Seven Kings
Seven Kings is an area of Ilford in Greater London, England, part of the London Borough of Redbridge.
Seven Kings is an area of Ilford in Greater London, England, part of the London Borough of Redbridge. Situated approximately two miles (3.2 km) from Ilford town centre, Seven Kings forms part of the Ilford post town. Historically part of Essex, it was part of the Municipal Borough of Ilford until 1965 when it was incorporated into Greater London.
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Worth seeing in and around Seven Kings
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.
- 01Barking Abbey
The Abbey of St Mary and St Ethelburga, founded in the 7th century and commonly known as Barking Abbey, is a former Roman Catholic, royal monastery located in Barking, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. It has been described as having been "one of the most important nunneries in the country".
3.9 km · building in London, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Wanstead Park
Wanstead Park is a municipal park covering an area of about 140 acres, in Wanstead, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It is also a district of the London Borough of Redbridge, which was in Essex until 1965.
4 km · municipal park covering an area of about 140 acres (57 hectares), located in Wanstead, in the London Borough of Redbridge · Wikipedia - 03Valentines 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.
1.9 km · park in the London Borough of Redbridge, UK · Wikipedia - 04South Park
South Park is an Edwardian park to the south of Ilford, East London. It is one of the largest open spaces in the London Borough of Redbridge.
1.3 km · public park near London · Wikipedia - 05Barking Park
Barking Park is a public park covering 30 hectares to the northeast of Barking town centre in east London. It was opened as the Recreation Ground in 1898 by the Barking Town Urban District Council and is now the oldest public park in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
2.6 km · park in Barking, east London, England · Wikipedia - 06Mayesbrook Park
Mayesbrook Park is a 43-hectare public park in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and in the post town of Dagenham and the pre-1965 borough of Barking. It is owned and managed by the borough council.
3.2 km · park in Dagenham, east London · Wikipedia - 07Parsloes Park
Parsloes Park is a 58 hectare public park in Becontree in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. It is owned and managed by the borough council.
3.2 km · park in Becontree, east London · Wikipedia - 08Valentines 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.
2.2 km · UK historic house museum, Ilford · Wikipedia - 09St Margaret's Church, Barking
St Margaret's Church or the Church of St Margaret of Antioch is a Church of England parish church in Barking, East London. The church is a Grade I listed building, on a site dating back to the 13th century, within the grounds of Barking Abbey, the ruins of a former Roman Catholic royal monastery originally established in the 7th century.
3.9 km · church in Barking, London · Wikipedia - 10St Mary's Church, Little Ilford
St Mary's Church, or Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, is a Church of England church in Little Ilford, east London. It is situated on Church Road between St Mary's Approach, St Winefride's Avenue and Rectory Road.
3.4 km · church in Little Ilford, London · Wikipedia
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Getting to Seven Kings
- Airports
- London Stansted (STN), 37 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 40 km · London Luton (LTN), 47 km
- Stations
- Barking station, 3.3 km · Gants Hill tube station, 2.4 km · Hainault tube station, 4 km · Barkingside tube station, 2.1 km · Fairlop tube station, 3.2 km
- London → Seven Kings17 km · quickest by road, 1h 2m · £2–2.5
- Luton, Luton → Seven Kings50 km · quickest by road, 1h 30m · £6–9
- Birmingham, West Midlands → Seven Kings171 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · £19–25
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No local-transport research exists yet for Seven Kings
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 Seven Kings. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inUse Woolwich Ferry then for destinations in south London.
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Next door to Seven Kings
Seven Kings is 14 km from Islington, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- London Borough of Barking and Dagenhamborough in the London Region in England3.7 km
- London Borough of Redbridgeborough in the London Region in England1.9 km
- Barkingarea of east London3.3 km
- Ilfordtown in the London Borough of Redbridge, England, UK1.4 km
- Chadwell Heathsuburban area of East London, England3.3 km
- Becontreehousing estate in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham in East London, England3.7 km