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Harringay
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| Population | 16,500 |
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| OS grid reference | TQ316678 |
| London borough | Haringey |
| Ceremonial county | Greater London |
| Region | London |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LONDON |
| Postcode district | N4, N8, N15 |
| Dialling code | 020 |
| EU Parliament | London |
| UK Parliament | Tottenham |
| London Assembly | Enfield and Haringey |
| List of places: UK • England • London | |
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Harringay (pronounced /ˈhærɪŋɡeɪ/) is a residential area of North London, part of the London Borough of Haringey, United Kingdom.[1] It is centred on the section of Green Lanes running between the northern boundary of Finsbury Park up to the southern boundary of Duckett's Common, not far from Turnpike Lane.
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The boundaries of Harringay form a rough boot shape in the extreme southern centre of the borough.[2] The western boundary of Harringay is formed by the Great Northern Railway. The northern boundary is to the south of Turnpike Lane, running parallel to it, somewhere between Sydney Road and Fairfax Road. In the northeast, the boundary roughly corresponds with a line drawn between the south of Duckett's Common and the north end of Warwick Gardens. A line due south of this point, as far as Eade Road, forms the eastern boundary. Southeast of here a line to Finsbury Park completes the southeastern limits. Finsbury Park is officially part of Harringay[3] and forms the southern boundary.
Including the park, Harringay has an area of about 1¾ miles (2.8 km) from north to south[4] and ½ mile (0.8 km), at its widest point, from east to west.[5][6]
Its main shopping street, Green Lanes, is a vibrant and cosmopolitan high street. Some shops have a long established presence, like Disney's furniture store, which has traded there since 1913. Others reflect the more transitional nature of Green Lanes and in 2007 included a scattered cluster of Kurdish & Turkish bakeries, grocers, cafes and restaurants. There are several pubs including the Grade II listed[7] and Pevsner noted Salisbury.[8] Part of the 1980 film The Long Good Friday[9] and the 1992 biopic of Charlie Chaplin.[10] were shot there. At the northern end of Harringay is the Queens Head, Harringay's oldest pub.[11] Towards the southern end stands the well-preserved, Victoriana-laden Beaconsfield public house. Opposite is the new Arena Shopping Park with shops including Sainsbury's supermarket, Homebase store and one of Britain's first "drive-thru" McDonald's restaurants.
A large section of the eastern side of Green Lanes is called Grand Parade. With the exception of the gaps introduced by the residential roads running eastwards, the Grand Parade runs almost uninterrupted, for nearly half a kilometre from just north of Harringay Green Lanes railway station to St Ann's Road.[12]
Whilst the main road feels definitely cosmopolitan, the population of the surrounding streets is somewhat more homogeneous (See Demographics section.). The streets to the west of Green Lanes are known as 'Harringay Park' or the 'Harringay Ladder' (due to their similarity to a ladder when seen on a map). The streets to the east behind Grand Parade are known as 'Harringay Gardens'.
Harringay is just under 5½ miles (8.7 km) from the centre of London[13] sitting on a chalk bed covered by a thick layer of London Clay. The western part of the district is hilly, rising to 138 feet at its highest. Further to the west, beyond Harringay, the ground rises steadily to one of the highest points in London at Hampstead Heath about 3½ miles (5.4 km) away.[14] The eastern part of Harringay is low-lying, at between 60 and 90 feet, as the land descends towards the Lea Valley, 2 miles (3.2 km) to the east.[15]
Harringay covers an area of approximately ¾ of a square mile (2 km2).[16] The land use for the area is shown in the table below.
