Hainault
Hainault is a large suburban area of East London, England, in the London Borough of Redbridge, 12.5 miles (20.1 km) northeast of Charing Cross.
Hainault is a large suburban area of East London, England, in the London Borough of Redbridge, 12.5 miles (20.1 km) northeast of Charing Cross. Most of the housing in Hainault was built by the London County Council between 1947 and 1953. Originally spanning the parishes of Chigwell, Dagenham, and Ilford, in 1965 the estate was combined in a single London borough and became part of Greater London.
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Worth seeing in and around Hainault
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Valentines Park
Valentines Park is a 52-hectare park, south of Gants Hill, it is the largest green space in the London Borough of Redbridge. The park was originally the grounds of Valentines Mansion, a residence built in 1696.
3.9 km · park in the London Borough of Redbridge, UK · Wikipedia - 02Hainault Forest
Hainault Forest was a large wooded area in the English counties of Essex and Greater London which was mostly destroyed after 1851. Popular outrage at the destruction of most of the forest was an important catalyst for the creation of the modern environmental movement.
3.5 km · Country park · Wikipedia - 03Valentines Mansion
Valentines Park is a 52-hectare park, south of Gants Hill, it is the largest green space in the London Borough of Redbridge. The park was originally the grounds of Valentines Mansion, a residence built in 1696.
3.8 km · UK historic house museum, Ilford · Wikipedia - 04Chigwell Row Wood
Chigwell Row Wood is a 14.1 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Chigwell in Epping Forest district, Essex. It is owned by The Chigwell Row Recreation Ground Charity, of which the district council are the trustees, and managed by council staff and volunteers.
2.2 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin
St Mary's Church is a Grade II* listed Church of England church in Chigwell, Essex, England. Its parish was later united with that of All Saints Chigwell Row and then in 1994 with St Winifred's, which had been built in 1935 as a chapel of ease to St Mary's.
2.4 km · church in Chigwell, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Chigwell Hall
Chigwell Hall is a Grade II listed house in Chigwell, Essex. It is situated on Roding Lane within 42 acres of grounds.
2.5 km · house in Chigwell, Essex, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Dr Barnardo's Memorial
The Memorial to Dr Barnardo by George Frampton, at Barkingside in the London Borough of Redbridge, commemorates the founder of the Barnardo's children's charity. Born in Dublin into a Sephardic Jewish family, Thomas John Barnardo moved to the East End of London in 1866 where he established a chain of orphanages that developed into the Barnardo's charity.
2 km · memorial in London · Wikipedia - 08Church of St Paul
Woodford Bridge is part of the East London suburb of Woodford, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is on an old road between Chigwell and Leytonstone.
2.1 km · church building in Woodford Bridge, London Borough of Redbridge, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09St Barnabas' Church, Woodford
St Barnabas' Church, Woodford Green, is a Church of England church in Snakes Lane East, Woodford, London. It had its origins in a 1904 iron mission church – this was attached to St Paul's Church, Woodford.
3.4 km · Church of England church · Wikipedia - 10St Cedd's Church, Ilford
St Cedd's Church, Barkingside is a Church of England parish church in the Barkingside district of Ilford in the London Borough of Redbridge, dedicated to Cedd, bishop of Essex, in which Ilford historically fell. In 1938 a temporary church was built and a conventional district set up using parts of the parishes of Holy Trinity, Barkingside and Holy Trinity, South Woodford.
2.6 km · church in London Borough of Redbridge, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hainault
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 33 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 41 km · London Luton (LTN), 44 km
- Stations
- Woodford tube station, 3.7 km · Hainault tube station, 400 m · Gants Hill tube station, 3.4 km · Barkingside tube station, 2 km · Fairlop tube station, 900 m
- London → Hainault20 km · quickest by road, 1h 10m · £2–3
- Luton, Luton → Hainault47 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £6–7
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Hainault168 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · £18–24
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Next door to Hainault
Hainault is 15 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Woodfordsuburb of east London, England4 km
- Barkingsidearea of Ilford, London2 km
- Redbridgearea in the London Borough of Redbridge, England, UK3.9 km
- Aldborough Hatcharea of London, England2.7 km
- Newbury Parkdistrict of Ilford in east London, England3 km
- Gants Hillarea of Ilford, London3.2 km