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46-674: Tottenham Hale is a district of north London and part of the London Borough of Haringey , bounded by the River Lea and located to the south/south-east of Tottenham proper. From 1850 to 1965, it was part of the Municipal Borough of Tottenham , in Middlesex . The area is currently undergoing major regeneration. Tottenham Hale takes its name from the old English word Hale (to hoist or pull), as goods (particularly timber ) were unloaded from

92-404: A car or van, 11.3%; bus, minibus or coach, 11.3%; train, 4.7%; on foot , 4.1%; work mainly at or from home, 3.6%; bicycle, 3.2%. Haringey has been twinned with Koblenz , Germany since 1969. It has also twinned with the towns of: The official heraldic arms were granted on 10 May 1965, after the mergers of the former Municipal Borough of Hornsey , the Municipal Borough of Wood Green and

138-601: A further 11% between 2011 and 2018. The male to female ratio in Haringey is 50:50. While the age structure is similar to that of London, the borough has a slightly larger proportion of residents aged 20–44, and a slightly smaller proportion of residents aged 65+. According to the GLA Population Estimate for 2018, 33.6% of the borough's population are White British, 25.9% are "Other White", 8.2% are of Black African heritage, and 5.8% are of Black Caribbean heritage. Haringey

184-639: A housing association; and 24% are rented from a private landlord. The local council and housing associations provide just over 27,000 affordable homes. As of Q4 2017 there were 3,002 households living in temporary accommodation in Haringey. Haringey has 64 primary (including infant and junior) schools, 11 secondary schools, a City Academy, 5 special schools and a pupil support centre. In addition, there are off site provision and study support centres for children and young people with additional needs. The number of pupils in Haringey Schools as at January 2017

230-488: A nesting site for birds such as song thrush , blackbird and various warblers. Weasels and hedgehogs as well as bats reside in the park. Tottenham Hale Retail Park is a major 22 acres (8.9 ha) retail park located adjacent to the local tube station on Ferry Lane. The site has a total retail space of 200,000 square feet, and is occupied by retailers including Adidas , TK Maxx , Curry's , Lidl , Iceland and Costa . The following companies are or have been located in

276-406: A once-a-week return journey to a local shopping centre from relatively low-density neighbourhoods where there is no alternative route in the main bus network. The number of mobility buses routes has declined over the past few years because low-floor and wheelchair-accessible buses run on all London Buses routes. Night Bus routes are often related to the day numerical equivalent, normally running

322-452: Is a London borough in north London , classified by some definitions as part of Inner London , and by others as part of Outer London . It was created in 1965 by the amalgamation of three former boroughs. It shares borders with six other London boroughs. Clockwise from the north, they are: Enfield , Waltham Forest , Hackney , Islington , Camden , and Barnet . Haringey covers an area of more than 11 square miles (28.5 km ). Some of

368-567: Is also home to several smaller Asian communities. 44% of the population are Christian, 12% are Muslim and 3% Jewish. The Muslim population is centred in the middle of the borough around Harringay, while the Jewish community is largest on the western edges of the borough in Highgate, Crouch End and Muswell Hill (where members are predominately Orthodox, Reform and Liberal), and in the Seven Sisters ward in

414-519: Is located in the borough on Tottenham High Road. The borough also has two Non-League football clubs, Haringey Borough F.C. and Greenhouse London F.C. , who both play at Coles Park. London Skolars are a rugby league team that compete in Kingstone Press League 1 . They play at New River Stadium in Wood Green , Haringey. The annual Middlesex 9s rugby league tournament also takes place at

460-605: The Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club . London Heathside, formed in 2000 following the merger of North London AC and Muswell Hill Runners, are also based at the London Marathon Athletics Track at Finsbury Park. The 16 National Rail , London Overground and London Underground stations in the borough are: In March 2011, the main forms of transport that residents used to travel to work were: underground, metro, light rail, tram, 23.5% of all residents aged 16–74; driving

506-866: The Greater London area (except coaches ). Bus services in London are operated by Arriva London , Go-Ahead London ( Blue Triangle , Docklands Buses , London Central and London General ), Metroline , RATP Dev Transit London ( London Sovereign , London United and London Transit), Stagecoach London ( East London , Selkent and Thameside ), Transport UK London Bus and Uno . TfL-sponsored operators run more than 500 services. Examples of non TfL-sponsored operators include, but are not limited to: Arriva Herts & Essex , Arriva Southern Counties , Carousel Buses , Diamond South East , Go-Coach , First Beeline , Metrobus , Stagecoach South , Thames Valley Buses and Reading Buses . In Victorian times, people who took

