providing connections to Stratford and North Woolwich. Bowes Park railway station is in the London Borough of Haringey in north London, and is on the boundary of Travelcard Zone 3 and Travelcard Zone 4. ... Alexandra Palace railway station is in the London Borough of Haringey in north London, and is in Travelcard Zone 3. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... This Branch Railway Line was opened on 1 January 1878 between Seven Sisters and Green Lanes with an intermediate station at West Green. ... The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was formed in 1862 as an amalgamation of the Eastern Counties Railway; and also with several other smaller railways: Norfolk, the Eastern Union, the Newmarket, the Harwich, the East Anglian Light and the East Suffolk; among others. ... Noel Park and Wood Green is a closed railway station on the Palace Gates Line in Wood Green, north London. ... , Stratford, historically Stratford Langthorne, is a place in the London Borough of Newham in East London. ... North Woolwich consists of two tracts of land, totalling 412 acres (1. ...


Buses

A bus station is located at Turnpike Lane, there are also many buses that stop outside Wood Green tube station. It is the starting place of many bus routes including the 29 to Trafalgar Square. An Enviro 400 bus, a modern interpretation of the famous London red double-decker. ... Turnpike Lane is the name of a shopping street located in Hornsey, in the London Borough of Haringey. ... London Buses route 29 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, United Kingdom. ... Trafalgar Square viewed from the northeast corner. ...


Education

For details of education in Wood Green see the London Borough of Haringey article.

The London Borough of Haringey is a London borough in North London, England, and forms part of Outer London. ...

Primary

  • Broadwater farm primary
  • Alexandra Primary
  • Earlham Primary
  • Lordship Lane Primary
  • Nightingale Primary
  • Noel Park Primary
  • St.Michael's C of E Primary
  • St.Pauls RC Primary
  • Rhodes Avenue

Secondary

Woodside High School is large culturally mixed Comprehensive school in Wood Green, London N22. ... Greig City AcademySUCKS SOCKS!!!!!! the successor of The School of St. ... Alexandra Park School is a Specialist Science and Maths School in Haringey, North London, UK. The school provides a comprehensive education for students aged 11-18. ... St Thomas More RC School is mixed Comprehensive school in Wood Green, London N22. ...

Sport

London Skolars are a rugby league team that compete in National League 2, they play at New River Stadium in Wood Green. The annual Middlesex 9s rugby league tournament also takes place at the New River Stadium. London Skolars are a rugby league team based at the New River Stadium in the Haringey area of north London. ... Wally Lewis passing the ball in Rugby League State of Origin. ... The Rugby League National Leagues (currently known as the LHF Healthplan National Leagues as a result of sponsorship) form the basis for rugby league competition in Great Britain below Super League. ... New River Stadium is a small stadium in North London that is home to the London Skolars Rugby League club. ... Middlesex 9s is a rugby league nines tournament that is hosted by the London Skolars rugby league club at their ground in North London. ... Wally Lewis passing the ball in Rugby League State of Origin. ...


Nearest places

Bounds Green is an area in the north-east of London, in the London Borough of Haringey. ... West Green is a neighbourhood within the town of Crawley in West Sussex, England. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... , Muswell Hill is a suburb of north London, mostly in the London Borough of Haringey It is situated 6. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Palmers Green is a place in the London Borough of Enfield. ... Tottenham is an urban area of north London in the London Borough of Haringey, situated 6. ... Turnpike Lane is the name of a shopping street located in Hornsey, in the London Borough of Haringey. ... Harringay is an area of north London in the United Kingdom and part of the London Borough of Haringey. ...

Famous people associated with Wood Green

Not to be confused with Mooby. ... Paul Kossoff (September 14, 1950 - March 19, 1976) was a British rock guitarist well-known and respected for his restrained yet intensely emotive playing style. ... Sade can mean: Sade (movie) starring French actor Daniel Auteuil. ... Belle and Sebastian (sometimes written as Belle & Sebastian) are a Scottish paper pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996. ... Jo Brand (born Josephine Grace Brand 3 May 1957, Hastings, East Sussex) is an English comedienne. ... Mike Leigh OBE (born February 20, 1943 in Broughton, Salford, Lancashire) is an award winning English film and theatre director. ... Alison Steadman OBE (born on July 26, 1945) is an award-winning English stage, television and film actress. ... Morecambe and Wise Morecambe and Wise were a famous British comic double act comprising Eric Morecambe OBE and Ernie Wise OBE. The act lasted four decades until Morecambes retirement, shortly before his death in 1984. ...

References

  1. ^ Haringey's English Language Page

Notable Appearances:

Nick Hornby (born 17 April 1957 in Redhill, Surrey, England) is an English novelist and essayist. ... High Fidelity is a 1995 British novel by Nick Hornby. ...

External links

News story:

  • BBC news story on Wood Green arrests

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