London Borough of Redbridge

London Borough of Redbridge
London borough

Coat of arms

Council logo

Redbridge shown within Greater London
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region London
Ceremonial county Greater London
Status London borough
Admin HQ Ilford
Created 1 April 1965
Government
  Type London borough council
  Body Redbridge London Borough Council
  Leadership Leader & Cabinet
Leader, Cllr Jas Athwal
Deputy, Cllr Elaine Norman (Labour)
  Mayor Cllr Gurdial Bhamra
  MPs John Cryer
Iain Duncan Smith
Mike Gapes
Wes Streeting
  London Assembly Keith Prince AM for Havering and Redbridge
  EU Parliament London
Area
  Total 21.78 sq mi (56.41 km2)
Area rank 263rd (of 326)
Population (mid-2014 est.)
  Total 293,055
  Rank 36th (of 326)
  Density 13,000/sq mi (5,200/km2)
  Ethnicity[1]

34.5% White British
1.4% White Irish
0.1% White Gypsy or Irish Traveller
6.6% Other White
1.1% White & Black Caribbean
0.6% White & Black African
1.2% White & Asian
1.2% Other Mixed
16.4% Indian
11.1% Pakistani
5.7% Bangladeshi
1.1% Chinese
7.4% Other Asian
4.4% Black African
3.2% Black Caribbean
1.2% Other Black
0.6% Arab

2.1% Other
  ONS code 00BC
Time zone GMT (UTC0)
  Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1)
Postcodes E, IG, RM
Area code(s) 020
Police force Metropolitan Police
Website www.redbridge.gov.uk

The London Borough of Redbridge ( pronunciation ) is a London borough in North-East London,[2] England. It is known for its award winning parks and open spaces, excellent transport links, thriving shopping areas and high-performing schools.[3] The borough is known as the 'leafy suburb'[4] with one quarter of the borough covered by forest and green, and three quarters of homes are owner-occupied.

Its administrative headquarters is at Redbridge Town Hall in Ilford. The local authority is Redbridge London Borough Council.

Etymology

The name comes from a bridge over the River Roding which was demolished in 1921. The bridge was made of red brick, unlike other bridges in the area made of white stone. The name had first been applied to the Redbridge area and Redbridge tube station was opened in 1947. It was earlier known as Hocklee's Bridge.[5]

Places of interest

Parks and open spaces

Redbridge is one of London's greenest Boroughs, with more than 35 parks, playgrounds and open spaces to enjoy. These include Hainault Forest Country Park, with 300 acres of countryside including adventure play areas, cafe and petting zoo. Roding Valley Park, a wildlife sanctuary with a wide range of flora and fauna and woodland areas to explore. Fairlop Waters Country Park, which offers a huge range of activities both on and off the water. The award winning Valentines Park, situated next to the beautiful Valentines Mansion, ornamental gardens, bowling green and outdoor gym among other attractions. Claybury Woods and Park, a conservation area that features and ancient area of oak and hornbeam woodland, meadows and wildlife ponds.

Six parks have attained the prestigious Green Flag Award.

For more information, see Redbridge parks and open spaces

Arts and culture

Valentines Mansion is a Georgian country house and gardens in the grounds of Valentines Park, Ilford. The 300-year-old restored building attracts thousands of visitors every year. There is also a Gardener's Cottage Café and regular art installations and exhibitions.

Redbridge Drama Centre in Churchfields, South Woodford, offers young people aged five to 21 the chance to take part in a professional performance and gives the public a year-round opportunity to see live shows in this part of the Borough. It has a television studio and edit suite where film and videos are made.

Kenneth More Theatre in Oakfield Road, Ilford opened in 1975 and the theatre in Ilford Town Centre has since served up a diverse programme of amateur and professional performances to the local community with new shows most weeks.

Redbridge Museum is situated in Redbridge Central Library, Clements Road, Ilford, Redbridge Museum explores the many places, people and events in over 150,000 years of the Borough's history. The museum also features interactive displays, a multi-media Children's Trail and touch displays to help bring the past to life. There are also regular changing exhibitions for visitors to enjoy.