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552-582: The Iron Age and Roman periods, Haringey was peopled by a Celtic tribe called the Catuvellauni , whose extensive lands centred on Hertfordshire and Middlesex . The Romans' presence is evidenced chiefly by the roads they built through the area. Tottenham High Road was part of the main Roman thoroughfare of Ermine Street . There have also been Roman finds in the borough which suggests possible Roman settlement. In

598-695: The Metropolitan Green Belt . Haringey shares borders with six other London boroughs. Clockwise from the north, they are: Enfield , Waltham Forest , Hackney , Islington , Camden , and Barnet . It covers an area of more than 11 square miles (28.5 km ). Some of the more familiar local landmarks include Alexandra Palace , Bruce Castle and Tottenham Hotspur Football Club . Haringey has 600 acres (2.4 km ) of parks, recreation grounds and open spaces which make up more than 25% of its total area. They include both smaller local areas and large green areas which provide an amenity for Londoners beyond

644-468: The Municipal Borough of Tottenham . Unlike most other London boroughs, it was decided not to create arms based on the charges in the coats of arms of the former boroughs. The coat of arms contains black and gold, representing stability, a cogwheel for industry and a rising sun for the new borough. London Buses route 41 This is a list of Transport for London (TfL) contracted bus routes in London , England, as well as commercial services that enter

690-619: The North Middlesex University Hospital , Homerton Hospital , Whittington Hospital and St Ann's Hospital . In addition, there are numerous Health & Social Care providers across the borough. In 2016, there were 12,150 businesses in Haringey employing a total of 66,000 people. This accounted for 1.3% of all employment in London. Haringey's economy is dominated by small businesses with 93.9% of businesses employing fewer than 10 people. The main sectors of employment in Haringey are: The principal shopping areas in

736-476: The River Lea for onward transport by road at this point. Centred around Tottenham Hale station the area was formerly largely industrial in character with an emphasis on timber related products. The industrial sites have become large residential areas and a retail park. The retail park was looted and set alight in the 2011 England riots . Since then there have been a large-scale housing project constructed, and Haringey Council has formulated plans to redevelop

782-503: The 5th and 6th centuries after the Saxon invasions the settlement of Haeringehaia was founded; its name coming from the Old English haeringe meaning a "meadow of hares". Haringey remained a rural area until the 18th century when large country houses close to London became increasingly common. The coming of the railways from the mid-nineteenth century onwards led to rapid urbanisation; by

828-566: The DLR network), and the N271 (whose daytime service was withdrawn on 4 February 2023) have no corresponding daytime routes. There are also 24-hour routes, which run day and night but usually with a lower frequency during the night hours. The vast majority run the same route at all times. With the introduction of the Night Tube , some day routes have been extended to run during Friday and Saturday nights to serve

874-577: The Hornsey and South Hornsey districts was adjusted in 1874 to follow the Seven Sisters Road . The Tottenham district was divided in 1888, when its western part was made a separate district called Wood Green. The four districts of Hornsey , South Hornsey, Tottenham and Wood Green were each reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894 . South Hornsey Urban District

920-685: The New River Stadium. The borough's ice hockey team, the Haringey Huskies , currently play at Alexandra Palace . Alexandra Palace has also hosted other events including the PDC World Darts Championship and a number of Boxing events. During the 1970s, 80s and 90s, the Haringey Athletic Club were at the forefront of a new generation of inner city athletes producing many Olympians. They have since been amalgamated into

966-468: The Tottenham Green ward. A majority (54.4%) of homes in the ward were flats/apartments/maisonettes. The nearby Walthamstow Reservoirs and River Lea support a variety of waterfowl including herons , geese, swans, moorhens and coots. The Walthamstow Reservoirs was awarded a Heritage Lottery grant, funding their development into Europe's largest Urban Wetland Park. The Paddocks Nature Park provides

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1012-754: The Tottenham Hale area: Tottenham Hale station is on the Victoria line and also has National Rail Abellio Greater Anglia services. This includes the Stansted Express , the West Anglia Main Line and the Lea Valley Lines . The station is also part of the proposed Crossrail 2 project. The redevelopment of Tottenham Hale bus station was completed in December 2014. The railway and Underground station

