Harold Wood
Harold Wood is a suburban neighbourhood in East London in the London Borough of Havering.
Harold Wood is a suburban neighbourhood in East London in the London Borough of Havering. It is situated 16.5 miles (26.6 km) east-northeast of Charing Cross. Harold Wood was part of the ancient parish of Hornchurch, which became the Liberty of Havering. Most of the current area of Harold Wood became part of Hornchurch Urban District in 1926. It is near to the Greater London boundary with Essex.
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Worth seeing in and around Harold Wood
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.
- 01Hare Hall
Hare Hall is a house and grounds located in Gidea Park in the London Borough of Havering, east London. It was built in 1769–70 as a country house for John A. Wallinger and since 1921 has housed the Royal Liberty School.
1.6 km · mansion in Gidea Park, London Borough of Havering, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Romford Market
Romford Market is a large outdoor retail market located in Romford in the London Borough of Havering, England. The market right was established by royal order in 1247.
3.7 km · Large open market in Greater London · Wikipedia - 03Parish Church of St Edward the Confessor
The Church of St Edward the Confessor is an Anglican church in Romford, in the London Borough of Havering, England. It is part of the Diocese of Chelmsford.
3.8 km · church in Romford, London Borough of Havering, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Langtons
Langtons House and Langtons Gardens are a grade II listed 18th century house and landscaped gardens located in Hornchurch, in the London Borough of Havering, Greater London. The house and gardens became local authority property in 1929 and are currently used as the borough register office and a public park.
3.1 km · grade II listed house in Hornchurch, London, UK · Wikipedia - 05Queen's Theatre
The Queen's Theatre is a 507-seat mid-scale producing theatre located in Hornchurch in the London Borough of Havering, East London, United Kingdom. The theatre was originally located on Station Lane, Hornchurch, on a site that was used as a cinema and had become derelict.
3.1 km · theatre in Hornchurch, Havering, London, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Havering Museum
Havering Museum is a local museum located in the town of Romford, in the London Borough of Havering. It is primarily focused on the studies and artifacts from the five towns that encompass the borough of Havering.
4 km · local museum, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07St Andrew's Church, Hornchurch
The church of St Andrew's, Hornchurch, is a Church of England religious building in Hornchurch in England. It is a Grade I listed building.
3.6 km · church in Hornchurch, London · Wikipedia - 08St Michael and All Angels Church, Gidea Park
St Michael and All Angels Church is a Church of England parish church in the Gidea Park area of Romford, east London. The area had become a garden suburb in the 1910s and a church dedicated to St Michael was built there in 1928, as a mission church of the parish church of All Saints Squirrels Heath.
2.1 km · church of england church · Wikipedia - 09Dagnam Park
Dagnam Park is a public park located in Harold Hill in the London Borough of Havering. It is a remnant of the grounds of Dagnams Park, the house of the manor of Dagnams.
2.5 km · park in London, named after the manor house · Wikipedia - 10Tylers Common
Tylers Common, also known as Upminster Common, is common land in the London Borough of Havering. It is one of the largest areas of common land in Greater London, with 32.06 hectares of protected commons.
1.9 km · park in United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Harold Wood
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 33 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 50 km · London Luton (LTN), 52 km
- Stations
- Upminster station, 3.9 km · Upminster Bridge tube station, 3.8 km · Romford railway station, 3.9 km · Emerson Park railway station, 2.7 km · Harold Wood railway station, 200 m
- London → Harold Wood27 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · £2.5–3.5
- Luton, Luton → Harold Wood55 km · quickest by road, 1h 19m · £7–9
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Harold Wood176 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · £19–25
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No local-transport research exists yet for Harold Wood
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Harold Wood. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Harold Wood
Harold Wood is 24 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Romfordtown in north-east London, United Kingdom3.9 km
- Gidea Parkarea in the London Borough of Havering2 km
- Collier Rowplace in the London Borough of Havering in east London, England4 km
- Ardleigh Greenarea of East London, England1.4 km
- Harold Hilldistrict in northeast London2 km
- Noak Hillvillage in the London Borough of Havering, England, UK3 km