Libraries

Redbridge has 13 libraries across the Borough. This includes the Redbridge Central Library, in Clements Road, Ilford, which had a major refurbishment in 2012. The libraries offer a number of services including reading clubs, story time sessions, study areas and learning resources.

The libraries in Redbridge are:

The schools in Redbridge are: PRIMARY SCHOOLS:

Aldersbrook Barley Lane Chadwell Christchurch Churchfields Infants Churchfields Junior Cleveland Clore Tikva(Jewish) Coppice Cranbrook Downshall Fairlop Farnham Green Fullwood Gearies Gilbert Colvin Glade Goodmayes Gordon Infants Grove Highlands John Bramston Loxford Trust Manford Mayespark Mossford Green Newbury Park Nightingale Oakdale Infants Oakdale Junior Our lady Of Lourdes RC(Catholic) Parkhill Infants Parkhill Junior Ray Lodge Redbridge Roding Seven Kings South Park SS Peter And Paul's Catholic St. Anthony's Catholic St. Augustine's Catholic St. Bede's Catholic Uphall Wanstead Church Of England(Catholic) Wells William Torbitt Winston Way Woodlands Al-Noor foundation (Islamic)

SECONDARY SCHOOLS:

A.t.A.M. Academy(Sikh) Beal Caterham Chadwell Heath City Gates(Christian) Isaac Newton Academy King Solomon High School (Jewish Faith) Loxford School Trust Mayfield School (Foundation) Oaks Park High School Seven Kings School The Forest Academy The Palmer Catholic Academy The Ursuline Academy Ilford Trinity Catholic High School (Catholic) Valentines High School Wanstead High School Woodbridge High School Ilford County High School (for boys) (Grammar) Woodford County High School (for girls) (Grammar)

Sport and leisure facilities

Redbridge has a number of sports and leisure facilities including the fantastic road and off road cycling tracks at Redbridge Cycling Centre, top class water sports at Fairlop Activity Centre, in Fairlop Waters and sporting facilities at Redbridge Sports and Leisure Centre, in Forest Road, Fairlop. Fullwell Cross Leisure Centre, in Barkingside features a swimming pool, dance studio and spa.

There are also a number of outdoor gyms in the Borough's parks. The gyms can be found in the following parks:

There are two local football teams both playing in the Isthmian League Division One: Redbridge F.C. (not to be confused with Dagenham & Redbridge) and Ilford FC. In addition there is fellow Non-League football club Barkingside F.C. who play at The Oakside stadium.

The borough was one of the locations of the 2010 Mayor of London's Sky Ride. Along with Ealing, it was the first time the event took place in Outer London boroughs as well as in central London.

Redbridge's Valentines Park in Ilford acted as one of Essex County Cricket Club's home grounds in 1923-4 and from 1935 until 2002, when the club stopped playing there due to financial constraints.[6]

Redbridge is home to several Scouting districts and Groups. One such group is 4th Goodmayes Scout Group, which celebrates its 90th year in 2016.

Geography

A map showing the wards of Redbridge since 2002

Demographics

In 2011 the population of Redbridge was recorded at 278,970.[7] In common with the other London boroughs this continues a period of growth; between the 1991 and 2001 censuses the increase was 7.5%[8] with a further rise of 15.3% by 2011.[7] Redbridge has the third highest proportion of children and a higher-than-average proportion of older adults while the proportion of working age adults is slightly lower than average.[9] The population density was last recorded at 4,945 residents per km2 (the London regional density is 5,199, far higher than the England and Wales figure of 371).[7]

The healthy life expectancy (HLE) at birth for Redbridge residents stands at 65.5 years for males and 62.4 years for females (the England average HLE is 63.4 for males and 64.1 for females).[10]

Redbridge is one of the most ethnically diverse local authorities in the UK. 34% of respondents to the 2011 census stated that they were born outside the UK and 65.5% identified as belonging to an ethnic group other than white British.[11] Redbridge's largest ethnic group is White British (34.5%), followed by Indian (16.4%),[11] and Pakistani (Redbridge has the highest proportion of Pakistani residents of any London borough).[11]