1058-633: The advantage, in that a unique route number was easier for the travelling public to remember, and so the practice of using route numbers soon spread. Bus routes run by London Transport were grouped as follows. The London Traffic Act 1924 imposed numbering known as the Bassom Scheme, named after Superintendent (later Chief Constable ) Arthur Ernest Bassom of the Metropolitan Police who devised it. For many decades, variant and short workings used letter suffixes (e.g. "77B"). The numbers reflected

1104-697: The area. The east of Tottenham Hale borders the London Borough of Waltham Forest and the Walthamstow Reservoirs including the Walthamstow Wetlands . The River Lea runs through the east of Tottenham Hale. This includes the Tottenham Lock and the Pymmes Brook merging with the river. Surrounding these are a series of residential areas: Hale Village, the Ferry Lane Estate, Heron Wharf and

1150-524: The borough are Wood Green and Turnpike Lane , Muswell Hill , Crouch End , Harringay and Tottenham Hale . Haringey is situated within the growth corridor connecting London with Stansted , Cambridge and Peterborough . The borough has a number of facilities offering a wide range of cultural activity Haringey's theatres include: Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, currently in the FA Premier League, play at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium , which

1196-415: The borough forms part of the Enfield and Haringey constituency. See also List of districts in Haringey . Haringey is a borough of contrasts geographically. From the wooded high ground around Highgate and Muswell Hill , at 426.5 feet (130.0 m), the land falls sharply away to the flat, open low-lying land beside the River Lea in the east. 60 hectares within the borough are designated as part of

1242-400: The borough there are extreme contrasts: neighbourhoods in some of the western wards, such as Highgate , Muswell Hill and Crouch End are among the most prosperous in the country; in the east of the borough, many neighbourhoods are classified as being among the most deprived in the country. The population grew by 17.7% between the 2001 and 2011 Censuses, and is projected to have grown by

1288-445: The borough's boundaries. Local Nature Reserves and a number of conservation areas can also be found in the borough. The borough is also home to five distinct ancient woods. These are Highgate Woods , Queen's Wood , Coldfall Wood , Bluebell Wood and North Wood. The borough has achieved Green Flag status for 25 of its parks, meaning they are judged to be welcoming, safe and well-managed, with active community involvement. Amongst

1334-527: The bus would recognise the owner and the route of an omnibus (Latin: "for everyone") only by its livery and its line name, with painted signs on the sides showing the two termini to indicate the route. Then, in 1906, George Samuel Dicks of the London Motor Omnibus Company decided that, as the line name 'Vanguard' had proved to be very popular, he would name all lines 'Vanguard' and number the company's five routes 1 through 5. Other operators soon saw

1380-529: The company that operated the route. The numbering was revised in 1934 after London Transport was formed: All routes operate in both directions unless detailed. Route numbers from 600 to 699 are used for school services, with the majority of them running one return journey on each weekday during peak times and during school term time. UJS Sacred heart school Ardleigh green school New city college St Ursula’s school Route numbers from 900 to 999 represent mobility buses; these mostly provide

1426-404: The east of the borough which is home to South Tottenham's largest Jewish community, who make up 18.1% of the population of the ward. Haringey is a religiously diverse borough, with large populations of all major world religions. 2021 census results were as follows: There are approximately 114,313 dwellings in Haringey. Of those: 43% are owner occupied; 29% are rented from the local authority or

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1472-607: The larger open spaces are: Finsbury Park , Alexandra Park , Highgate Wood , Coldfall Wood and the Lee Valley Park . There are three rivers of note still flowing above ground in the borough. These are: According to the GLA's population projections for 2018, the current population of Haringey is 282,904 residents. Haringey is the 6th most deprived borough in London, and the 30th most deprived local authority in England (out of 326). Within

1518-470: The more familiar local landmarks include Alexandra Palace , Bruce Castle , Jacksons Lane , Highpoint I and II, and Tottenham Hotspur Football Club . The borough has extreme contrasts: areas in the west, such as Highgate , Muswell Hill and Crouch End are among the most prosperous in the country; in the east of the borough, such as in Tottenham or Wood Green , some wards are classified as being among

1564-486: The most deprived 10% in the country. Haringey is also a borough of contrasts geographically. From the wooded high ground around Highgate and Muswell Hill , at 426.5 feet (130.0 m), the land falls sharply away to the flat, open low-lying land beside the River Lea in the east. The borough includes large areas of green space, which make up more than 25% of its total area. The names Haringey , Harringay and Hornsey in use today are all different variations of

