Ponders End

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Ponders End
OS grid reference TQ355955
London borough Enfield
Ceremonial county Greater London
Region London
Constituent country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ENFIELD
Postcode district EN1, EN3
Dialling code 020
Police Metropolitan
Fire London
Ambulance London
European Parliament London
UK Parliament Enfield North
London Assembly Enfield and Haringey
List of places: UKEnglandLondon

Ponders End is a place in the London Borough of Enfield in the north of London. It is roughly located in the area either side of Hertford Road (High Street, Ponders End) between The Ride and the Boundary Public House (North to South) and Wharf Road and the Southbury railway station/Kingsway (East to West) [1]

Its name is believed to derive from its role as a 'place of execution', where the condemned could 'ponder the end'.[citation needed]

Tower blocks at Alma Road
Tower blocks at Alma Road

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[edit] Popular culture

Musician Jah Wobble was inspired to write his (2005) album Mu by his experiences in the Lee Valley and Ponders End.[2] [3]

It's as close as London gets to New Jersey. But it's one of my favourite places for walking, through the Lee Valley. It gets beautiful in that urban way, but then you go through soap factories up near Ponders End. It's got a wonderful, dislocated, alienated feeling

— Jah Wobble

Ponders End Allotments Club is a track from the (1975) Chas and Dave album One Fing 'n' Annuver. [4]

[edit] Historic buildings

Wright's Flour Mill and the mill stream
Wright's Flour Mill and the mill stream
View of the Navigation Inn from the towpath of the River Lee Navigation
View of the Navigation Inn from the towpath of the River Lee Navigation

[edit] Nearest places

South Marsh, Overflow Channel and the grassed enbankment of the King George V Reservoir
South Marsh, Overflow Channel and the grassed enbankment of the King George V Reservoir

[edit] Watercourses

[edit] Nearest railway stations

[edit] Notable people

[edit] Politics

  • The local MP is Labour politician Joan Ryan (her full constituency is Enfield North).
  • Ponders End consists of five polling districts, with six polling stations.

[edit] Schools

  • Primary Schools: St Mary's RC Primary School, Alma Primary School, Southbury primary School, St Matthew's CoE Primary School.
  • Specialist schools: Waverley School.

[edit] Higher education

[edit] Open spaces

  • Ponders End Recreation Ground ( Ryans Park )

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Local Government Map of Ponders End Boundaries Retrieved February 28, 2008
  2. ^ Hatts, Leigh The Lea Valley Walk p99 ISBN 1852845228 Retrieved March 14, 2008
  3. ^ Lea valley walk Retrieved May 15, 2008
  4. ^ Chas and Dave Retrieved May 14, 2008
  5. ^ History of Enfield Retrieved November 22, 2007
  6. ^ Buildings of England London 4:North by Bridget Cherry & Nikolaus Pevsner pg 451 ISBN 0-14-071049-3

Coordinates: 51.64198° N 0.04319° W