Ethnic and religious change

In common with many London boroughs, the most recent (2011) census showed notable ethnic and religious population mobility in Redbridge. Ethnic groups whose proportions[11] fell in Redbridge were White British (-23% of the borough's total), Irish (-0.9%), and Caribbean (-0.6%). Ethnic groups whose proportions rose include Pakistani (+4.9%), other Asians (+4.4%), Bangladeshis (+3.9%), and other White (+2.9%). Religious groups whose proportions fell in Redbridge were Christian (-13.9%) and Jews (-2.5%). For Jews this represented a fall of over 50% of their number in some wards. Religious groups whose proportions rose include Muslims (+11.4%) followed by Hindu (+3.6%).

Educated 30–40 years old *British-born* Asian residents of Redbridge who participated in a 2012 academic research project[12] expressed nostalgia for an earlier Redbridge they described as more culturally diverse, by which they meant fewer British Asians.

Transport

TfL Rail

Fairlop Loop (Hainault Loop)

Legend
Central line to Epping
(formerly to Ongar)
Roding Valley
M11 motorway
Chigwell
Woodford
Grange Hill
Hainault depot
Hainault
Fairlop
Barkingside
Newbury Park
A12 Eastern Avenue

connection closed 1956

(Ilford curve closed 1947)

Gants Hill
Redbridge

Wanstead

Leytonstone
Central line to Central London
GER to Shenfield

Seven Kings

Junction now site of Ilford Depot
Ilford
GER to Liverpool Street
Route Frequency
TfL Rail service between London Liverpool Street and Shenfield 6 trains per hour
Station Image Opened[13] Notes[13]
Ilford 20 June 1839 map 1
Seven Kings 1 April 1899 map 2
Goodmayes 18 February 1901 map 3

These services serving these stations will be rebranded from TfL Rail to Crossrail in 2017.

London Underground

Central line Fairlop Loop Epping Branch.

Station Image Opened[13] Notes[13]
Snaresbrook 14 December 1947 map 4
South Woodford 14 December 1947 Opened as South Woodford (George Lane); renamed 1947map 5
Woodford 14 December 1947 Terminus of Hainault Loopmap 6

Hainault Branch following the route of the A12 road from Wanstead to Newbury Park.

Station Image Opened[13] Notes[13]
Wanstead 14 December 1947 map 7
Redbridge 14 December 1947 map 8
Gants Hill 14 December 1947 map 9
Newbury Park 14 December 1947 map 10
Barkingside 31 May 1948 map 11
Fairlop 31 May 1948 map 12
Hainault 31 May 1948 map 13

Buses

Ilford Hainault Street Bus Station, where nine different bus routes terminate.

Numerous London buses run through and within the borough. These include routes 20, 62, 173, 368, 387, 397, 549; night bus routes N8, N15, N86; school bus route 667, 675, 679; and other routes 958. And also these routes :