1610-429: The needs of a growing population, while the civil parishes continued to be based on the ancient parishes. The civil parish of Tottenham was made a local board district in 1850, with an elected board overseeing public health and responsible for the provision of infrastructure. Similar local government districts were created for South Hornsey in 1865, and for the rest of Hornsey parish in 1867. The boundary between

1656-474: The same Old English: Hæringeshege . Hæring was a Saxon chief who lived probably in the area around Hornsey . Hæringeshege meant Hæring's enclosure and evolved into Haringey , Harringay and Hornsey . In the Last Glacial Maximum , Haringey was at the edge of a huge glacial mass that reached as far south as Muswell Hill . There is evidence of both Stone Age and Bronze Age activity. In

1702-523: The same route but with an extension at either end of the service. This is normally to provide a night service to destinations served by tube or train during the day. However, there are a few N-prefixed route numbers that have no relation to their daytime equivalents: the N5, N20, and N97 all operate in a different part of London to their respective day routes. Also, the N550 and N551 (which provide night service on parts of

1748-609: The stations. These bus routes are not contracted to TfL and are therefore not ' London Buses ', all but three run from villages and towns outside Greater London to destinations within. They are painted in a colour chosen by the operator, so are not necessarily red like London Buses , and most of them do not accept Oyster cards . These routes are operated with a London Service Permit issued by TfL so they are recognised by TfL bus maps and appear on TfL bus stops. Formerly ran to Wimbledon Station. There are two special Transport for London express routes that run annually during

1794-540: The turn of the century much of Haringey had been transformed from a rural to an urbanised environment. The area of the modern borough broadly corresponds to the two ancient parishes of Tottenham (which covered most of the area) and Hornsey in the south-west. Both parishes were historically in the county of Middlesex , with Tottenham being in Edmonton Hundred and Hornsey in Ossulstone Hundred . Ossulstone

1840-509: The under construction Hale Wharf development. Hale Village's design is based on Hammarby Sjöstad in Stockholm , Sweden . Tottenham Hale is currently part of a major regeneration programme, which includes £1 billion of development investment, backed by Haringey Council and the GLA. The district is represented by the Tottenham Hale ward in the London Borough of Haringey. In the 2011 census

1886-400: The ward counted a population of 17,300. The largest ethnic group (making up 22% of the population) was Whites not of British ancestry, followed by White British (18%), Black African (16%) and Black Caribbean (13%). The median age as of 2013 was 29 years. The life expectancy was 78.1 years for males and 84.0 years for females. The median house price as of 2014 was £251,500, compared to £326,500 in

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1932-407: Was 41,550 (including nursery age children). This total was made up as follows: NHS services provide healthcare for all residents of Haringey. There are 52 General Practices across the borough as of 2022. These are grouped into eight Primary Care Networks with Haringey GP Federation covering the entire borough. In addition to Primary Care the population is cared for by several hospitals including

1978-547: Was abolished in 1900 when it was absorbed into the Metropolitan Borough of Stoke Newington . Hornsey Urban District was incorporated to become a municipal borough in 1903, as were Wood Green in 1933, and Tottenham in 1934. The modern borough was created in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963 , covering the combined area of the three municipal boroughs of Hornsey , Tottenham and Wood Green . The area

2024-415: Was later split into divisions for certain administrative functions, and Hornsey was included in its Finsbury division . The ancient parishes provided a framework for both civil (administrative) and ecclesiastical (church) functions, but during the 19th century there was a divergence into distinct civil and ecclesiastical parish systems. The ecclesiastical parishes were gradually sub-divided to better serve

2070-455: Was redeveloped and completed in April 2022. Work has begun on installing an extra National Rail track to increase the frequency of services. The following bus routes serve the bus station: 41 , 76 , 123 , 192 , 230 , W4 , N41 and N73 . London Borough of Haringey The London Borough of Haringey ( / ˈ h ær ɪ ŋ ɡ eɪ / HARR -ing-gay , same as Harringay )

2116-588: Was transferred from Middlesex to Greater London to become one of the 32 London Boroughs. The new borough was given the name Haringey, which was an old name for Hornsey. The local authority is Haringey Council. It is usually based at the Haringey Civic Centre on High Road in Wood Green, although the building is closed pending refurbishment as at 2024. Since 2000, for elections to the London Assembly ,

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