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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Wood Green

  

Wood Green Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Wood Green

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Wood Green history

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Wood Green was the largest shopping centre in north London with a turnover of more than £20m in the 1960s. It was one of a number of new suburban centres intended to counteract the pull of Central London’s suburban centres. Wood Green’s first inn and recognisable business appeared on Green Lanes in 1770.

Governance history

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, but most was merged with the Hornsey parliamentary constituency. Since 2015, the seat has been represented in the House of Commons by Labour Party MP Catherine West.

Post-war

In mid century, Wood Green was known locally as the “Golden Mile of North London” Some shops and buildings were demolished in the 1960s to construct Shopping City, now known as The Mall Wood Green, which is one of London’s major shopping centres. Wood Green also played its part in the history of commercial television in the UK.

21st century

As of 2018, Wood Green is the focus of two major regeneration programmes. The Haringey Heartlands initiative covers an area to the west of the town centre, including the former Clarendon Gas Works, Olympia Trading Estate and land on Western Road. There are also plans for new public open space including a ‘civic boulevard’ linking the east and west of Wood Green.

Wood Green toponymy

The name Wood Green derives from ‘Woodlegh’ or ‘Woodlea’, a Saxon word meaning open ground near a wood. The name relates to an opening in Tottenham Wood, an extensive area of woodland which formerly covered most of this area and westward to Muswell Hill.

Wood Green geography / climate

Wood Green stretches from Turnpike Lane in the south to the borough boundary in the north. Its eastern and western boundaries have changed over time and today people have varying senses of what exactly is included in Wood Green.

You can visit Wood Green places with Walkfo Wood Green to hear history at Wood Green’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Wood Green has 269 places to visit in our interactive Wood Green map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Wood Green, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Wood Green places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Wood Green & the surrounding areas.

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269 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Wood Green historic spots	Wood Green tourist destinations	Wood Green plaques	Wood Green geographic features
Walkfo Wood Green tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Wood Green

  

Best Wood Green places to visit

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Wood Green has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Wood Green’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Wood Green’s information audio spots:

Andover Estate Andover Estate, in Holloway, North London, is a large Islington London Borough Council housing estate . It is flanked by Hornsey Road (west), Seven Sisters Road (south), Durham Road (east) and Durham Road . It falls into the N7 postcode district of London .

Manor House, London Manor House, also known as Woodberry Down, is an area of North London in the northwest corner of the London Borough of Hackney. It lies immediately east of Finsbury Park, north of Stoke Newington, west of Stamford Hill and Seven Sisters, and south of Harringay. The construction of the Seven Sisters Road gave rise to the alternative name Manor House Crossroads.

Langham Working Men’s Club Langham Working Men’s Club is a traditional working men’s club in the north London neighbourhood of Harringay. It is located in north London’s north-east London neighbourhood Harringay, north London.

Whittington Stone The Whittington Stone is a monumental stone and statue of a cat at the foot of Highgate Hill, a street in Archway . It marks roughly where it is recounted that a forlorn Dick Whittingon heard Bow Bells ringing from 4+1/2 miles (7.2 km) away .

St Joseph’s Church, Highgate St Joseph’s Church is a parish of the Catholic Church on Highgate Hill, in the Diocese of Westminster, London . It was founded by the Passionist Congregation in 1858 . It is a grade II listed building .

Oakthorpe Park Oakthorpe Park is a small park and a larger, informal and transiently used neighbourhood name denoting a small fraction of the south of Enfield in Palmers Green, north London, UK. It is situated next to the North Circular. The neighbourhood corresponds to part of the 2004 to date Bowes ward and its nearest train or underground stations are at Wood Green.

Colney Hatch Colney Hatch is the name of a small district within the London Borough of Barnet. The area is predominantly residential with a mixture of Victorian and Edwardian houses and much more recent development.

South Tottenham South Tottenham is an area of the London Borough of Haringey, north London. It is part of the north London borough of north London and is named South Tottenham.

Theatre de l’Ange Fou Theatre de l’Ange Fou was created in Paris in 1984 and relocated to London in 1995. It was co-founded with the International School of Dramatic Corporeal Mime.

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