Snaresbrook

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Snaresbrook
Location
OS grid reference: TQ395895
Administration
London borough: Redbridge
County level: Greater London
Region: London
Constituent country: England
Sovereign state: United Kingdom
Other
Ceremonial county: Greater London
Historic county: Essex
Services
Police force: Metropolitan Police
Fire brigade: London Fire Brigade
Ambulance service: London Ambulance
Post office and telephone
Post town: LONDON
Postal district: E11
Dialling code: 020
Politics
UK Parliament: Leyton & Wanstead
London Assembly: Havering and Redbridge
European Parliament: London
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Snaresbrook is a place in the London Borough of Redbridge.

Snarebrook is an ill-defined area bounded approximately by South Woodford to the North, the lower reaches of Epping Forest and Upper Leytonstone to the West, Leytonstone to the South and Wanstead to the East.

Snaresbrook's most famous building is Snaresbrook Crown Court. It was opened in 1843 as an Infant Orphan Asylum by King Leopold of Belgium, later it became a School. It was designed by Gilbert Scott and William Moffat.

Snaresbrook primary is its only school. Listed on South Woodford page since Snaresbrook doesn't possess its own postal district though covers parts of E11 (Leytonstone and Wanstead) and E18 (South Woodford).

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