Coordinates: 51°35′53″N 0°06′54″W / 51.5981°N 0.1149°W / 51.5981; -0.1149

Wood Green
Shopping City, Wood Green High Road
Wood Green  Wood Green shown within Greater London
OS grid reference	TQ305905
- Charing Cross	6.7 mi (10.8 km)  S
London borough	Haringey
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LONDON
Postcode district	N22
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Hornsey and Wood Green
London Assembly	Enfield and Haringey
List of places: UK • England • London

Wood Green is a district in north London, England, located in the London Borough of Haringey. It is situated 6.7 miles (10.8 km) north of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of the metropolitan centres in Greater London.^[1]

History[link]

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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.

Governance[link]

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.

The constituency of Wood Green was created in 1918, and existed until 1983, when it was split. Some of the constituency was transferred to the neighbouring seat of Tottenham, Most was merged with the Hornsey parliamentary constituency to form the Hornsey and Wood Green parliamentary constituency. Since 2005, the seat has been represented in the House of Commons by the Liberal Democrat MP, Lynne Featherstone.

Geography[link]

Neighbouring areas

	Bounds Green	Palmers Green	Edmonton
	Muswell Hill		Tottenham
		Wood Green    East
	Hornsey	Turnpike Lane	West Green

Economy[link]

Wood Green is a busy urban activity centre with a sizeable shopping area with two cinemas, bars, nightclubs, numerous restaurants and cafes and a shopping area, The Mall, 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.

The Chocolate Factory was set up by Haringey Arts Council in 1996 to develop artists' studios, and now has a second building. The project houses 200 local artists, music, film and multi media studios, photographic studios, and several performing arts organisations.^[2]

Media[link]

Television[link]

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The nearby Alexandra Palace played a leading role in the development of public service television in the UK. Wood Green also played its part in the history of commercial television.

On 28 November 1936, the BBC opened its TV service at Alexandra Palace 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.

Only the frontage of The Wood Green Empire exists, it is now a branch of the Halifax, and all that is left of the BBC TV at Alexandra Palace is the familiar TV mast. 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 Television Centre was opened in the 1950s, moved to White City, west London in September 1969. The Alexandra Palace 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 now-demolished bus depot at Wood Green was used for location filming by London Weekend Television for their popular 1970's situation comedy On The Buses^{[citation needed]}.

Transport[link]

Wood Green tube station

London Underground[link]

Wood Green tube station is on Wood Green High Road with Bounds Green tube station to the north of the area and Turnpike Lane tube station to the south, all are on the Piccadilly Line.

Railway[link]

Alexandra Palace, formerly known as "Wood Green for Alexandra Park", is on the East Coast Main Line. It has services in to Kings Cross and Moorgate and out to Hertford and Welwyn Garden City. Bowes Park serves the Hertford Loop Line branch of the East Coast Main Line. Until the 1960s, a branch 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.

Buses[link]

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.

Education[link]

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

Primary[link]

• 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
• Noel Park Primary

Secondary[link]

• Heartlands High School
• Woodside High School
• Alexandra Park School
• St Thomas More RC School

Higher[link]

Middlesex University has a halls of residence for 161 students in Wood Green.^[3]

Drama[link]

Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, a drama school located in Wood Green.

Dame Judi Dench is President of the school.

Sport[link]

London Skolars are a rugby league team that compete in National League 2, playing at New River Stadium in Wood Green. The annual Middlesex 9s rugby league tournament also takes place at the New River Stadium.

Public services[link]

London Ambulance Service responds to medical emergencies in Wood Green. Home Office policing in Wood Green is provided by the Metropolitan Police Service, which has a station on the High Road. Statutory emergency fire service is provided by the London Fire Brigade. Wood Green Crown Court is on Lordship Lane.

Notable people[link]

See Category:People from Wood Green

Notable appearances[link]

• Nick Hornby's book, High Fidelity
• Razorlight' s song "Los Angeles Waltz"
• Mark Knopfler's song "Junkie Doll"
• Pablo Gad's song "Black Before Creation"
• Sway DaSafo's song "Up Your Speed"
• Juan Maria Solare's composition "Woodgreen Walk" for Horn and Cello, 2011

References[link]

External links[link]

• Wood Green Empire, Theatre of Varieties
• Haringey Flickr Group
• Wood Green Parish.com
• Wood 360 Vista
• History of the Wood Green Empire
• Chocolate Factory Artists
• Museum of London Postcode Project
• Harringay Online

News story:

• BBC news story on Wood Green arrests

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