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 (9.22 km) 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.Although within the parish and later borough of Tottenham, West Green has been identified as a separate village for hundreds of years - British History Online 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.'Tottenham: Growth before 1850', A History of the County of Middlesex, Volume 5: 1976, pp. 313-17
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
Nearest places Duckett's Green (West) Harringay (SouthWest) St Ann's (SouthEast) Seven Sisters Tottenham Turnpike Lane Wood Green
Nearest tube station Turnpike Lane tube station Seven Sisters tube station
Nearest railway stations South Tottenham railway station Seven Sisters station Harringay Green Lanes station
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.
See also West Green railway station Palace Gates Line
References
External links Wards of Haringey Friends of Downhills Park
West Green on Google Maps