West Green, London
West Green is a district in north London, England, in the United Kingdom, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located 5.7 miles north of Charing Cross.
The area is mainly residential and includes both Chestnuts and Downhills parks. Its boundaries are roughly marked by Downhills Park to the north and north-west, Higham Road and Clonmell Road to the north-east, Avenue Road to the south-east, St Ann's Road to the south, Belmont Road to the west, and a line stretching from Stanley Road to La Rose Lane on the south-west.
History
West Green developed as a small village in the Middle Ages, 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 Tottenham. Although it had not grown by 1800, by 1840 it contained 18 houses. This made it bigger than Wood Green at that time. Development took off during the period after the 1860s, particularly after the arrival of the Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway in 1878. Nineteenth-century local author Charlotte Riddell described the changes vividly in her 1874 book, Above Suspicion:By 1890, the urbanisation of the area was complete.
Ward
As of May 2022, the electoral ward of West Green encompasses a significantly larger area 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
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Buses
London bus routes 41, 67, 230, 341, N41 and W4 serve West Green.Politics
West Green is part of the Tottenham constituency for elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.West Green is part of the West Green ward for elections to Haringey London Borough Council.