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Prime Minister Winston Churchill, actor Harris Dickinson, boxer Michael Norgrove, suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst, and author Louisa Leaman are former Woodford Green IG8 residents. Actress Kate Williams lived here while filming sitcom Love Thy Neighbor. Comedian Alan Davies attended Bancroft’s School.
Prime Minister Clement Attlee lived on Monkhams Avenue. The house is now marked with a blue plaque. The Anti-Air War Memorial commissioned by activist Sylvia Pankhurst is a grade II listed building and the first anti-war memorial in the UK.
Woodford Green Cricket Club was founded in 1735. It is the world’s oldest cricket club that plays on the initial site. There are 10,000 running trails, 3,000 walking trails, and almost 6,000 cycling trails in the area. Footballer Conor Coventry went to Trinity Catholic High School in the area.
Woodford Green is an area largely within the London Borough of Redbridge, with a small portion situated in the London Borough of Waltham Forest. It was historically part of the county of Essex and then absorbed in 1965 into Greater London. Bordering Woodford Green to the north are Woodford Wells and Woodford Bridge, to the south by South Woodford and to the west by Highams Park and Epping Forest.
The area is near boroughs such as Chingford, Wanstead, Chigwell, Barkingside, Loughton, Leytonstone, Clayhall and Roding Valley. The closest London Underground stations in Woodford Green are South Woodford tube station, Roding Valley tube station and Woodford tube station. London Buses serve the area via routes 20, 179, 275, 397, W13 and N55.
Notable people associated with Woodford Green include prime minister Winston Churchill, author James Hilton, TV personality and actor Tony Robinson, actress Kate Williams, photographer Alfred Horsley Hinton, actor Harris Dickinson and boxer Michael Norgrove.