| Land use in Harringay[16] | |
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| Land use type | Percentage of total area |
| Domestic Gardens | 22.54 |
| Green Space | 20.36 |
| Road | 18.06 |
| Domestic Buildings | 17.31 |
| Other Land Uses | 6.69 |
| Non-Domestic Buildings | 5.76 |
| Rail | 3.32 |
| Path | 1.06 |
| Water | 0.55 |
The only waterway still running above ground is the man-made New River, constructed in 1619 to bring water into London from Hertfordshire. However two natural rivers still flow through Harringay beneath the ground. These are just two of the many springs and streams which used to flow through this part of London from the high ground to the west and into the River Lea. Stonebridge Brook ran above ground meandering eastwards just to the north of the old Harringay House. It crossed the estate, running roughly beneath present-day Effingham and Fairfax Roads, ran along Green Lanes for a short way and then eastwards north of St Ann's Road and on to the River Lea.[17] Although still flowing underground today, the Harringay section was fully culverted by 1885. Hermitage Brook flowed roughly along the southern boundary of the western part of Harringay and then, staying close to its southern edge, under where the Arena Shopping Park stands today. It was eventually culverted and now flows underground just to the south of the shopping park.[18]
In the Ice Age Harringay was on the edge of a huge glacial mass that reached as far south as Muswell Hill.[20] The area was then largely covered with forest until the Middle Ages when it was developed as agricultural land. From 1750 to 1880 Harringay experienced the pressures of the burgeoning population in London. Gradually inroads into the pastoral landscape were made, first for the leisure and then for the settlement of Londoners. By 1900 Harringay had become a respectable outer London suburb with all the land built over and only Finsbury Park remaining as a hint of its former character. Identified as a single unified urban area from 1900, Harringay was originally split between the old boroughs of Hornsey and Tottenham with the boundary between the two running slightly to the west of Green Lanes. The unification of the two boroughs in 1965, as the London Borough of Haringey, brought all Harringay under the control of a single unit of local governance for the first time in more than a thousand years. On many of the roads in West Harringay, it is still possible to see the old Tottenham - Hornsey boundary where the paving stones give way to tarmaced pavement. The old parish / borough boundary markers are also still in place on some roads (see picture, right).
The name Harringay has its origin in the Saxon period and is derived from the name of a Saxon chieftain called Haering. Haering's Hege meant Haering's enclosure. The earliest written form of the name was recorded as Harenhg’ in about 1195. Its development thereafter gave rise to the modern-day names of Harringay (the district of London), the London Borough of Haringey and Hornsey (another nearby district of London).
From 1750 until the second half of the 20th century, Harringay became a destination for Londoners seeking to relax. Hornsey Wood House, Finsbury Park, Harringay Stadium and Harringay Arena were all hugely popular leisure destinations in their day. The stadium and arena site is now occupied by Sainsbury's and the Arena Shopping Park.
There is little doubt that the history of transport communications through Harringay had a significant effect on its shape today. In Roman times, a great roadway to the north was established.[22] This roadway endured as a great communication passage to the north and brought much activity through the heart of the area. It also acted as the rough dividing line for land ownership, identifying Harringay’s position on the edge of manorial and subsequently borough boundaries.
In the mid-19th century, the arrival of the Great Northern Railway (GNR) cleaved western Harringay from the rest of the Borough of Hornsey and set it fair for its subsequent union with the southwesternmost slice of the Borough of Tottenham. The subsequent construction of the Tottenham & Hampstead Junction Railway (THJR) almost defined Harringay's present-day southern boundary.
As of the 2001 Census, the population of Harringay was about 16,500.[23]
The ethnic breakdown is: 69% white, 14% black, 9% Asian, 3% Mixed and 3% other. 72% of its inhabitants were born in Europe, with 12% in Asia, 9% in Africa (mainly eastern & southern), and 4% in North America. Within this mix, 6% were born in Cyprus and 3% in Turkey.[23]
About 45% of the population report themselves as Christian, 14% as not religious and 13% as Muslim. Other religions are present in smaller percentages.[23]
Over 60% of residents are classified as being in the three highest social groups, whilst 10% are students.[23]
Of a total of around 6,500 dwellings in Harringay, approximately 47% are owner-occupied and about 30% are privately rented accommodation. 17% are public or other council housing. About 40% of the dwellings are houses, with the remainder being flats, most often converted from the largely Victorian housing stock.[23]
There are three schools located within Harringay. These are shown below together with the number of places available in 2006:[24]
Inspection reports on Harringay's three schools are available at the Ofsted website.
Harringay became both nationally and internationally famous for the sporting events that were held in the Harringay Stadium and the Harringay Arena from the late 1920s until the 1980s. Greyhound racing, boxing and speedway were the main attractions.
22.5% of Harringay is open space:[16]
Also close by are:
Films shot in part or in their entirety in Harringay include:
TV productions in Harringay include:
There are three major bus routes that connect Green Lanes with the City and the West End: the 29, 141, and the 341. The nearby Turnpike Lane bus station offers further connection to the west, east and north.[31]
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