Route Number Route Via Operator Operation
25 Ilford Hainault Street to Oxford CircusLondon Underground Holborn London Underground, Aldgate London Underground, Stratford London UndergroundLondon OvergroundDocklands Light Railway First London 24 Hours. London Buses service. Times
66 Leytonstone Station London Underground to Romford Station National Rail Wanstead London Underground, Redbridge London Underground, Gants Hill London Underground, Newbury Park London Underground Arriva London Daily. London Buses service. Times
86 Stratford Bus StationLondon UndergroundLondon OvergroundDocklands Light Railway to Romford Station National Rail Manor Park, Ilford National Rail, Seven Kings National Rail Stagecoach London Daily. London Buses service. Times
101 Wanstead Station London Underground to Gallions Reach Shopping Centre Manor Park National Rail, East Ham London Underground, Beckton Docklands Light Railway Stagecoach London Daily. London Buses service. Times
123 Ilford Hainault Street to Wood Green Bus Station Gants Hill London Underground, Walthamstow, Tottenham, Turnpike Lane London Underground Arriva London Daily. London Buses service. Times
128 Claybury Broadway to Romford Station National Rail Barkingside, Gants Hill London Underground, IlfordNational Rail Arriva London 24 Hours. London Buses service. Times
145 LeytonstoneLondon Underground to Dagenham Asda Redbridge London Underground, IlfordNational Rail, BecontreeLondon Underground Stagecoach London Daily. London Buses service. Times
147 Ilford Hainault Street to Canning Town station London UndergroundDocklands Light Railway East Ham London Underground, Newham General Hospital, Custom HouseDocklands Light Railway Stagecoach London Daily. London Buses service. Times
150 Chigwell Row to Becontree Heath Bus Station Hainault London Underground Barkingside, Gants Hill London Underground, Ilford National Rail Arriva London Daily. London Buses service. Times
167 Debden London Underground to Ilford Hainault Street Loughton London Underground, Barkingside, Gants Hill London Underground Blue Triangle Daily. London Buses service. Times
169 Barking Town Centre National RailLondon UndergroundLondon Overground to Clayhall The Glade Ilford National Rail, Newbury Park, Barkingside London Underground Stagecoach London Daily. London Buses service. Times
179 Chingford National Rail to Ilford Hainault Street Woodford Green, South Woodford London Underground, Gants Hill London Underground First London Daily. London Buses service. Times
247 Barkingside Station London Underground to Romford Station National Rail Hainault London Underground, Collier Row Stagecoach London Daily. London Buses service. Times
275 Walthamstow St James Street Station National Rail to Barkingside Tesco Highams Park, Woodford Green, Woodford Bridge Arriva London Daily. London Buses service. Times
296 Ilford Sainbury's to Romford Station National Rail Gants Hill London Underground, Newbury ParkLondon Underground, Rose Lane Stagecoach London Daily. London Buses service. Times
308 Wanstead Station London Underground to Clapton Park Millfields Road Forest Gate National Rail, Stratford London UndergroundLondon OvergroundDocklands Light Railway, Leyton London Underground First London Daily. London Buses service. Times
362 Grange Hill London Underground to King George Hospital Hainault, Marks Gate, Chadwell Heath Blue Triangle Daily. London Buses service. Times
364 Ilford Hainault Street to Dagenham East Station London Underground Goodmayes National Rail, Becontree, Dagenham Heathway National Rail Blue Triangle Daily. London Buses service. Times
366 Redbridge Falmouth Gardens to Beckton Station Docklands Light Railway Redbridge London Underground, IlfordNational Rail, Barking National RailLondon UndergroundLondon Overground Stagecoach London Daily. London Buses service. Times
396 Ilford Sainbury's to King George Hospital Gants Hill London Underground, Newbury ParkLondon Underground, Little Heath Stagecoach London Daily. London Buses service. Times
462 Hainault The Lowe to Ilford Hainault Street Grange Hill London Underground, Barkingside, Gants Hill London Underground Arriva London Daily. London Buses service. Times
EL1 Ilford Station National Rail to Barking Reach Ilford Lane, Barking London UndergroundLondon Overground, River Road Blue Triangle 24 Hours. London Buses service. Times
EL2 Ilford Station National Rail to Dagenham Dock StationNational Rail Barking London UndergroundLondon Overground, Thames View Estate, Dagenham Blue Triangle Daily. London Buses service. Times
W12 Walthamstow Coppermill Lane to Wanstead Station London Underground Walthamstow Central National RailLondon Underground, Whipps Cross Hospital, South Woodford London Underground HCT Group Daily. London Buses service. Times
W13 Woodford Wells to Leytonstone Station London Underground Woodford Green, Snaresbrook London Underground, Wanstead London Underground HCT Group Daily. London Buses service. Times
W14 Leyton Asda to Woodford Bridge South Woodford London Underground, Wanstead London Underground, Leytonstone London Underground Tower Transit Daily. London Buses service. Times
W19 Walthamstow Angel Avenue to Ilford Station National Rail Walthamstow Central National RailLondon Underground, Leytonstone London Underground, Manor Park National Rail Blue Triangle Daily. London Buses service. Times

