Harold Wood
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- This article is about the place in Havering. For the Methodist missionary, see A. Harold Wood.
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| Location | |
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| OS grid reference: | TQ545905 |
| Latitude: | 51.592098° |
| Longitude: | 0.231377° |
| Administration | |
| London borough: | Havering |
| County level: | Greater London |
| Region: | London |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Greater London |
| Historic county: | Essex (1965) |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Metropolitan Police |
| Fire brigade: | London Fire Brigade |
| Ambulance service: | London Ambulance |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | ROMFORD |
| Postal district: | RM3 |
| Dialling code: | 01708 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Upminster |
| London Assembly: | Havering and Redbridge |
| European Parliament: | London |
| London | List of places in London | |
Harold Wood is a place in the London Borough of Havering.
It is a suburban development situated 16.5 miles (26.5 km) east north-east of Charing Cross. The Great Eastern Main Line and the A12 pass through the area and the M25 motorway forms the easterly boundary.
Under the Local Government Act 1894, Harold Wood formed part of Romford Rural District. With suburban house building, the area became increasingly urbanised and from 1926 Harold Wood formed part of the Hornchurch Urban District, which in 1965 was abolished to form the present-day London Borough of Havering.
Harold Wood is on the route of the London Outer Orbital Path.
Nearest places:
Nearest station:
| Section 21: | London Outer Orbital Path | Section 22: |
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| Havering-atte-Bower | Harold Wood | Upminster Bridge |
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