More about Chingford and Woodford Green

Chingford

Chingford and Highams Park are in the borough of Waltham Forest which forms part of and lies in the north-east of Greater London.

Chingford was mentioned in the Domesday book commissioned by William the Conqueror. Its name is thought to be a reduction of the Saxon caegingeford, meaning 'The ford of the dwellers by the stumps".

Despite bombing during the second world war, the area has grown onto a cosmopolitan area with two Golf courses, Epping Forest on its doorstep and easy access to the city and West End of London.

Woodford

Woodford is in the county of Essex in England. Woodford is now part of the London Borough of Redbridge, and is a suburb of London. It is situated to the northeast of London, about eight miles from the city.

Woodford comprises of Woodford Green, Woodford Bridge, Woodford Wells and South Woodford (formerly George Lane). It is mainly residential, mostly being built in between the two world wars.

Woodford was originally a small village in Epping Forest, on the coaching turnpike to Epping and Harlow.