Travel to work

In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: driving a car or van, 23.5% of all residents aged 16–74; underground, metro, light rail, tram, 6.2%; train, 6.2%; bus, minibus or coach, 4.6%; on foot, 3.7%; work mainly at or from home, 2.6%; passenger in a car or van, 1.5%.[14]

History

The borough was formed in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963 as a merger of the former area of:

Redbridge Town Hall on Ilford High Road
Former local government district Population (1961)[15]
Municipal Borough of Ilford 178,024
Municipal Borough of Wanstead and Woodford 61,416
northern part of the Municipal Borough of Dagenham around Hog Hill 3,569
south eastern part of Chigwell Urban District around Hainault 7,071

All of which had been transferred from Essex to Greater London by the Act.

Destruction of Hainault Forest

An act of parliament in 1851 permitted the virtual destruction of Hainault Forest and 92% of the forest was cut down using machines specially designed for the task. The loss of this habitat outraged public opinion far beyond the local area. The naturalist Oliver Rackham argued that this led to the creation of the modern British conservation movement with the creation of organisations which successfully opposed such a fate happening to Epping Forest, which only lost around 10% of its area.

Redbridge London Borough Council

Summary of Council results:

Overall control Conservative Labour Lib Dem Others
2014 Labour 25 35 3 0
2012 No Overall Control 29 25 7 2
2010[16][17] No Overall Control 30 26 7 0
2009 No Overall Control 31 14 13 5
2006[18] Conservative 33 18 10 2
2002 Conservative 33 21 9 -
1998 No overall control 23 30 9 0
1994 No overall control 24 29 9
1990[19] Conservative 42 18 3
1986 Conservative 45 17 1
1982 Conservative 51 12
1978 Conservative 50 13
1974 Conservative 45 15
1971 Conservative 42 18
1968 Conservative 55 5
1964 Conservative 45 15

In June 2007 Redbridge London Borough Council introduced Redbridge i, a website using personalisation and customisation techniques. In May 2008 Redbridge i was used as the basis for the Redbridge Conversation, a public consultation asking everyone who lives or works in the borough to talk about the long-term improvements they want to see, and how the council should pay for them.

Education

Redbridge Council is the Local Education Authority. The Borough has the accolade of sending more young people to university than any other borough in the country in both 2011 and 2012. GCSE and A Level results are consistently higher than the Country's average.

All schools in the borough take part in the Redbridge Schools Choral Festival, a biennial music festival held in the Royal Albert Hall in Knightsbridge.[20] It was inaugurated in 1976. Around 1,900 children from Redbridge schools take part in each festival, with the latest edition being held in 2012.

Maps

References

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  2. "London Places" (PDF). Greater London Authority. GLA. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
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  6. "Valentine's Park". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
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  12. Saha, Anamik; Watson, Sophie (2013). Suburban drifts: mundane multiculturalism in outer London. Resourceful Cities, Research Committee 21, 29–31 August 2013, Humboldt-University Berlin, Institute for Social Science, Dept for Urban and Regional Sociology.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rose, Douglas (1999). The London Underground, A Diagrammatic History. London: Douglas Rose/Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-219-4. OCLC 59556887.
  14. "2011 Census: QS701EW Method of travel to work, local authorities in England and Wales". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 23 November 2013. Percentages are of all residents aged 16-74 including those not in employment. Respondents could only pick one mode, specified as the journey’s longest part by distance.
  15. Great Britain Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Redbridge. Retrieved on 10 February 2008.
  16. "REDBRIDGE: Council election count - LIVE". East London and West Essex Guardian Series.
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  18. "2006 Local election results". redbridge.gov.uk.
  19. GLA. , London Borough Council Elections May 2010, March 2011, accessed 21 April 2011.
  20. Redbridge Music Service - Redbridge Schools' Choral Festival

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